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ADVANCED CUSTOM ROD BUILDING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Winchester Press. (1978) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A guide to "how the average angler can design, build and embelish a rod that will reflect his desires and needs." Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, drawings and charts. Includes chapters on glues, reel seats, grips, wraps, finishes and tools. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page. Index. xiii, 354 pp. ISBN: 0-876912587.
Condition: Very near fine in brown cloth in a very good dust jacket (some edgewear and short tears to dj)
Book ID: 76285More details Price: $40.00 -
THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2001.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First edition - Includes articles on the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the story of Americans who were kidnapped in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan by a militant Islamic group, and on athletes Cal Ripken Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tiger Woods, Joe DiMaggio, and others. Among the contributors are H. G. Bissinger, Charles P. Pierce, Jim Harrison, Rick Reilly, Toure and others. Biographical notes. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-618-086269.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 45240More details Price: $12.00 -
TEEN-AGE TREASURE CHEST OF SPORT SERIES: The Teen-age Library.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1948) dj. Hardcover - Contains 19 stories of every type of competitive sports written from the point of view of the modern teen-ager . Illustrated with small drawings. Preface by the author. A title in The Teen-age Library. 250 pp.
Condition: Good in orange boards in a good dust jacket (gift inscription, usual toning to the pages, some edgewear to the dj, sunning to spine, now protected by an archival cover)
Book ID: 78746More details Price: $16.50 -
TEN INNINGS AT WRIGLEY: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 86457More details Price: $21.50 -
BASEBALL: Individual Play and Team Strategy.
Edition: Second edition, fifth printing.
New York: Prentice-Hall, (1949.) dj. Hardcover - Forewords by Grantland Rice (who calls this the most complete book on playing baseball ever written) and Connie Mack (who describes this as the first book of its kind). Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Index. xxiii, 340 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering, no dust jacket (wear to the covers, contents are very good, printed throughout on heavy glossy stock, binding is sturdy.).
Book ID: 53201More details Price: $12.50 -
SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA: Tales of a Long Distance Swimmer.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of her record-breaking swims - across the English channel at ages 15 and 16, through the Straits of Magellan, around the Cape of Good Hope and more.323 pp. ISBN: 0-375-415076.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58864More details Price: $17.50 -
SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA: Tales of a Long Distance Swimmer.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition - An account of her record-breaking swims - across the English channel at ages 15 and 16, through the Straits of Magellan, around the Cape of Good Hope and more. A rather uncommon advance issue., 321 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a printing flaw - one page is somewhat crinkled.).
Book ID: 52650More details Price: $18.00 -
THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2004.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. First edition - Collects 26 essays by sportswriters and journalists - including Gary Smith, Ira Berkow, Susan Orlean, William Nack, Mitch Album, Rick Telander, Robert Draper, Charles P. Pierce and others. Introduction by Richard Ben Cramer and foreword by Glenn Stout, series editor. Biographical notes on contributors. xxiii, 300 pp. ISBN: 0-618251391.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76749More details Price: $12.50 -
THE NEW OAKLAND A'S.
Edition: First printing.
Berkeley, CA: Arrowhead Press, (1981.). First edition - Deluxe color edition. Uncommon look at the A's transformation by Billy Martin in 1980 - from a team which finished in last place in 1979 with only 306,763 fans the whole year. Over 50 illustrations including 8 in three colors. Laid in a thin yellow 33 vinyl "Billy Ball" record. Large format. 96 pp. Note: this was the transformation before that told in the book and film 'Moneyball.'. ISBN: 0-9604152-2x.
Condition: Very good in illustrated yellow wrappers.
