Binding: Cloth
Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Company, New York
Date published: 1943
Description: Near Fine in Very Good + jacket. An unusually crisp copy of the 1943 1st edition. Part of the wonderful "Barnes Dollar Sports Library". Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ example of the fragile dustjacket, with fading along the spine and just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Still though, a significantly above-average copy, elusive in this condition. Octavo, dozens of black-and-white photos and diagrams complementing the text. Foreword by Oswald Tower. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The Sporting News
Date published: 1941
Description: Collectible; Very Good. The 1940 issue of Baseball Register, published by The Sporting News. Solid and VG in its bevelled navy-blue cloth, with light soiling at the panels and light fraying to the spine crown. Octavo, 257 pgs. Former owner (probably young boy) name and address on front free endpaper, otherwise very clean internally. In four sections: History of Baseball, Cooperstown Museum and Players in Hall of Fame; Modern Stars; Managers and Coaches; and Former Stars. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Hawthorn Books, New York
Date published: 1975
Description: Collectible; Very Good in Very Good jacket. INSCRIBED BY COLLEEN HOWE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1975 1st edition. Cleran and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing at the spine crown and several small closed tears along the apnel edges. Small, neat former owner signature as well at the front pastedown. Octavo, 192 pgs. Signed by Author. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: The Sporting News
Date published: 1947
Description: Collectible; Very Good. The 1946 issue of The Baseball Register, published by The Sporting News. Solid and VG in its bevelled navy-blue boards, with bright gilt title-lettering at the front panel. Octavo, 273 pgs. In six sections: Life Story of Walter Johnson; Ten Great Slugging Feats of Baseball History; Present Day Players; Managers and Coaches; Major League Umpires; and Former Stars. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Original Wraps
Publisher: The Sporting News, St. Louis
Date published: 1959
Description: Collectible; Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1959-60 season of the Official National Basketball Association Guide. Digest-sized and published by the Sporting News out of St. Louis. Bright and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Small former-owner stamp at title page, otherwise clean as could be. A soaring, young Celtic named Bill Russell on the cover. Read More
Binding: Original Wraps
Publisher: The Sporting News, St. Louis
Date published: 1958
Description: Collectible; Very Good. A clean, crisp copy of the 1958-59 season Official National Basketball Association Guide. Digest-sized, published by the Sporting News out of St. Louis. Bright and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with very light staining at rear panel and small former owner stamp at title page. Bob Pettit on the cover shooting a razor-sharp jum shot. Read More
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Positive Publications, Baltimore
Date published: 2000
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. A handsome copy of the 2000 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, crisp color and black-and-white photos complementing the text, which was co-written by Larry "Smokey" Genta. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Wykagel Country Club, Pelham, NY
Description: Collectible; Fine. A solid, clean copy of the 1968 1st edition of this history of the Wykagel Country Club (formerly the Pelham Country Club) in Westchester Co., New York. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright, mostly unfaded gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Quarto, 140 pgs. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Corvina Press
Date published: 1971
Description: Very Good in Very Good + jacket. A handsome copy of the 1971 1st English language edition. Solid and VG (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown, stamp to the front free endpaper's bottom-edge, offsetting to the endpapers) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the spine crown. Octavo, 290 pgs. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Original Wraps
Publisher: Impresora Portes Hnos. S. A, Santo Domingo
Date published: 1987
Description: Collectible; Very Good. 1987 1st edition of this history of Domincan players who had made it, up to this point, to the Major Leagues. Crisp and clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 119 pgs. Read More
Description: Near Fine. The 2006 re-issue of this classic soccer instructional, originally published in 1967. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ADOLFO MOGILEVSKY on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in its orange pictorial wrappers. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: International Hockey Board
Date published: 1958
Description: Collectible; Very Good in Very Good jacket. "Second (revised and enlarged) edition. With the Latest Rules and Notes, Suggestions to Umpires by International Hockey Board". 1958. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges. 12mo, 133 pgs. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Petersen Publishing Company, Los Angeles
Date published: 1965
Description: Collectible; Very Good in Very Good jacket. A sharp copy of the 1965 1st edition of Petersen's Surfing Yearbook #2. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing at the panels. Quarto, 224 pgs., hundreds of black-and-white photos thruout. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Editrice Italiana, Roma
Date published: 1968
Description: Collectible; Very Good. 1968 1st edition of this biography of "Il Gigante Buono". VG-in its pictorial boards, with wear along the spine. Still though, a presentable copy. Octavo, 125 pgs., including a nummber of photos. Text in Italian. Read More
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Johann Gruneberg Verlag, Marburg, Grmany
Description: Collectible; Very Good. The 1st edition of this broad German history of tennis, c. 1930. VG in its light-blue, decorative coth, with light offsetting to the panels. Quarto, 368 pgs., crisp black-and-white photos thruout. Read More
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster), New York
Date published: 2004
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. An immaculate copy of the 2004 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white (and a number of color) photos throughout. Read More
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Methuen & Co, London
Date published: 1924
Description: Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1924 1st edition. Tight and VG, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. 12mo, 174 pgs. plus publisher's ads., crisp black-and-white photos. Read More
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
Date published: 2013
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. INSCRIBED BY "DOC" GOODEN on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 2013 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ontario, Canada
Date published: 2008
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. A handsome copy of the 2008 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket, Quarto, dozens and dozens of crisp color photos throughout. Foreword by Hockey Hall-of-Fame Goaltender Gerry Cheevers. Read More
Binding: Pictorial wrappers
Publisher: W.A. Bickel, Chicago
Date published: 1937
Description: Very Good + Wonderful, uncommon tennis ephemera, the 1937 catalogue by W.A. Bickel out of Chicago showcasing the latest in tennis racquets, racquet stringing equipment, racquet presses, rubber handle grips, the varieties of preservatives for gut strings, etc. Clean and VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with slight splitting along the spine ends. 16mo, includes a large laid-in folding diagram ("Instructions for Stringing Tennis Rackets"). Read More
Binding: Magazines
Publisher: Illinois Sportservice, Inc
Date published: 1938
Description: Near Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the December 4th, 1938 issue of this charming weekly "published for every athletic event at the Chicago Stadium". This issue devoted specifically to hockey and the Chicago Black Hawks ("Lightning on Skates"). Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling to the rear panel. Striking cover design by Jan Bryan Studio. A nice early piece of Chicago sports ephemera, with wonderful local, period ads throughout. Read More
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY
Date published: 1964
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. A solid copy of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping--and several small closed tears--along the panel edges. Quarto, generously illustrated with dozens and dozens of black-and-white photos throughout. Read More
Binding: Boards
Publisher: Zebra Books (Kensington Publishing Corp. ), New York
Date published: 1991
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. INSCRIBED BY BOTH BOBBY THOMPSON AND RALPH BRANCA on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the June, 1991 stated 1st printing. Clean and Fine in a c risp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light scuffing to the rear panel. A nice piece of baseball history. Read More
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London
Date published: 1846
Description: Very Good. An appealing copy of the 1846 2nd edition, complete in 2 vols. Both volumes tight and VG in their green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spines and decorative blindstamping at the panels. Light fading to the spines, mild wear along the spine ends. Light spotting and scuffing as well to several covers but, still, solid and presentable. And internally, very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. Uniform octavos, publisher's advertisements at the rear of volume II. Read More