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Haddonfield, New Jersey: Ed Hertfelder, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Haddonfield, New Jersey: Ed Hertfelder, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition hardcover book in clean original dust jacket, SIGNED by the author, with a signed handwritten note laid in. Clean gray cloth boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "They ain't getting better Harry, just longer! - Hope you like this one also - " Note on back of a folded poster for a motorcycle product reads: "Thanks for the order Harry. I'll let you know when the novel is done. - Keep in touch - Ed." Book is 335 pages with drawings by tScot Steele. Clean dust jacket (photo illustrated) is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable myalr cover. A book about… Read More

New York: Macmillan, 1941. Book. Illus. by Joseph W. Golinkin, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Clean first edition, first printing in original dust jacket. Clean beige buckram cloth boards with brown lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Previous owner name and address neatly written at top corner of front free endpaper - no other marks. Beautifully illustrated with more than eighty magnificent pictures (nearly half of them in full color) by Joseph W. Golinkin. Highlights of the world of sports from baseball, tennis and boxing to horse racing and polo, described in Mr. Kieran's inimitable style. 212 pages. Illustrated dust jacket is clean, price clipped, has edge wear and a few chips; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First Printing, in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean gray endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated in full color and black & white. 288 pages with index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, no tears, no chips, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The earliest Olympic Games began more than twenty-five hundred years ago. In this lavishly illustrated book, a world expert on ancient Greek athletics provides the first comprehensive introduction to the subject, vividly describing ancient sporting events and games and exploring their impact on art, literature and politics..

Viking Books for Young Readers, 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean first printing with complete number line on copyright page in clean unclipped jacket - now in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Deep blue paper-covered boards with yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears. A thrilling true tale adapted for young readers - the story of nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. .

New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First U.S. Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 217 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A golf groupie ends up naked and dead in the bed of a competitor at the British Open Golf Championship..

Woodstock, Vermont: Backcountry Publications, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. Woodstock, Vermont: Backcountry Publications, 1982. Near Fine. Clean, solid softcover book. Size approx. 7-1/2" x 9". Clean illustrated cover with red and white lettering on both cover and spine. No creasing, chipping or curling. Binding is tight, pages are clean. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, maps. Well laid out descriptions of put-in and take-out, obstacles and distances, water conditions. 171 pages with glossary..

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1901. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First American Edition (Revised).. Decorated American trade binding. Authorized, Revised Edition, with Several Prefaces and an Essay on Prizefighting - Also The Admirable Bashville Or Constancy Unrewarded - Being the Novel of Cashel Byron's Profession Done into a Stage Play in Three Acts and in Blank Verse. Clean brown cloth boards with white line drawing of a prizefighter on cover, black lettering and black line border on cover; black lettering on spine. Tiny spots of corner wear at base of spine. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean with gilt top page edges. Publisher's decorative insignia on rear board in black. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Prefaces + 376 pages. In removable protective mylar cover. The adventures of a professional prizefighter..

Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Authorized Revised Edition.. Clean brown cloth boards with white line drawing of a prizefighter on cover, black lettering and black line border on cover; black lettering on spine. Very slight rubbing to prizefighter's right arm on cover. Tiny spots of wear to top spine corners. Pages are clean, with gilt top page edges. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Front hinge had some cracking, has been professionally reglued. 376 pages..

Minocqua, Wisconsin: NorthWord Press, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition in original dust jacket. Dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear, light dust soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. Map-illustrated endpapers. Light dust speckling to top text block edge. 239 pages. Clean dust jacket is price clipped, has several closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An homage to the sport and art of dog sled racing. .

National Rifle Association, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Sixth printing of the first edition. Clean blue boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Small sticker at lower right corner of front free endpaper. Penned notations on one of the preliminary pages. All other pages are clean and bright, with detailed illustrations. 399 pages with Bibliography..

Granbury, Texas: Happy Hill Farm Academy, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Granbury, Texas: Happy Hill Farm Academy, 1996. Stated First Printing. Fine. "First Printing, October, 1996 stated on copyright page. Clean unworn glossy boards with comb binding in excellent condition. No bumping or wear. Pages are clean and bright, no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs (full color and black and white). Cooking tips and favorite recipes from the wives of the Dallas Cowboys, plus Cowboys' candid family photos, previously unpublished Cowboys information and personal reflections..

London: J.A. Allen & Co Ltd, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Clean first edition in original dust jacket. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Tiny bump to upper board edges (no break to cloth). Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. Blank endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs. 286 pages with Index, blank "Notes" page for rule changes. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, light surface rubbing, two short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Cowles Book Company, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Fine stated first edition in clean dust jacket. Clean unfaded blue cloth boards with white lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings. 292 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, with slightest hint of edge wear, short closed edge tear, price clip to upper corner of front inside flap; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A complete guide to boating, navigation, wate sports, surfing for the beginner, fishing, underwater photography, beach-combing, camping and cooking..

New York: Franklin Watts, 1959. Book. Illus. by Julio Granda, Illustrator. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. New York: Franklin Watts, 1959. Stated First Printing. Fine/Very Good. Julio Granda, Illustrator. Stated First Printing in clean original dust jacket. Clean rust brown cloth boards with black lettering and small illustration of basketball player on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with illustrated endpapers (illustrated with officials' code of signals). No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by Julio Granda. 60 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has 1/2" inch chip at base of spine, a few tiny closed edge tears. Photo and bio of author on rear inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A clear introduction to the rules of the game, with dozens of pointers on mastering its… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. As-new first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean gray boards with brown spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright, amusingly illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful photos from the 1920's. 474 pages with Index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

New York: Dutton, 2014. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Light green boards with black spine, unworn gold lettering on spine. Slightest hint of fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with color photographs. 311 pages with Bibliography. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; a few very light scratches; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

Willwood, Virginia: American Foxhound Club, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition.. Limited Edition (no. 559), SIGNED by the author, in original dust jacket. Very clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Lovely color portrait of Alexander MacKay-Smith, M.F.H. by Jean Bowman (1956) with one of his foxhounds. Copyright page is signed by Alexander Mackay-Smith and numbered (this book no. 559). All pages and edges are clean and bright. Illustrated with photographs. 263 pages. Dust jacket is unchipped, very slight soiling (some tiny spots), no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First printing.. Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 1990. Stated First printing. Fine/Near Fine . First Edition, First Printing ("First Printing, July 1990" with letter line beginning with "A"). Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 357 pgs. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears; mere hint of light surface rubbing. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Book documents the coach and players of a high school football team of Odessa, Texas and the town's obsession with the game. Made into a film in 2004 and a television series which premiered in 2006..

New York: Lyons Press, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Lyons Press, 2001. Stated First edition. Near Fine/fine. Very clean green cloth boards with bright metallic lettering on spine. Hint of light surface wear to corners, no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean photo illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 160 pgs. with index. Beautifully illustrated with full color photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Gary Player's personal selection of 55 of the most memorable golf courses around the globe..

London: Robson Books, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. London: Robson Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Fine first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean golden cloth boards - no fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright; clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with glossy black & white photographs. 243 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..