Sports

Dell, (New York, 1953).. 159 pp, mass market paperback. Illustrated throughout with b&w instructional drawings. "One of the world's greatest golfers shares with you his long years of championship experience, and the outcome of his own trials and errors...Including a speci. al Question-and-Answer section, and a recapitulation of Snead's brilliant career..." Interior - pages browned, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light edge wear, light rubbing, fading to spine - letteri. n g still very legible. G. more information

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Ontario Curling Assoc., Toronto, 1950, Ist ed.. 272 pp, 8vo, HC. Covers the early history of the game, early reminisences, the Ontario Curling Association, famous curlers and dubs. Illus. with photos and drawings. Dec. eps. Previous owner's ink stamp on ffep, minor edgewear to boards, pages y. ellowing, very minor bump to top of rear board. VG. more information

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Greywood, Don Mills, Ontario, (1971).. 199 pp, mass market paperback. B&w photos. "Sixty-one years of Grey Cup history have provided an exciting insight into the development of football - from the days when the forward pass was unheard of and the sleeper play a valued asset - to games . today where precision and specialization mark the character of every play. But mostly the Grey Cup story is the history of the great athletes of the 20th century, and the story of teams who were molded and who fought for the coveted trophy. These . stories, and the hitherto unpublished records and statistics of the Cup, make this one of the most fascinating sports books ever published in this country." Interior - pages browning, a few tiny foxing marks on inside of covers and adjacent pages, . otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edge wear, one corner crease, several small soft creases, faint watermark on fornt cover, light browning, spine has two light creases. Good. more information

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(The Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, Toronto, 1981.). 144 pp, 4to (11 1/4"H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in b&w with reproductions of old photos, newspaper clippings, club papers. Double page b&w photo dated June 1981 laid in. Contents: 1881 Tournament; Foundation of the club . at Palace H otel; Toronto Athletic Club; 239, Bathurst Street; Move to 44, Price Street; Construction of premises and move to new ground; 1913-1918. Brief glory, interrupted by war; 1919-1928. Tennis and financial success; 1929-1934. The glorious. tennis years; Garnett Meldrum's last phase; 1935-1958. Desperate days, but tennis survives; 1959-1974. A new club style and the end of amateur tennis; 1964-now. Adapting to change. Very light edge wear to boards, previous owners ink inscription. o n pastedown endpapers. Laid in double-page photo has light to moderate wrinkling. dust jacket has minor edge wrinkling, slight darkening to spine and flap-folds, minor rubbing/soiling, very small dint on rear panel. VG/VG. more information

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Baltusrol Golf Club, Baltusrol, New Jersey, 1995.. 166 pp, 4to (12 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0964739801 Profusely illustrated with color and b&w photographs, reproductions. "The story of Baltusrol is more than a history of a golf club. It is an integral part of the larger story of. the evolution of the greatest game of all. In 1895, during the infancy of golf in America, New York socialite Louis Keller and three other enthusiastic gentlemen founded the club. They didn't know much about golf, but Baltusrol quickly became o. n e of the most celebrated clubs in the world. Then in 1901 the six-year old United States Golf Association (USGA) selected Baltusrol to host the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. A remarkable tradition of hosting national championships had begu. n. In nine of ten decades of the 20th century, Baltusrol has been the site of at least one national championship...." Very minor wear at bottom edge. Dust jacket has areas of light edge wrinkling, light rubbing - mainly on rear panel. Near fine/. Ver y Good. more information

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Ryerson Press, Toronto, (1970), Ist PB ed.. 157 pp, PB. "...tells of Howe's boyhood in Saskatchewan, his arrival in the big league and the spectacular development of his career with the Detroit Red Wings. Illustrated with original photographs." Interior - page edges starting to brown, othe. rwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, small crease at bottom corner of rear cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG. more information

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Ryerson Press, Toronto, (1970, Ist PB printings).. 157 pp, 105 pp, 138 pp, PB - 3 volume set in slipcase. Illustrated with b&w photos. Interiors - previous owner's name/address on inside of front covers, otherwise clean and tight. Exteriors - minor edgewear, small soft crease at bottom front corn. er of 'Fire-wagon', spines flat and uncreased. Slipcase has previous owner's name/address written on inside lip, light edgewear/scuffing, small split with a very small piece of surface paper missing top front corner - overall very sound/compl. e t e . VG+/VG. more information

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Wilderness Press, Berkeley, CA, 1999, 3rd edition, 2nd printing.. 104 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), soft cover. ISBN 0899972217 B&w photographs, maps. "The John Muir Trail is perhaps the most famous trail in America, and it certainly is the favorite trail of those who have hiked it. The trail passes through a land of 13. ,000-foot and 14,000-foot peaks, of soaring granite cliffs, of lakes literally by the thousands, of canyons 5000 feet deep. It is a land where established trails touch only a tiny portion of the total area, so that by leaving the Muir Trail you c. a n find utter solitude. It is a land uncrossed by road for 140 miles from Sherman Pass to Toulumne Meadows. And perhaps best of all, it is a land blessed with the mildest, sunniest climate of any major mountain range in the world. This book is . yo ur guide to this wonderful mountain world. It describes the John Muir Trail from the top of Mt. Whitney to Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley, and vice versa, as well as the trail which leads to the Muir Trail's start/end on Mt. Whitney. It has a . cha pte r on how to plan and prepare for your trek, maps of the whole trail, a profile that shows all the ups and downs, and full description of access and egress routes along the way." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. . Exte rior - clean and bright. Fine. more information

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Donald I. Fine, New York, (1986), Ist edition.. 269 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. "During one long weekend in the Catskills at a minor-league professional gold tournament - his first as a pro - Thurmond Leaner finds himself and his vision of what he stands for tested by a nubile golf groupie who s. imply won't let him go, a shady event-organizer who blakens his reputation to boost the gate receipts, and a near incapacitating back injury that forces him to play through the pain to a heart-stopping finish. Aided by the steady support of an. A m i s h boy who has agreed to serve as his caddy and the long distance cheerleading of his loving if raffish wife, Learner finally emerges a winner, having learned to come to terms with his own deepest fear - of losing.." Small bookstore label a. t b ot to m of rear pastedown, tiny dints to bottom of boards, light wrinkling to top/bottom of spine, light edgewear, small, shallow rub to bottom of textblock. Dust jacket is price clipped, with minor edgewear/wrinkling/soiling. VG/VG. more information

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