New York: Simon & Schuster, (1967) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An in-depth look at the career of golf great, Arnold Palmer, including his come-back win at the US Open in 1960, written by his agent, friend and fellow member of the Golf Hall of Fame, Mark McCormack, and written at the height of Palmer's popularity as one of the superstars of television's golf age. Palmer has also been credited with popularizing and make more accessible a sport previously seen as an elite upper class pastime. SIGNED by Arnold Palmer on the front endpaper. Includes 32 pp of photographs, an appendix with statistics on Palmer's career (he won 68 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973) and an index. 318 pp.

Boulder, CO Velo Press (2008). First edition - "Joe Parkin, an American bike racer who left the familiar comforts of home to compete at the highest professional level in Belgium, tells what it is like to be a compete in that world. 202 pp.

New York: Random House, 1973. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Plimpton comes out of retirement to take one last fling at quarterbacking - this time with the Baltimore Colts. However, this is also a study of what it is like to be a lineman in the National Football League, and focusing on the stories of John Gordy and Alex Karras, it is also an account of how it feels when the 'end of the game' is reached after football has been your life for so many years. SIGNED by Plimpton on the title page. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-394-488474.

New York: Harper & Row, (1977) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Curry began his career in football with the Green Bay Packers in 1963, and over the years he played with the Baltimore Colts, the Houston Oilers and the LA Rams. Thoughtful reminisences of the sport and the players. INSCRIBED by Plimpton on the front endpaper. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0133767.

New York: Harper & Row, (1977) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Curry began his career in football with the Green Bay Packers in 1963, and over the years he played with the Baltimore Colts, the Houston Oilers and the LA Rams. Thoughtful reminisences of the sport and the players. INSCRIBED by Plimpton on the front endpaper with the words "and the roar of the crowd." 212 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0133767.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999). First edition - An homage to the Cleveland Indians of the years past, and what ties them together. Highlights include: glories of 1984 championship, 1899 Cleveland Spiders the "losingest" tea, in Major League history, the relationship that brought Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers and more. 256 pp.

New York: Viking, 1996. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated by Mike Kowalski. Paper engineering by Arroyo Projects Studio. Book and cover design by Jo David. Garrity gives an "insider's tour of the game of golf". From St. Andrews to Augusta and Pebble Beach and even Alan Shepard's historic putt on the Moon. 6 double-page spreads with large pop-ups and small ones hidden beneath flaps. Large format. ISBN: 0-670-86546x.

New York: Crown, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of Gabrielle Reece, professional beach volleyball player, model and an athlete who breaks all the stereotypes. SIGNED by co-author Karen Karbo on the title page. 256 pp plus two inserts of color photographs. ISBN: 0-517-708353.

Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a man whose career in basketball began with the Kings before they even left Kansas City to move to Sacramento - over the years, he was a scout, assistant and head coach, general manager and television analyst for the Kings. Foreword by Grant Napear. INSCRIBED by Reynolds "to Stephen, Best of luck in sports. Hope you enjoy the book!" on the front endpaper "Photographs. 182 pp. ISBN: 1596701374.

Fort Lee, NJ: CavanKerry Press, (2009). First edition - A series of interconnected poems which "explore the often unsettlingly central role that sports play in American life. From the star player to the kid who never gets in a game to the town religious fanatic to the disgruntled parent--all have their say. Even if you haven't lived in this town, you will recognize the lives of quiet endurance, unrecognized triumph, harsh weather, and hardnosed hope that propel people through the season." A title in the Notable Voices series. 89 pp. ISBN: 978-1933880150.

Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography written for children by the Baltimore Orioles' All Star shortstop, one which shares the twists and turns and shares some of the lessons he learned on the way. Illustrated with photographs and full color paintings by Doug Keith. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-87833-9159.

np [Emmaus, PA:] Rodale, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of one of basketball's greatest all-around players - the story of how the NBA was built and his own story of segregation, triumph, and disillusionment when he was forced out of the game. Photographs. Index. 342 pp.

np [Emmaus, PA:] Rodale, (2003.). First edition - Autobiography of one of basketball's greatest all-around players - the story of how the NBA was built and his own story of segregation, triumph, and disillusionment when he was forced out of the game. Photographs. Index. 342 pp.