Book ID: 51736More details Price: $50.00 -
GARRY GRAYSON'S WINNING TOUCHDOWN or Putting Passmore Tech on the Map. #8 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (c 1930) dj. Hardcover - The eighth book in this series described as 'good clean football at its best - and in addition rattling stories of mystery and schoolboy rivalries.' 216 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in green boards in a fair dust jacket (usual toning the pages, dust jacket has several tears and chips, and is beginning to separate along the folds, but still bright and attractive in a new mylar cover which is holding it all together)
Book ID: 78753More details Price: $21.50 -
DEMPSEY IN NEVADA.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72151More details Price: $35.00 -
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GOLFER'S SOUL: 101 Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter on the Links.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Deerfield Park, FL: Health Communications, Inc. (1999). SIGNED - A title in the very popular inspirational Chicken Soup for the Soul series - SIGNED on the title page by the author Jeff Aubery. Illustrated with cartoons, Notes on contributors. xxiv, 379 pp. ISBN: 1-558746587.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 71890More details Price: $15.00 -
THE PUNCH: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 68243More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SWEETHEART SEASON
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of a woman's baseball team, the Sweetwheat Sweethearts, in the 40's, told by one member's grown daughter in the 60's - except that things are not quite so simple as they appear. SIGNED on the title page. Author's second imaginative and highly praised novel. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-47379.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 45988More details Price: $35.00 -
THE SWEETHEART SEASON
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of a woman's baseball team, the Sweetwheat Sweethearts, in the 1940s, told by one member's grown daughter in the 60s - except that things are not quite so simple as they appear. Author's second imaginative and highly praised novel. SIGNED on title page. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-47379.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 42699More details Price: $30.00 -
THE JUNIOR CUP.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: The Century Company, 1908 (c 1901). Hardcover - Very uncommon young adult book by this historian best known for his work on the American Revolution. While most of French's novels, whether for children or adults were historical fiction, this book, set at a boy's summer camp and school, is a contemporary story of teenage boys and sports. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 internal glossy plates by Bernard J. Rosenmeyer. 246 pp.
Condition: Poor condition, reading copy only (missing one plate and pp 203-4, another plate is loose but still present, some fraying and rubbing and wear to the spine and the corners, prev owner's name dated Christmas 1911) .
Book ID: 67797More details Price: $20.00 -
GAME SIX: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A behind the scenes look at what is considered perhaps the greatest baseball game of all time - an extra-innings thriller. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. Appendix & index 406 pp. ISBN: 9781401323103.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52726More details Price: $40.00 -
THE GOLDEN PEOPLE.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - Informal profiles by this former sportswriter of some of the stars of the "Golden Decade" of the 1920s - in boxing, tennis, baseball, football, golf - including Bobby Jones, Babe Ruth, Gertrude Ederle, Gene Tunney, Helen Wills, Ty Cobb, Jack Dempsey, Knute Rockne and many more. Illustrated with many photographs. 315 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some short closed edge tears to dj) .
Book ID: 79229More details Price: $20.00 -
PACIFIC COAST INSHORE FISHES.
Edition: Revised edition. Somewhat oversized trade paperback.
Los Osos, CA: Sea Challengers, 1981. Illustrated with full color photographs and maps. Printed on heavy glossy stock. 96 pages. ISBN: 0-930030-311.
Condition: Very good+.
Book ID: 19395More details Price: $12.00 -
PAUL HAHN SHOWS YOU HOW TO PLAY TROUBLE SHOTS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: David Mckay Co. (1965.). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Foreword by Arnold Palmer. Illustrated with many two-color line drawings by Lea Gustafson. 110 pp.
Condition: INSCRIBED on the front endpaper by the author. Very good in beige cloth, no dustjacket (stain to back cover.)
Book ID: 28714More details Price: $18.00 -
K IS FOR KICK: A Soccer Alphabet (Book and Poster.)
Edition: First printing.
