Hardcover. NY, A S Barnes & Co, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket. 312 pages, b&w drawings by Leo Hershfield. A history of Major League baseball's best outfielders. Paper is age-yellowed. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 178 pages. B&w and color illustrations. "In 'Baseball's Hometown Teams,' one of the most thorough illustrated volumes on the minor leagues ever compiled, a lively text and hundreds of rare photos discovered in archives across the country trace the minor leagues in loving and eccentric detail. This is the complete story of the minors, from 1877, when the first minor-league squads walked onto crude makeshift fields, to today, when fans in more than 220 towns and cities across the land turn out with the first balmy days of spring to cheer their local teams." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Crown/Archetype, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. To tell this story, acclaimed journalists Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew and Dan Klores embarked on a groundbreaking mission to interview a staggering lineup of basketball trailblazers. For the first time hundreds of legends, from Kobe, Lebron and Steph Curry to Magic Johnson, Dr. J and Jerry West, spoke movingly about their greatest passion. Former NBA commissioner David Stern and iconic coaches like Phil Jackson and Coach K opened up like never before. Those who shattered glass ceilings, from Bill Russell and Yao Ming to Cheryl Miller and Lisa Leslie, explained what it really took to lay claim to their place in the game. At once a definitive oral history and something far more revelatory and life affirming, Basketball: A Love Story is the defining untold oral history of how basketball came to be, and what it means to those who love it. Clean, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 316 pages. "A manager's-eye view of the agonies and ecstasies of the '85 Mets--from way inside!. 'Bats,' written with bestselling coauthor Peter Golenbock, reveals Johnson's stinging opinions on the state of the game, on umpires, opposing players, other managers, and the press." Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, William Morrow, 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 212 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping.

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclpped dust jacket. Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers--the only female scout in the major leagues. Hard-living and hard-drinking, a gifted athlete herself, she takes pride in successfully competing in a male world. But recently she has been losing prospects on the sign, and her job security is teetering on the edge. When she gets a tip from a close friend and fellow scout about Alberto Cruz, a young phenom in the Dominican Republic, she impulsively catches a flight to Santo Domingo--even though it is out of her territory and she will undoubtedly incur her boss's wrath. If Alberto Cruz is as good as she's been told, the trip will be worth the risk.The risk starts quickly. Not only has Cruz "got it all--the heart, the guts, the aptitude," he may also have "a bad spirit on him." And he's not the only man Cassidy meets on the island who might change her life for good or ill. The other is Joe Galinis, a powerful financier and real estate developer, "one of the most provocative men she has ever met." When Cassidy returns to Los Angeles, she finds herself entangled in a blackmail scheme laced with otherworldly vodou and real-life violence: a tightening triangle of suspicion and deception that leads her to the back rooms (and backstabbing) of high-stakes sports and finance--where she is about to discover that there is a thin line between a competitor and a killer.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 2nd pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price clipped dust jacket, 342 pages, b&w illustrations. Paul W. (Bear) Bryant's story in his own words. Together with John Underwood a Sports Illustrated writer, Bryant tells of his years coaching football from his days at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A & M, and Alabama where he coached for 28 years. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 120 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The book's wide-format black-and-white images depict the bedrooms of forty fallen soldiers-the equivalent of a single platoon-from the United States, Canada, and several European nations. Left intact by families of the deceased, the bedrooms are a heartbreaking reminder of lives cut short: we see high school diplomas and pictures from prom, sports medals and souvenirs, and markers of the idealism that carried them to war, like images of the Twin Towers and Osama Bin Laden. A moving essay by Gilbertson describes his encounters with the families who preserve these private memorials to their loved ones, and shares what he has learned from them about war and loss. Bedrooms of the Fallen is a masterpiece of documentary photography, and an unforgettable reckoning with the human cost of war.

Hardcover. New York, A. L. Burt, rep, 1911, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with black, red and gray illustration on front, 315 pages. Black & white frontispiece. Small tear in paper along front hinge. minor edgewear to cover, corners. Clean copy. 

