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Hardcover. New York , Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1913, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 236 pages, 4 b&w line plates, olive green cloth covers with orange and black decoration. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, was an All-American football player at the Carlisle Indian School, the star of the first class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and played major league baseball for John McGraw's New York Giants. Even in a golden age of sports celebrities, he was one of a kind. But despite his colossal skills, Thorpe's life was a struggle against the odds. As a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, he encountered duplicitous authorities who turned away from him when their reputations were at risk. At Carlisle, he dealt with the racist assimilationist philosophy "Kill the Indian, Save the Man." His gold medals were unfairly rescinded because he had played minor league baseball. His later life was troubled by alcohol, broken marriages, and financial distress. He roamed from state to state and took bit parts in Hollywood, but even the film of his own life failed to improve his fortunes. But for all his travails, Thorpe did not succumb. The man survived, complications and all, and so did the myth. Clean, like new.

Hardcover. Lanham MD, Derrydale Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 149 pages. Hardcover. Extensive b&w and color illustrations throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. The definitive book on an artist who is widely regarded as the preeminent American illustrator of equestrian subjects. Based on extensive interviews with Brown's family, friends, and artistic contemporaries, Paul Brown includes a biography of the man and contains a complete listing of all the published works that include Brown's art as well as listings of all of Brown's prints, items sometimes attributed to Brown, and methods of identifying first editions of Paul Brown's art. Although Brown is primarily known for his wonderful paintings, drawings and sketches of horses and equestrian sports, he is also well known for his elegant and prolific illustrations for Brooks Brothers catalogs over three decades.

Hardcover. Ann Arbor MI, Sports Media Group, 1st, 2005, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 200 pages illustrated with 150 rarely seen photographs. Although it has been more than 75 years since he last laced up his spikes, Ty Cobb remains arguably the greatest player in the long history of baseball. Certainly the Detroit Tigers outfielder remains the most controversial. He hit .367 over 24 seasons (1905-1928), won a dozen batting titles, and was the first man elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. "Peach: Ty Cobb in His Time and Ours" takes readers into the cauldron that was his life - the spikings and assaults, the rivalries and petty jealousies, the never-ending spring of battles on the diamond, in the stands, and at home. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Middleburg PA, Middleburg Post Press, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth covers with cover title label. Two softcover books rebound together in one hardcover volume. First volume 60 pages, second volume is 120 pages, also published in 1915 by The Faust Printing Company in Reading, PA. Many b&w photos in both. Clean and bright copies of 1915 printings.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 246 pages illustrated in b&w by Jay Hyde Barnum. Owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. First 20 pages have dog-ear crease to bottom corner. High school football adventures of four friends who break up when their school is closed and they're transferred to rival teams.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pale green cloth with decorative design and lettering in black. 12 photographic plates. A look into the life of a hunter exploring the South Carolina Plantation region, its changes, and the game that resides there. Clean copy, light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Port Washington NY, Kennikat Press, 1ST, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown covers with yellow and green lettering on front and spine and green sports figures on front. 112 pages. A Critical Look at Game, Sport, and Survival in Contemporary American Fiction. Clean copy.

Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st pbk, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 362 pages. INSCRIBED BY BURGOS on the title page. Although largely ignored by historians of both baseball in general and the Negro leagues in particular, Latinos have been a significant presence in organized baseball from the beginning. In this benchmark study on Latinos and professional baseball from the 1880s to the present, Adrian Burgos tells a compelling story of the men who negotiated the color line at every turn-passing as "Spanish" in the major leagues or seeking respect and acceptance in the Negro leagues. Burgos draws on archival materials from the U.S., Cuba, and Puerto Rico, as well as Spanish- and English-language publications and interviews with Negro league and major league players. He demonstrates how the manipulation of racial distinctions that allowed management to recruit and sign Latino players provided a template for Brooklyn Dodgers' general manager Branch Rickey when he initiated the dismantling of the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1947. Burgos's extensive examination of Latino participation before and after Robinson's debut documents the ways in which inclusion did not signify equality and shows how notions of racialized difference have persisted for darker-skinned Latinos like Orestes ("Minnie") Minoso, Roberto Clemente, and Sammy Sosa. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1874, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 378 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's ads. Profusley illustrated with 35 b&w line drawings, many full page. Bright green cloth with black and gilt design. Tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. Guilford CT, Lyons Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards, 242 pages. Bill Bynum, one of America's foremost experts, has been hunting everything from raccoons to bears for more than thirty years. Now he's put that wisdom in one book. In Predator Hunting, Bynum details not only the standard methods of luring predators with game calls, but many other advanced techniques developed through hunting coyotes, bobcats, and foxes all across the country. The book includes chapters on choosing gear without spending a fortune; tactics and techniques; caring for your trophy once it's down; plus specialized techniques for hunting the largest predators on the North American continent. Other chapters cover physical conditioning and having the right mental attitude for achieving success; information on the biological aspects of the animals, which in turn increases understanding of the animal and its habits; tracking predators and what to look for; and learning to unravel many of the predators' secrets by careful observation. Clean copy.

