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How to Start Rallying

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Speed and Sports Publications Ltd Date published: 1970 ISBN-13: 9780851130248 ISBN: 0851130240

Description: Good. 1970 Speed and Sports Publications Ltd., London. Speed Sport Motobooks. Second printing. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine creased. Name in ink on first page. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Bottom corner bumped. One page has a hole. One pair of pages has a darkened rectangle where something of low-quality paper was stored between them. Pages otherwise clean and ... Read More

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Book: Good

 

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When Golf is a Ball: a Lifetime of Fun and Adventure in the Game used book

When Golf is a Ball: a Lifetime of Fun and Adventure in the Game

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Gary Wiren Date published: 2004 ISBN-13: 9781932202175 ISBN: 193220217X

Description: Fine; Fine Jacket. 2004 Gary Wiren. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, not personalized: "Enjoy your golf-Enjoy the book-Gary Wiren". No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 284 pages. Dust jacket is like new. Includes ... Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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The Big One

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press Date published: 1988 ISBN-13: 9780934395991 ISBN: 0934395993

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1988 Rutledge Hill Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has taupe paper-covered boards with blue cloth-covered spine and silver spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. 399 pages. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Rifleman's Bible

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Doubleday Date published: 1987 ISBN-13: 9780385237475 ISBN: 0385237472

Description: Very Good. 1987 Doubleday. Softcover, 7.6 x 10.25 inches. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 190 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine has a light crease. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Bicycling: Touring and Mountain Bike Basics

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Date published: 1995 ISBN-13: 9780393313376 ISBN: 0393313379

Description: Very Good+. 1995 W. W. Norton & Company. A Trailside Series Guide. First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Softcover with flexible red vinyl covers. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 192 pages. Book is in excellent condition with only some shelf wear to the soft bottom edges; tail of spine is bumped. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket band is like new. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. First Edition. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Cross Country Skiing: an Introduction to a Winter You'Ve Never Seen Before

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Dell Date published: 1972

Description: Very Good. 1972 Dell. Small trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Pages clean and unmarked. 160 pages. Line art by Bruce Bulger. Published by the Tobey Publishing Company, Dell # 1612. Rob and Marcia Chickering, Anne Hicks, editors. Cover title: XC Cross Country Skiing. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Distance Riding From Start to Finish

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Date published: 1976 ISBN-13: 9780395247730 ISBN: 039524773X

Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1976 Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has yellow-orange cloth-covered boards with maroon spine and cover lettering and decorations. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book would be fine if not for a faint, one inch square stain from a removed ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Curling...Fun for Everyone used book

Curling...Fun for Everyone

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Dar Curtis Date published: 1959

Description: Good. 1959 Dar Curtis, Winnetka, Illinois. Published by the author. Third printing. Small softcover, 4 x 6 inches, with stapled binding. NOT ex-library. Color and black & white illustrations. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Front cover has a crease. Covers lightly curled at corners. Notations in ink at the top of 2 pages. Some entries in "Glossary of Curling Terms" section have pencil check-marks next to them. 28 pages. Read More

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Book: Good

 

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Shooting Stars used book

Shooting Stars

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Penguin Press Date published: 2009 ISBN-13: 9781594202322 ISBN: 159420232X

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 2009 Penguin Press. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on publication page. Hardcover has yellow paper-covered boards with green paper-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Color plates. 256 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Gerry Faust: the Golden Dream used book

Gerry Faust: the Golden Dream

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Sports Publishing-Sagamore Publishing Date published: 1997 ISBN-13: 9781571671189 ISBN: 1571671188

Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1997 Sports Publishing, a division of Sagamore Publishing. SIGNED by author (Faust) on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription dated 1997, and again on the following blank page with just his signature. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has blue faux leather-covered boards and gilt lettering. Black and white plates. 361 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Advanced Cross Country Riding: How to Succeed in Horse Trials

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Ward Lock Ltd Date published: 1994 ISBN-13: 9780706371642 ISBN: 070637164X

Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1994 Ward Lock Ltd. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has red textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Color plates. Photographs by Bob Langrish. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages clean and unmarked. 176 pages. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Guinness Book of Records: Edition 25, 1979

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Guinness Superlatives Limited Date published: 1978 ISBN-13: 9780900424908 ISBN: 0900424907

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 1978 Guinness Superlatives Limited. Oversize hardcover has glossy color pictorial paper-covered boards. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Color and black and white photographs. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Front free endpaper has small crease at bottom corner. Pages clean and unmarked. Back cover has small original price sticker. 350 pages. No dust jacket. "Made and produced in Great Britain". Carefully packed, shipped in a ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Swimming Australian Style

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Nicholas Kaye Date published: 1963

Description: Very Good; Fair Jacket. 1963 Nicholas Kaye. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has navy paper-covered boards with white spine lettering. Black and white frontispiece. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Wrinkle in rear endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 143 pages. Jacket has tattered edges, with several pieces missing from edges. Most of inner front flap is missing. Jacket also has several edge tears. Carefully ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Fun and Games: Four Decades of the Best of Bob August