Hardcover. Iola WI, Krause Publications, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 224 pages illustrated in color and b&w. SIGNED BY ALL THE BENOITS on the front fly leaf. Bryce M. Towsley picks the brains of three of the most successful white-tailed deer hunters in America today-Larry, Lane, and Shane Benoit. In this comprehensive volume, Towsley hunts for the real reasons behind the Benoits' unbelievable knack for taking trophy bucks. While most people know the Benoits for their incredible tracking abilities, they are no longer one-dimensional in their hunting techniques. It is true that there may be no better deer hunters in America, but as Shane Benoit is quick to point out, "The white-tail survives because it is so adaptable, and if the white-tail hunter is to continue to survive and be successful, he had better follow their lead by learning to change and adapt too." Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. London, David & Charles , reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket. 79 pages with b&w illustrations. A reprint of a 1874 British publication. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 214 pages. Social history on two wheels (sometimes more or less), many b&w pictures, early photographs of the famous Dursley-Pedersen (1893), complete with hammock-saddle; the astonishing Crypto "Bantam" (1895); and the stylish Singer de luxe of the Edwardian period, to name but a few. There is even a photograph of the legendary G.P. Mills on the Humber tricycle aboard which he beat the Land's End to John O'Groats record in 1893. Small owner's stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Safari Press, reprint, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 294 pages, b&w illustrations. Originally published in 1904, it chronicles a hunting trip to several locations in Alaska, including sheep, bears, moose and more. Captain Radclyffe was an English gentleman-hunter who visited Alaska in 1903. He bagged Dall sheep on the Kenai Peninsula, back then a relatively new destination for sport hunting. He shot excellent brown bear and moose, one a 57-incher on Kussiloff Lake on the Alaska Peninsula. On his final bear hunt, a sow charged him and his native guide abandoned him. He was arrested for game law violations that prematurely ended his hunt for sheep, adding another interesting dimension to this well-written story. The charges against Radclyffe were later dismissed since he had an off-season permit to collect for the British Museum, but the authors partner was not so lucky. Radclyffe writes of how the judge enjoyed rubbing the dismissal into the face of the arresting marshal, and he paints a vivid picture of the interactions of the hunters, guides, and authorities. After all his troubles, he lost most of his trophies because of shipping problems related to the Russo-Japanese War. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Profiles the life and career of Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson, tracing his rise from the poverty of the inner city to the heights of the sports world. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 175 pages, illustrated throughout in color. SIGNED BY ARTIST on half title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Hardcover. NY, Walker Books, 1st, 2012, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 434 pages, b&w photos. William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later, then returned in 1959 to buy the other Chicago team, the White Sox, winning the American League pennant his first year. Ill health led him to sell two years later, only to gain ownership again, 1975-1981. Veeck's promotional spirit-the likes of clown prince Max Patkin and midget Eddie Gaedel are inextricably connected with him-and passion endeared him to fans, while his feel for the game led him to propose innovations way ahead of their time, and his deep sense of morality not only integrated the sport but helped usher in the free agency that broke the stranglehold owners had on players. (Veeck was the only owner to testify in support of Curt Flood during his landmark free agency case). Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick is a deeply insightful, powerful biography of a fascinating figure.

Softcover. Chicago, Arcadia Publishing, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 128 pages with b&w photos. Chronicles the history of the teams and players that spent time in the "Windy City." Has black and white photos of John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, Bruce Petway, Pete Hill, Grant "Home Run" Johnson, Lou Dials, Dave Malarcher, Willie Foster, "Cannonball" Dick Redding, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe and many others. Clean copy.

Hardcover. W. Palm Beach FL, Streamline Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 463 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Radio has just celebrated its 75th anniversary and it's as vital and varied as ever. Rhoads, a zealous radio historian and archivist, has captured radio's exuberance and fluency in this marvelous collection of more than 900 photographs, many of which have never before been published. This collection of portraits, both posed and candid, of radio personalities is a veritable radio hall of fame, showcasing everyone from Jack Benny to Howard Stern. Rhoads begins with photographs chronicling the rise of the pioneering Pittsburgh station, KDKA, the first to achieve continuous broadcasting, then keeps pace with radio's rapid growth, offering rare documentation of every type of on-air performer, from men of the cloth delivering the first on-air services to vaudevillians, conductors, sportscasters, and dramatists, many of whom went on to achieve fame in Hollywood. Styles change, but the magic continues as radio continues to evolve in conjunction with its competitor, television. On-air performers gave way to disc jockeys and talk show hosts, but talents such as Garrison Keillor and various NPR contributors have helped keep imaginative radio alive and well.