Chicago, Rand McNally, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth covers wth color label, 240 pages. Black & white illustrations by W. W. Clarke. Discontinued written on front fly leaf.Cover has light wear to corners and spine edge. Tape mark on spine edge.

Hardcover. Harrisburg PA, The Stackpole Company, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 287 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Maroon cover with gilt lettering and affixed picture of a hunter in bright color. Black-and-white illustrations throughout by Fred Everett and four color illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Harrisburg PA, The Stackpole Company, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 287 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Maroon cover with gilt lettering and affixed picture of a fisherman in bright color. Black-and-white illustrations throughout by Fred Everett and three color illustrations in addition to the frontispiece. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Entertainment, 1st, 2007, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 280 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY STOTTLEMYRE on title page. Dust jacket and front cover board beneath on front has scratches (small tears) and groves to bottom. Remainder mark on bottom page block.

Softcover. Sheffield UK, Vertebrate Publishing Ltd , 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 425 pages, color photos. In 1965 Tony Howard made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall. He went on to found Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown, his autobiography, covers his extensive travels in North Africa, the Middle East, Scandinavia, Canada and much more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Arthur Baker, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in a poor, worn dust jacket with a large chunk gone from front panel. Book is bright and clean, 180 pages. Illustrated with color and b&w plates by John Leech. A biography of the novelist who wrote of country sports like hunting in a comical way.

hardcover. London, Turnberry Consulting , reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color and b&w photographs throughout. Silver gilt titles on spine. Includes extensive glossary. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. Lexington KY, Eclipse Press, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Patrick Smithwick has written an unusually moving memoir about growing up in the hell-bent-for-leather world of Thoroughbred racing as the son of Hall of Fame steeplechase jockey A.P. "Paddy" Smithwick. Racing My Father is the story of a son working alongside his father throughout summer mornings, and then hopping in a "hot car," windows up, heater blasting - so his father can sweat off a few more pounds - and driving his father to the track where the races will be held in the afternoon. Paddy Smithwick was a natural. He was a charismatic figure. He was the greatest steeplechase rider in America in the 1950s and '60s, winning all the big races, leading the country in raes won four times, dominating the sport with his style, ability, heart, and gentlemanly demeanor. Patrick Smithwick is also a natural. As a jockey, he won steeplechase races. As a writer, he's won awards. There are hints of the innocence of Huck Finn as Smithwick starts off his account of serving his apprenticeship with his father. The innocence ends when his father is paralyzed in a bad fall. Yet, the youthful Smithwick helps his father work his way back into racing, and the father-son, trainer-rider team ends up in the winner's circle at Saratoga Springs. Smithwick has recreated his own Yoknapatawpha County - with its gritty backsides and polished clubhouses, its knotty characters and sleek racehorses. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Lexington KY, Eclipse Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 197 pages, b&w photos. A humorous look at the life of the sport with recollections from some of racing's more unusual and interesting individuals. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with illustrated boards, 212 pages. Since the late 1970s, as a pioneer of Southern California underground culture, Raymond Pettibon has blurred the boundaries of "high" and "low," from the deviations of marginal youth to art history, literature, sports, religion, politics and sexuality. Rich in detail, his obsessively worked drawings pull freely from myriad sources spanning the cultural spectrum. The resulting, highly poetic constructions function as acute reflections of contemporary society. Throughout the years, his subjects have included political figures and historical events, with particular intensity since the events of September 11, 2001. Seen here are images of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, J. Edgar Hoover, both Bush presidents, the Kennedys, Hitler, scenes from the Vietnam War and protest movements, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the prisoner abuse of Abu Ghraib, President Obama and Osama bin Laden. Raymond Pettibon (born 1957) studied economics at UCLA around the same time he joined his brother in the punk band Black Flag. He soon began to contribute artwork to album covers, flyers and t-shirts, for the band and its label, SST Records, and exhibited his work in group shows in galleries in the 1980s. Since the 1990s his work has been the subject of numerous major solo exhibitions.

Hardcover. NY, Harper, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 183 pages. Illustrated with photos. Basketball immortal Bill Russell provides this memoir of his deep friendship with Boston Celtics coach red Auerbach. Russell was the center on the Auerbach teams that one 11 championships in 13 years. At the time, he said little about his deeply personal relationship with his coach but Russell and Auerbach--one a short, brash Jew from Brooklyn, the other a tall, intense African American from Louisiana and Oakland--were far more than just coach and player. Through the 13 years of the Celtics dynasty together their relationship evolved into a rare, telling example of deep male friendship: confident, supportive, understanding, founded in common goals, even as their feelings went largely unspoken. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Julian Messner, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly chipped dust jacket. 186 pages, clean copy.

Softcover. Paris, Arthaud, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 111 pages, illustrated with b&w and color gravure photos. SIGNED BY BOTH HERZOG AND ICHAC on front fly leaf. With a double-page map laid in. Softcover very good with a color illustrated dust jacket with light edgewear.