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Moonlight Publishing Date published: 2001 ISBN-13: 9780967205632 ISBN: 0967205638

Description: Very Good; No jacket. 2001 Moonlight Publishing, Hinckley, Ohio. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has glossy pictorial paper-covered boards with blue background and white lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have very light surface wear. One page is dog-eared. Pages clean and unmarked. 240 pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Encyclopedia of Games

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: Hinkler Books Date published: 2003 ISBN-13: 9781865158679 ISBN: 1865158674

Description: Very Good. 2003 Hinkler Books, Dingley, Victoria, Australia. First published in 2000; this edition, 2003. Softcover. Black and white and red illustrations. 375 pages. Printed and bound in Malaysia. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Man in the Arena: the Life & Times of a.C. Sutphin

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Binding: Softcover Publisher: A.C. Sutphin Foundation Date published: 1995 ISBN-13: 9780964990012 ISBN: 0964990016

Description: Fine. 1995 A.C. Sutphin Foundation. As new. Softcover, 7 x 10 inches. Still in original shrink wrap. Undamaged. 238 pages. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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The Gunner's Bible: the Most Complete Guide to Sporting Firearms: Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, and Their Accessories used book

The Gunner's Bible: the Most Complete Guide to Sporting Firearms: Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, and Their Accessories

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Edition: 3rd edition Binding: Softcover Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc Date published: 1985 ISBN-13: 9780385182911 ISBN: 0385182910

Description: Very Good+. 1985 Doubleday & Company Inc. Third edition. Softcover, 7.6 x 10.1 inches. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 190 pages. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Curses! Why Cleveland Sports Fans Deserve to Be Miserable: a Lifetime of Tough Luck, Bad Breaks, Goofs Gaffes, and Blunders used book

Curses! Why Cleveland Sports Fans Deserve to Be Miserable: a Lifetime of Tough Luck, Bad Breaks, Goofs Gaffes, and Blunders

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Binding: Trade Paperback Publisher: Gray & Company Date published: 2005 ISBN-13: 9781598510188 ISBN: 1598510185

Description: Fine. 2005 Gray & Company. Trade paperback. Black and white illustrations. 141 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Read More

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Book: Fine/Like New

 

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Golf is a Funny Game...But It Wasn't Meant to Be used book

Golf is a Funny Game...But It Wasn't Meant to Be

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Momentum Books Date published: 1992 ISBN-13: 9781879094109 ISBN: 187909410X

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1992 Momentum Books, Ltd., Ann Arbor, Michigan. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations by Doug Parrish. 270 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Top corner and spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Color illustrated dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, light wrinkling at the corners and spine ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Betting Horses to Win used book

Betting Horses to Win

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Bell Publishing Company Date published: 1954

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1954 Bell Publishing Company. First printing. Full printing line on verso. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green textured paper-covered boards with black spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Date in ink on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. 183 pages. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends and a quarter inch closed tear and crease at the top of the back cover. There is a ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Espn 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection Season II, Volume I Films 01-15 Plus Bonus Dic

Format: DVD Studio: ESPN Films UPC: 825452511436

Description: Andre Rison, Ben Johnson, Bo Jackson, Jim Valvano, John Elway. Fine/Fine. 2013 Run time: 166.00. Fine in Fine case. Still in unopened original shrink wrap. However, the external bonus disc sleeve has been opened but the disc looks as new. 21 hours and 40 minutes. Includes Broke, 9.79*, There's No Place Like Home, Benji, Ghosts of Ole Miss, You Don't Know Bo, Survive and Advance, Elway to Marino, Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau, Free Spirits, No Mas, Big Shot, This Is What They Want, Bernie ... Read More

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Media: Fine/Like New

Cover: Fine/Like New

 

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Tennis for the Bloody Fun of It

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Edition: Unabridged Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Quadrangle-The New York Times Book Company Date published: 1976 ISBN-13: 9780812905908 ISBN: 0812905903

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1976 Quadrangle-The New York Times Book Company. Oversize hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and cover decorations. Black and white photographs. 159 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears; jacket spine is lightly sunned. Dust jacket is price clipped. ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes used book

Bowling Across America: 50 States in Rented Shoes

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: St. Martin's Press Date published: 2008 ISBN-13: 9780312366193 ISBN: 0312366191

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 2008 St. Martin's Press. SIGNED by author on title page. Not personalized. First Edition, stated. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards with blue spine lettering. 292 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The Complete Book of Games

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Garden City Books Date published: 1940

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1940 Garden City Books. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with black spine lettering and decorations. Top page edges red. Black and white illustrations. 894 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Page edges lightly tanned. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears. Jacket spine is lightly sunned. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame used book

The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: S.P.I. Books Date published: 1992 ISBN-13: 9781561710287 ISBN: 1561710288

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1992 S.P.I. Books. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.75 x 11.25 inches, has blue textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs. 220 pages. Introduction by Mark Spitz. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small wrinkle on front endpaper ... Read More

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Book: Very Good

 

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