Hardcover. Chicago, Contemporary Books, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 264 pages, many b&w illustrations. This updated edition includes the Tigers' World Series win. Clean copy.

hardcover. Philadelphia, John C. Winston, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt and black decoration. 315 pages, includes index. Descriptions of more than 400 games written in language that children can understand. Black & white illustrations by Jessie Gillespie. Light edgewear to covers.

Hardcover. Cincinnati, Stewart Kidd, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 197 pages. Green cloth covers with gilt lettering. B&w photos. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Bright copy.

Hardcover. Santa Fe NM, Twin Palms Pub, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 112 pages, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. In a series of intimate portraits infused with purpose, determination, and the physical and emotional struggles of intense training, Markus gives a more human face to a sport that rewards only those from its highest ranks. Far from the bright lights and stereotyped fame, these young fighters possess unrivaled dignity and grace.

Hardcover. Santa Fe NM, Twin Palms Pub, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 112 pages, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. In a series of intimate portraits infused with purpose, determination, and the physical and emotional struggles of intense training, Markus gives a more human face to a sport that rewards only those from its highest ranks. Far from the bright lights and stereotyped fame, these young fighters possess unrivaled dignity and grace.

Hardcover. Annapolis MD, United States Naval Institute, Revised Ed., 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 288 pages. First published in 1943, this is the 1950 Revised Edition. During World War II, the U.S. Naval Institute created this regimen after finding the sport of boxing uniquely suited to developing essential qualities such as quick reactions, cool judgment, coordination, and grit; skills invaluable not only in combat but also in countless other sports and physical activities. Many b&w instructional photos. Bright yellow cloth, clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1936, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 218 pages. Hardcover. Previous owners names on front endpaper. Yellow highlighting of text throughout book. "Illustrated with Photographs from Moving-Picture Films - The "movie" illustrations are clippings from the reels of the ten-round bout between Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burns, the former heavyweight champion of the world." Darkening to endpapers, edges. Light wear.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 2nd pr., 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Authorized biography of the early baseball executive who originated the workable farm system, developed efficient scouting, pioneered revolutionary training devises and techniques, and introduced black players to major league baseball. 312 pages includes index.

Hardcover. Lincoln NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 683 pages, b&w illustrations. He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport--not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey--the man sportswriters dubbed "The Brain," "The Mahatma," and, on occasion, "El Cheapo"--Lee Lowenfish tells the full and colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America's game. As the mastermind behind the Saint Louis Cardinals from 1917 to 1942, Rickey created the farm system, which allowed small-market clubs to compete with the rich and powerful. Under his direction in the 1940s, the Brooklyn Dodgers became truly the first "America's team." By signing Jackie Robinson and other black players, he single-handedly thrust baseball into the forefront of the civil rights movement. Lowenfish evokes the peculiarly American complex of God, family, and baseball that informed Rickey's actions and his accomplishments. His book offers an intriguing, richly detailed portrait of a man whose life is itself a crucial chapter in the history of American business, sport, and society.

Hardcover. Long Beach CA, Safari Press, reprint, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, This is the English translation of Decoster's original Le Vent des Pistes, published in 2003. Edouard-Piere Decoster is the son of a French industrialist, brought up in Northern France, and only introduced to Africa as an adult through national service in the interior of Algeria. This book "relates Decoster's memories of forty years of travelling and hunting in Africa for lion, buffalo, leopard, waterbuck, kudu, eland, antelope, elephant, and just about every other creature legal to hunt. Unlike many big-game hunting books, Decoster's tales of his safaris and expeditions are tinged with romanticism and nostalgia." Chapters include: The gates to Atlantis; The lion and the warthog at the Faleme River; Akagera Game Reserve; The accident; A lion in Sologne; Eland at the ends of the earth; In Hemingway's footsteps; Dinner in the bush; On the banks of the Faro River; Embo's revenge; An invaluable network; Friends; Hunting the baboon; How to hunt a warthog; Eland of the bad moon; The kudu of Mount Gorogoza; Paka Doume - the Well-Named;. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Softcover. Charlottesville, University of Virginia Press, 1st pbk, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Illustrated with black and white photos.; A history of of the racially-charged integration of black players into baseball's southern minor leagues.