New York: Delacorte, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The NBA player at his frankest and most controversial. Illustrated with many photographs. 261 pages. ISBN: 0-385-318979.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the Arctic Circle, where they place "ice golf" to a golf course laid out on a lava field in Bali, from traveling with a marathon-roller coaster rider to downing pints with the King of Darts in a London pub, these are stories of the unusual, the odd, the hilarious and sometimes touching examples of those dedicated to "extreme recreation." 255 pp. ISBN: 0-871138786.

New York: The Viking Press, (1982) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this New York playwright and author, based on a point-shaving scandal from the 1950s, a compassionate story of five street-smart kids from the ghetto who play for a city college basketball team, driven by their coach to become champions. Even though they faced greatness they lacked the wisdom to resist the "easy money" that came from winning, but not by too much - A book which is an indictment of the greed behind sports, and sees the boys as victims as much as they are guilty themselves. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-670317047.

New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (c. 1934.). Hardcover - The second book in this series, focusing on football and dedicated to George Raymond Harrah for his example of 'grit' on and off the field, and with an acknowledgment to Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner for 'football dope.' Plain frontispiece, thin format. 202 pp Book lists through #3 at front.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - Biography of this record setting pitcher, who was named to the Hall of Fame the year this was published. Includes his statistics, index. 191 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1928). Hardcover - The first sports novel by this prolific writer - "Tingling romance, breath-taking mystery. Climaxed by a championship football game at Yankee Stadium." Glossy frontispiece. 323 pp plus 4 pp. publisher's ads. Full color illustrated endpapers.

Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc. (1998.). SIGNED first edition - Inspirational stories about their lives and their work by Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Williams, Keely Shaye Smith, Guru Singh, Be atrice Wood, Robert Townsend, Lord Robin Russell, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Leeza Gibbons, Sandy Gallin, Wyland, Chris Chandler, Tatjana Patitz, Arnold Palmer, Robert A. Johnson, Janet Yang, and Woody Harrelson. SIGNED by Sivertsen on the title page. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 398 pp. ISBN: 1558745939.

New York: Norton, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The "story of how gravity pioneers transformed an ancient terror - the sensation of falling - into the modern thrill that powers extreme sports, monstrous amusement rides, and a youth culture obsessed with 'getting air.' It's a hair-raising tour, with nineteenth-century parachutists plummeting to their deaths before thousands, British lords tumbling from Alpine peaks, Hollywood stuntmen dropping from biplanes to freight trains, drunken carousers outrunning police to make the world's first bungee jump, and X Games athletes such as stunt bike rider Mat Hoffman explaining their bone-breaking passion." Illustrated. Notes, bibliography, index. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-393-054136.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - a mystery starting at MacKenzie Park in the center of a dying Massachusetts mill town, where a minor league baseball team is struggling for survival. SIGNED on the title page. A classic of baseball fiction. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-0750.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - a mystery starting at MacKenzie Park in the center of a dying Massachusetts mill town, where a minor league baseball team is struggling for survival. SIGNED on the title page. A classic of baseball fiction. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-0750.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2002). First edition - "In the first half of the twentieth century, pro basketball was tainted by racism, as gifted African Americans were denied the opportunity to display their talents. Through in-depth interviews with players, their families, coaches, teammates, and league officials, Ron Thomas tells the largely untold story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl Lloyd, early superstars such as Maurice Stokes and Bill Russell, and the leagues first black coaches." Includes a list of the Black players from 1950-1965, notes. 262 pp plus 12 pp of photographs.

New York: David McKay, (1953). Hardcover - A rather hard-to-find book about high school football - and some unconventional training techniques. 186 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. SIGNED first edition - "How the Oakland A's of the 1970s - a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers - won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern age." SIGNED and dated in 2016 (before official publication date) on the half title page. Cast of characters. Notes. 365 pp.

New York: George H. Doran, (1926) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book, which uses the game of golf as an analogy to "the greater game of life." Murdoch commented that it is "difficult to decide whether this is a book of theology with golf overtones, or a golf book with a highly moral tone" - however, the publishers had no such difficulties - the back cover of the quite uncommon dust jacket contains a list of "religious books worth while." 143 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from a drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security, in the sport they love and in each other. But when the dark beast that is David's addiction emerges once again, almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened. . . an unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive." SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-060174056.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Features the stories of ten outstanding ballplayers from the 30's and 40's including Elden Auker, Dom DiMaggio, Warren Spahn, John 'Buck' O'Neil, Johnny Pesky, Bob Feller, Tommy Henrich, Larry Doby, Ralph Kiner, and Monte Irvin. The Baseball Oral History Project, Volume One. Photographs, index. 243 pp. ISBN: 9780743273176.