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  • LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION: Stories. by Wallace, Rich.
    Wallace, Rich.
    LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION: Stories.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nine interwoven stories which bring "a small-town high school to life through the sharp, spare voice - and the heart-pounding defeats and triumphs - of an athlete." 127 pp. ISBN: 0-375813519.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some wear to bottom edge of dj)

    Book ID: 88802
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  • IN CONTEMPT. by Walter, Jess and Christopher Darden.
    Walter, Jess and Christopher Darden.
    IN CONTEMPT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The inside story of the OJ Simpson trial, but also the story of Darden himself, growing up poor in Richmond , California, but determined to succeed in his dream of being a lawyer. Photographs. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391839.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 57232
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  • IN CONTEMPT. by Walter, Jess, signed and Christopher Darden.
    Walter, Jess, signed and Christopher Darden.
    IN CONTEMPT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The inside story of the OJ Simpson trial, but also the story of Darden himself, growing up poor in Richmond , California, but determined to succeed in his dream of being a lawyer. SIGNED on the title page by co-author Jess Walter (who gets the small type, but said he just wanted it large enough for his mother to see.) Photographs. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0391839.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56807
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  • HOOP ROOTS. by Wideman, John Edgar.
    Wideman, John Edgar.
    HOOP ROOTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's memoir of "discovering the game that has been his singular passion for nearly fifty years. It is equally, inevitably, the story of the roots of black basketball in Ameica Ñ a story inextricable from race, culture, love, and home. " 242 pp. ISBN: 0-395-857317.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 43233
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  • ON THE GRIDIRON and Other Stories of Outdoor Sports, Harper's Athletic Series #2. by Williams, Jesse Lynch; S. Scoville Jr., J, Conover, J. Henderson and Paul Hull.
    Williams, Jesse Lynch; S. Scoville Jr., J, Conover, J. Henderson and Paul Hull.
    ON THE GRIDIRON and Other Stories of Outdoor Sports, Harper's Athletic Series #2.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hardcover first edition - The second title in the 4 book "Harper's Athletic Series" published in 1909-1910, described as "Selected Stories of Track, Diamond, Gridiron, Golf, and Other Sports.. . They carry a fresh, manly outdoor atmosphere." Copyright page lists to this title. Other authors include William Murray Graydon, Ida Kenniston and more. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven inserted plates. All of the titles in this series are quite uncommon. 224 pp.

    Condition: Fair condition only in illustrated light green cloth - fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped, front hinge cracking. Missing one plate.

    Book ID: 76260
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  • Witwer, H. C.
    THERE'S NO BASE LIKE HOME.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc., 1920. Hardcover first edition - Baseball story set in the years just after the Great War - World War I - includes discussion of doping (opium) among baseball players, proving that there is nothing new. Illustrated by Arthur William Brown with a frontispiece and 7 glossy inserted plates (one depicting a baseball scene.) 284 pp.

    Condition: Good condition in tan cloth with black lettering (pencilled gift inscription dated Christmas 1920, some foxing the edges of the textblock and several pages.)

    Book ID: 35406
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  • THE BATTALION CAPTAIN. by Wyman, L. P. [Levi Parker ]
    Wyman, L. P. [Levi Parker ]
    THE BATTALION CAPTAIN.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: A. L. Burt, (1936). Hardcover first edition - One of the last and most difficult to find titles in the Adventure and Mystery Series for Boys, set at a military college south of Philadelphia - the Fortress - modeled on the Pennsylvania Military College where Wyman worked for many years, eventually becoming a Dean and then Vice President. Glossy frontispiece. 254 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth (previous owner's name, hint of spine slant)

    Book ID: 85924
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  • ALWAYS DREAM. by Yamaguchi, Kristi with Greg Brown.
    Yamaguchi, Kristi with Greg Brown.
    ALWAYS DREAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 1992 Olympic gold medal winner in figure skating tells of her early life in California, the importance of her Japanese heritage, and how she fell in love with the ice. SIGNED on a special bookplate on the front endpaper with a small drawing of a flower. Photographs and illustrations by Doug Keith. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-87833-9965.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 50773
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  • 15TH ANNUAL OPTIMIST ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME.
    15TH ANNUAL OPTIMIST ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME.

    Edition: First edition.

    Sacramento, CA: 1971. First edition - Program for a football game between the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley played to benefit the Optimist Foundation for Handicapped Children, played at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento on August 14, 1971. Guest of honor was John Ralston, Head Football Coach at Stanford University. Includes the roster of each team and small photographs of each player. Many local ads. Unpaginated (14 pp), measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

    Condition: Near fine in stapled, illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81662
    Keywords: california, football, Sports
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