Softcover. Wilderness Adventures Press, 1st, 2019, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 178 pages, color illustrated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Building a Grouse Dog: From Puppy to Polished Performer by Craig Doherty, is the most comprehensive, how-to manual there is for taking an eight-week-old little squirmer of any pointing breed and turning him or her into that most coveted game bird finder there is: a finished grouse dog. Unlike many general pointing-dog training books, this one concentrates on one species the ruffed grouse. Grouse are notorious for their caginess, their wariness, and their difficulty in being pinned down so a hunter can get close enough to flush and shoot. It takes a dog that has been trained nearly from birth to handle that task, and no one knows how to do it better than Craig Doherty. Craig was the driving force behind Field Trial Magazine, is a columnist for The Pointing Dog Journal, regularly competes in grouse trials throughout the Northeast, professionally trains grouse dogs for clients from all over the country, and this is important guides grouse hunters using his own dogs trained in his outstanding methods; important because paying clients need results, and those results can only come by following dogs that know the game. Three page with light ink marks.

Hardcover. Lyons Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 249 pages, b&w illustrations. William McGarvey "Bullet Bill" Dudley (December 24, 1921 - February 4, 2010) led a thrilling career as a professional American football player in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins. With humble beginnings in Bluefield, Virginia he made the football team his junior year, and in 1938 he kicked a 35-yard field goal in the season's finale. Dudley was drafted in the 1942 NFL Draft with the first overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1972. During the 1942 season, he led the league in rushing with 696 yards on 162 carries and was then named to the All-Pro team. Steve Stinson revisits his father-in-law's journey from Bluefield, Virginia through his retirement from the NFL and shares everything he brought to communities in between each pivotal moment in Dudley's life. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Wash, D.C., Dept of Commerce, 1st, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 488 pages, 53 full page plates (30 are fine chromolithographs), 110 text-figures. Fold-out map. Sound, tight, clean. The work contains the following monographs: Evermann - The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras (3 chromolithograph plates of trout); Sumner - The Physiological Effects upon Fishes of changes in the density and salinity of water; MacFarland - Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Monterey Bay, California, and Vicinity (10 chromolithograph plates); Moore - Hirudinea and Oligochaeta in the Great Lakes (1 chromolithograph plate); The Fishes of Samoa: Description of the Species Found in the Archipelago, with a Provisional Check-List of the Fishes of Oceania (16 chromolithograph plates). The final monograph by David Starr Jordan on "The Fishes of Samoa"Several small holes to cloth along spine. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SIZE & WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, The Outing Publishing Co., 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated blue cloth stamped in black, purple and white. 236 pages in very good condition. Light fade to spine. Illustrated with photographs and sketches. Frontispiece in color by Fernand Lungren and many other illustrations from photographs, etc. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 516 pages includes index, b&w photos. Neil Lanctot's biography of Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella--filled with surprises--is the first life of the Dodger great in decades and the most authoritative ever published. Born to a father of Italian descent and an African- American mother, Campanella wanted to be a ballplayer from childhood but was barred by color from the major leagues. He dropped out of school to play professional ball with the Negro Leagues' Washington (later Baltimore) Elite Giants, where he honed his skills under Hall of Fame catcher Biz Mackey. Campy played eight years in the Negro Leagues until the major leagues integrated. Ironically, he and not Jackie Robinson might have been the player to integrate baseball, as Lanctot reveals. An early recruit to Branch Rickey's "Great Experiment" with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Campy became the first African-American catcher in the twentieth century in the major leagues. As Lanctot discloses, Campanella and Robinson, pioneers of integration, had a contentious relationship, largely as a result of a dispute over postseason barnstorming. Clean copy.

Softcover. St. Paul MN, Motorbooks, reprint, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, softcover, 287 pages, black and white photo illustrations throughout and with a section of color plates. The story of the Cannonball Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, run several times between 1971 and 1979, which became one of the legendary motorsports events of all time. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Michigan, Tile Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 394 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. First in a series of baseball books to piece together the vast newspaper record of the nineteenth century. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. Slight cocking to spine. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy. While Anson's greatest success was in being the lone player before 1900 to reach 3,000 hits, Cap Anson 1: When Captaining Meant Something: Leadership in Baseball's Early Years, examines him through his managerial and captaining roles with Chicago's National League team (the White Stockings, later known better as the Colts, before they became the modern-day Cubs) from 1879 to 1897. The book also compares Anson to other captain-managers of his day, and Chicago to contemporaneous teams with divided management: those with a combination of captains and bench managers.