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of a series of informative and attractive alphabet books produced by this publisher - in addition to the simple rhyme for younger children ("A is where soccer is played, all over the world... B is for ball.."), each page also contains expository text for older readers which gives specific details about goaltending, referees, the World Cup, and many other aspects. Illustrated with detailed and realistic full-color paintings by Rose-Popp. INSCRIBED by Herzog on the title page ("To ..., hope you get a 'kick' out of this") Large oblong format, bound in glossy illustrated boards. Accompanied by a 19.5 by 17 inch poster, folded, which reproduces the cover illustration and has the alphabet rhymes in the margins. ISBN: 1-585361305.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy). Poster has been folded, but is otherwise fine.
Book ID: 36834More details Price: $40.00 -
HOLYFIELD: The Humble Warrior.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc, (1996) dj. Hardcover - Autobiography of this boxer who was three times the world heavyweight boxing champion, focusing on his youth as he learned to box, his Olympic bronze medal, and his eventual triumph at becoming the champion, as well as the values he held which led to him being called "the real deal." Photographs. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-785276939.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83098More details Price: $15.00 -
BECOMING HOLYFIELD: A Fighter's Journey.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atria Books, (2008). First edition - The story of his rise from poverty to four time world heavyweight boxing champion, told in his own words. Includes an appendix with his professional fight record. Cover praise from President Bill Clinton who says "Passion, drive and athleticism shine through on every page of this absorbing memoir." 273 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 59642More details Price: $17.50 -
JAPANESE GAME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "thriller about baseball, sex slavery and trade agreements." Boldly INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late noted collector Larry Owens and dated in the year of publication. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312855532.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63656More details Price: $35.00 -
RED CARD: A Novel of World Cup 1994.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The US is hosting the soccer World Cup, and two players are gunned down outside the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. James Burlane, ex-CIA, now private investigator and soccer afficionado, is hired to investigate. INSCRIBED on the half title page to noted Oklahoma book collector, Larry Owens, and dated Jan 28, 1998 at Long Beach, Washington (underneath the date, Hoyt wrote "my 57th birthday." 253 pp plus a list of the 1994 World Cup teams. ISBN: 0-312-855540.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 60630More details Price: $35.00 -
BASEBALL JUNKIE: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of a World Series Champion.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
San Diego: DreamGrinder Press, (2017). First edition - Autobiography of a two-time World Series champion who reached the pinnacle of Major League Baseball before retiring at age thirty-six in 2012, but who balanced these victories with the crippling demons of addiction, divorce, anxiety, depression, and feelings of inferiority. v, 257 pp. ISBN: 978-1944903176.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85990More details Price: $17.50 -
FOOTBALL YEARBOOK 1950 Edition.
Edition: First printing.
New York: True, the Man's Magazine, 1950. Includes Frank Leahy's 1950 football forecast and many articles on football by regions and a section with the official 1950 football schedule. 89 pp.
Condition: Poor condition in stapled illustrated wrappers, reading copy only (missing first 2 pages and final leaf is detached but laid in, significant chipping and wear to the covers, separating to spine, staining to some pages - but quite uncommon.)
Book ID: 56092More details Price: $20.00 -
BOWS AND ARROWS: How They are Best Made for All Kinds of Target Shooting, Including Chapters on Shooting, Accessories and Competitions.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Macmillan, 1927. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this comprehensive book on the making of bows starting with cutting the wood. Illustrated with drawings by G. P. Haynes and a glossy photographic frontispiece and two internal glossy plate. x, 173 pp.
Condition: Good overall in light green cloth with darker green lettering (missing front endpaper, frontispiece is detached but still present, otherwise tight and straight.)
Book ID: 73329More details Price: $65.00 -
MY LIFE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of the great basketball player - and also the story of his discovery that he had AIDS.
Condition: F/F.
Book ID: 7883More details Price: $12.50 -
ON BULLFIGHTING.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Anchor Books, (2001). A novelist's look at "a sport that represents the ultimate confrontation with death: bullfighting. . . matadors (literally "killers") are men and, increasingly, women who, not unlike the Roman gladiators before them, provide a spectacle to the crowd, a dance in which their own death is as present as that of the bull.. " Glossary, brief bibliography. 164 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86091More details Price: $15.00