The True Story of Bernarr Macfadden by Oursler, Fulton - 1929

New York: Harper Collins, 2004 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed by Phil Simms directly on the title-page. Book and dust jacket in fine, as new condition.

Australia, 1952. Card Menu (4 sides). Farewell Dinner to Members of the Rowing Section of the Australian Rowing Team at The Hermitage Sydney, Friday May 30, 1952. Given by Members of earlier Crews to have rowed at Henley on Thames. 27 handwritten signatures on Menu, including those of previous Australian Rowing crews. Menu also contains the signatures of 13 members of the Australian Olympic Rowing Team for the Helsinki Games. Notable signatures include Mervyn Wood, who was the flagbearer for Australia at the Games and who also won a Silver medal in the Mens Single Skulls Event. Also, signatures of David Anderson, Philip Cayzer, Ernest Chapman, Thomas Chessel, Mervyn Finlay, Robert Tinning and Geoffrey Williamson who were part of the Bronze medal winning Australian eights. Front of menu features handwritten name of W. J. Dixon (Bill) who was one of the hosts, having competed for Australia at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Card. Very… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. First edition. From the library of Eric Roberts, famed climber who died in an avalanche while climbing Annapurna. Illustrated with excellent black and white photographs plus a frontispiece and full page drawings by H. G. Willink. 8vo, original blue cloth lettered on the spine in black, in the dustjacket with artwork by H. G. Willink. xii, 214pp. A very good, fresh and attractive copy, the dustjacket with a little wear at the edges and some minor general mellowing. FIRST EDITION, AND ONLY THE THIRD ENTRY IN THE "NEW ALPINE LIBRARY" SERIES. "No library of books on Alpine Climbing would be complete without a contribution from Lord Schuster, whose 'Peaks and Pleasant Pastures' is among the very best books ever written about mountaineering. Lord Schuster shares with Mr. Leo Amery, as Mr. Arnold Lunn reminds us in his introduction to this volume, the distinction of having been president both of the Alpine Club and of the Ski Club of Great Britain. His… Read More

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.

Birmingham, AL: New Life Art. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780967596303 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edgewear; Signed and inscribed by Chris Fowler and Payne Stewart ; Color Illustrations; 200 pages .

College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. Third Printing. Hardcover. 1585444723 . Book is Very Good + (plus). Signed inscriptions by both Dat Nguyen and Rusty Burson on front end page. Clean and unmarked text. Tight and sturdy binding. Very light bumping and wear to cover corners and edges. DJ is very good + (plus) . Very slight bumping and wear to DJ cover corners and edges. ; [SIGNED by BOTH Authors]; B&W photographs; 9.30 X 5.90 X 1.20 inches; 228 pages; Signed by All Authors .

London: John Mitchell, Sporting Review Office. Very Good. 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Half brown leather spine & corners over brown silk boards. 4 bands with lightly faded gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. VOLUME #5: [1 (title) , 483, 1]; engraved title, 6 engraved plates, 6 maps and several partial page engravings and drawings. VOLUME #6: [1 (title) , 484]; engraved title, 11 engraved plates (one hand-colored) ; 4 maps; 2 drawings of trophy cups and several partial page engravings and drawings. Text tight, clean & intact with tissue guarded plates, hinges just starting: covers firm. Light shelf wear. Both volumes have two prior owner's ink stamps on front endpaper: one belonging to industrialist "William K. Dick" of Islip, Long Island, NY. Sports, Hunting, Horses. ; B/W Engravings; 8vo; 967 pages .

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917, hardcover, 295 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean, slight spine-end and corner wear, tiny nick to bottom edge of front board and interior front hinge, page edges and endpapers age-toned, tidy original owner's name to front pastedown, in clear, glassine dustwrapper. A collection of turn of the century sports stories featuring the teams and students of Yale University. Illustrated with drawings on 4 black-&-white plates.

Johnson Gorman Book Pub, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - Unread Copy. Signed And Inscribed. Some Wear In The Corners. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - His Name Is William Dickenson Hunter, But To Generations Of Canadian Sports Fans He's Known Best As Wild Bill. Part Showman, Salesman, Rebel And Visionary, And 100 Per Cent Lover Of The Game Of Hockey, Bill Hunter Has Been Witness To, And Part Of, The Lore Of Canadian Sport For 65 Years. Bill Hunter Formed His First Team At Age 17 And Toured A Baseball Club Through Dust Bowl Saskatchewan Before He'd Even Finished High School. Since Then He's Owned Or Managed More Franchises Than There Are Teams In The Nhl -- From Ladies Softball To Junior Hockey To Pro Hockey To Big-Money Curling. And When He Couldn't Get Into The Leagues He Wanted, He Started His Own. The Western Hockey League -- The World's Biggest Junior League -- Would Never Have Happened If Bill… Read More

England: A Weatherby's Publication, 1996. Slipcased. Hardcover. Fine. Very minor rubbing to tips of corners; bottom rear corner ever so slightly bumped, else As New. Bottom rear of slipcase bumped. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.