Hardcover. Minocqua, WI, Willow Creek Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Hardcover. (SIGNED BY AUTHORS AND PHOTOGRAPHER). In excellent shape. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight, clean inside and out.

Hardcover. London, Editions Gallimard, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. First French Edition. 14.25" x 10.5". French language throughout. Foreword by H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh. Presented by Christian Fevrier. A collection of superb photographs from the archives of the well known photographers Beken of Clowes covering the hundred years from 1880 to 1980. All related to sailing, yachting, boats and printed in sepia duo-tone process with some as fold out spreads. Photographic index and captioned section at rear. Full bound maroon cloth with gold blocking to spine. Unclipped dust wrapper.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2nd pr., 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Blending biography and social history, this portrait of one of the first Black Americans to win fame and respect in the twentieth century draws on new interview material and translations from German press coverage. 330 pages, b&w illustrations.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. Hardcover. SIGNED BOOKPLATE WITH SIGNATURES OF BILL LITTLEFIELD AND BERNIE FUCHS. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, 3rd Printing, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 132 pages. INSCRIBED BY BILL LITTLEFIELD ON TITLE PAGE. Full color illustrations by Bernie Fuchs. First edition, 3rd printing. Vermont Council on the Humanities stamp at bottom edge of front endpaper. Clean, tight copy.

Brattleboro VT, Stephen Greene Press, 2nd pr., 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Essays on Boston's favorite athletes: Ted Williams, Bob Cousy, Carl Yastrzemski, Bobby Hull and others. 248 pages, b&w illustrations. Short inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, unclipped, 324 pages, b&w illustrations. The inside story of baseball's most colorful team and it's controversial owner. "Ambitious, obnoxious, passive-aggressive, unpredictable and never satisfied with anyone but himself. He built the 1970s Oakland A's dynasty then proceeded to tear it apart by his own relentless meddling. He drove staff and managers out of town by the busload. His own players, tired of his interference, bullying and cheapskatery, bided their time at the dawn of free agency and signed elsewhere at the first chance." Clean copy.

Softcover. Jefferson NC, McFarland & Company, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 242 pages, b&w illustrations. "With a chapter on each World Series involving a Chicago team, this book covers 100 years of October baseball in the Windy City, from the 1906 classicwhich pitted the North Siders against the South Siders-to 2005, when the White Sox ended 88 years of frustration. Contemporary accounts from newspapers and sports publications complement the author's informed commentary". Clean copy.

Softcover. Annandale VA, Seven Stars Books and Video, 2nd Ed., 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, oblong format, 290 pages. Many b&w instructional photos. Clean copy. Scott M. Rodell's well-crafted book traces the history and development of the Chinese Way of the Sword from the Bronze Era through the Warring States Period up to modern times. Rodell covers all aspects of his subject from the etiquette of handling bladed weapons to basic cuts and classic forms as well as swordplay. The book is profusely illustrated with historical photographs and woodblock prints as well as photographs of contemporary swordplay. The Author brings to this book his many years of expertise as a student and teacher of Taiji Jian and as a recognized authority on the nearly lost art of Chinese swordsmanship.

Hardcover. Minneapolis, MN, Voyageur Press, Reprint, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Chris-Craft is without doubt the most prestigious name in the history of American boatbuilders. This beautifully illustrated history of the Michigan-based company and its most significant powerboats begins in 1922, when the mercurial Christopher Columbus Smith and his three sons formed Chris Smith & Sons Boat Company. Modern color photography depicting restored and factory-original runabouts and cruisers details the evolution of Chris-Craft boats from the early hand-built years through the move to fiberglass hulls.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 207 pages. Featuring a six-page gatefold and more than 160 photographs, a collection of the photographer's classic and previously unpublished works includes nostalgic post-war portraits as well as action shots of some of today's most popular players, in a volume complemented by commentary by a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist.

Hardcover. NY, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Wilfrid Sheed. IIlustrated with photographs. Statistics. 274 pages. Biography of one of the greatest baseball player in the game. Roberto Clemente was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. Clean copy.