Sports

New York: Gramercy, 1988 fifth printing, name on endpaper. and small red remainder dot, else fine, 780 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. more information

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New York: Breakaway Books , 1994 Third printing. Among the 48 stories and poems included here are ones by such noted writers as Brian Glanville, George Harmon Coxe, Alan Sillitoe, Evelyn Waugh, Joyce Carol Oates, Walt Whitman, Rudyard Kipling, Homer, and A.E. Housman. A clean, crisp copy. 324 pages.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1972 A clean copy in a half inch chip lacking at head of spine. A photographic outline of Bench's early career and life, with Bench's commentary to go along with the photos. 176 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-. Illus. by George Kalinsky . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970 Second printing, green illustrated boards with silver lettering on spine, clean tight copy, edited by Edward C. Janes, each chapter headed with a pen and ink fishing scene, bright photo dust jacket shows minimal edgewear, 328pp.. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Betty Fraser . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Dayton, OH : The Dayton Daily News , 1982 Sports columns from the long career of Dayton sports writer Si Burick, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. 178 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 2002 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975 A baseball classic, a veritable treasure chest of stories about the players and personalities of baseball from Durocher's playing days when Ruth saved him from getting punched out by Cobb, to his managing days with the Dodgers, Giants, and Cubs. A clean copy in a bright dust jacket. Back panel of jacket is photo of Durocher in his St. Louis Cardinal days. 375 pages.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993 Signed by Bob Edwards on title page, Writer's First Book, Bob Edward's Friday morning phone calls on NPR with Red Barber in Tallahassie.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993 Writer's First Book, Bob Edward's Friday morning phone calls on NPR with Red Barber in Tallahassie.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1998 A clean copy in a bright dust jacket with very moderate edge wear. 464 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1986 7th printing. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Random House, 1980 The companion book to The Complete Book of Running. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1975 The account of a hiking of the Pacific Crest Trail by Gray and Abell, with many color photos.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Sam Abell . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Columbus, OH: United States Trotting Association , 1968 Written in collaboration with many noted harness trainers and drivers, such as Stanley Dancer, Ralph Baldwin, Del Miller, Billy Haughton, Sanders Russell, Bob Farrington, et.al. A very comprehensive book with chapters on bloodlines, training of various aged horses, shoeing, health of the horse, driving, equipment, stable management, the sport in various countries, etc. Name blacked out on ffep, else a clean copy. B/W photos and pen and ink drawings. 1054pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by William A. Orr . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1964 blue cloth, silver lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers, ink marks on endpapers, dust jacket rubbed slightly, and price clipped. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1990 Second printing, signed by Bo on half-title, dust jacket price-clipped, else fine. . Signed by Author. Early reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1941 First Printing, November 1941. A comprehensive covering of the American sports scene of the time, boxing, baseball, tennis, golf, skiing, horse racing, hunting, football, basketball, etc. With an unusual reversible dust jacket, with the original price on both sides. Illustrated by Joseph Golinkin with many color oils and watercolors. The dust jacket illustrations are a hounds and horsemen hunting scene (The Meadow Brook Hounds) and a college football scene (Yale-Harvard at New Haven) and the jacket may be reversed so that either scene may be the front illustration. A clean, tight copy with some tanning to the endpapers. Dust jacket worn and chipped. Book has 41 color paintings and many black/white drawings. 212 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good. Illus. by Joseph W. Golinkin. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Pocket Books, 1993 Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Holtz. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Random House, 1972 McGinniss's second book, first novel, an engrossing handicapping adventure involving a wacky, beautiful girl and a good deal of drinking. A clean tight copy. 213 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1962 Moderate edgewear to dust jacket, introduction by Arnold Gingrich, illustrated by the noted Swiss artist Tomi Ungerer. 333 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Tomi Ungerer . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1975 A valuable source of information. A colorful factual account of minor league baseball from 1877 to the present(1975). 418 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's, 1985 History, equipment, training and conditioning, technique, racing, etc. 211pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: M. Shanken Communications , 2000 Lead article, "J.P. Morgan and the Tycoons who Shaped America", color painting of J. P. Morgan, cigar in hand, on front cover. Also articles on baseball and polo. . Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: A S. Barnes, 1954 One of the greatest sports writers of all time tells about his life in sports, of such sports figures as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, Jim Thorpe, Connie Mack, John McGraw, Kentucky Derbies, etc. Second printing. Square tight copy, name on bound endpaper. Top edge of dust jacket moderately chipped, spine and folds rubbed. 368 pages. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992 An examination of the current status of bullfighting in Spain (1992), the current heroes of the spectacle, with notes on the history of bullfighting and the techniques. An as new, unread copy.238 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Mt. View, CA: World Publications , 1976 Third printing, a clean unread paperback copy of a great book on running. Dr. Sheehan sees into the very soul of a runner. . Early reprint. Trade Paperback. Good Only. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Doubleday & Co., 1970 Bill Talbert, one of the greats, a contemporary of Hank Greenberg, Ralph Kiner, and Crazy Legs Hirsch, has this to say in the introduction, comparing golf to tennis: " Golf could be described as the ideal activity for people who hate to exercise. Its usefulness in keeping you physically trim is about on a par with poker." An entertaining and useful book on playing tennis.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Frank Modell . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973 SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. A novel about the Kentucky Derby, clean, tight copy in bright dust jacket, first edition stated, 446 pages. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: American Heritage Press, 1988 An article discussing the history of American football as it developed from rugby in the late 19th century, and of the public attitude towards the sport and the early problems of the sport seen from the perspective of the modern sport. Includes an inserted essay by James Weeks entitled "Football as a Metaphor for War.". Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1984 Eighteen legends of the early days of pro football, including Red Grange, Johnny Blood, and Shipwreck Kelly, tell what the game was like in their own words, B/W photos, 235pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Andre Deutsch, 1964 100 illustrations feature drawings of many different types of fish. Extensive glossaries, descriptions of equipment, fishing tactics.368pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Illus. by E. Tenney. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895 Green cloth, gilt and silver design front cover, name in pencil on endpaper, photos of old Yale buildings. A tight square copy. 307 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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