Recreation, Sports And Hobbies from Resource Books, LLC

New York: The Charles Renard Co., 1925. First edition, 1925. Softcover with card and teacup design in red, black and gray, 108 pages plus publisher's ads. Covers worn with some curling around the edges, several tiny chips and tears, some spotting. Text block sound with no loosened pages, pages lightly age-toned but mainly clean with a few light spots… Read more about this item

London: Robert Tyas, 1840. First edition, 1840. Humorous portrayal of snuff and all involved with it, illustrated sith black and white engraved plates. Pictorial hardcover, 152 pages. Covers rubbed with additional wear to corners and spine ends, light surface chipping along rear joint, good hinges, firm text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages with a couple of light traces of… Read more about this item

Camden, NJ: Hunt Pen Co., 1950. 16th edition, undated, ca. 1950. Softcover, 96 pages illustrated in both color and black and white. Very good condition with modest shelfwear, sound binding, pages clean and unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Nick Lyons Books, 1986. First edition, first printing, number 230 of 500 copies printed, signed by the author on the limitations page. Fine condition in rubbed slipcase. Dark blue bonded leather/leatherette with gilt spine lettering, attached ribbon bookmark, blue slipcase printed in gilt. The book is in fine condiiton, looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991. First edition, first printing, 1991, with personalized inscription signed by the artist on the title spread. Squarish softcover, 96 pages. Very good with light shelf rubbing, minor crease to upper corner of front cover, binding firm, pages clean. Wide variety of toy ray guns and pistols described and shown in color.. Inscribed by The Author.… Read more about this item

New York: Theo Audel & Co., 1953. 1953 edition. Illustrated. Red cloth printed in black, edges speckled red. Very good condition with light cover soil, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: A. T. Goodrich & Co., 1818. Cover label dated 1818, likely first US edition. 32 tangrams containing 355 shapes, pages printed on one side only. Brown paper covered boards with paper spine label and red leather spine, one page of text entitled Stanzas, Addressed to Messrs. Goordich and Co. on the ingenious Chinese Puzzle, which is a smaller… Read more about this item

Rodman's Wharf, Fall River, MA: Chas. P. McClellan Sailmaker, 1902. Undated, ca. 1902 (testimonials dated 1900 and 1901). Catalog of sails (catboat, raceabout, yawl, schooner, steam-yacht), yacht blocks, hoists, boom connections, bunting flags, wall tents, etc. Six illustrations in black and white. Red softcover printed in silver gilt, 16 pages. Very good with light cover rubbing, contents clean with a… Read more about this item

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Number 391 of 950 copies printed of this first edition. Blue cloth printed in gilt, black and white frontis plate, other plates, 134 pages, no dustjacket, likely as issued. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, personal bookplate inside the front cover, no other markings.. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo… Read more about this item

Berwyn, PA: Hurst Communications, 2004. First edition, stated first printing, 2004, signed by the author on the title page. Story of a legendary endurance race, with comments by those who were there. Includes both color and black and white photos taken by the author. Gray cloth, oblong format, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, good hinges, firm… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. First edition, 1930. Green cloth printed in gilt, color frontis plate, other illustrations in black and white, no dustjacket. Very good condition with some rubbing to corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, pages lightly age-toned but clean with two pages a bit darkened with from a plant being pressed… Read more about this item

USA: George W. Bertron, 1909. Date of publication not legible but 1909. Gray pictorial cloth printed in black and gilt, two color plates, numerous others in black and white, about 540 pages (final section not paginated). Good to very good with some shelfwear, mainly to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, light foxing to endpapers, pages clean with just… Read more about this item

Boston: H. M. Caldwell Co., 1903. First edition, 1903. An appreciation of tobacco, cigars and smoking, mainly in verse. Pictorial brown cloth printed in gilt, green, pink and gilt, top edge gilt, attached ribbon bookmark with Perfectos printed on it, two-page color illustrated title spread. Light shelf rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings..… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. Stated first edition, 1961. Sequel to the author's The Old Man and the Boy. Illustrated with line drawings. Chocolate brown cloth with silver gilt and pink lettering, 302 pages, dustjacket. Very good conditon with light rubbing to the spine foot, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The… Read more about this item

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1962. Third printing, 1962, signed and with a sketch by the author dated 1863 on the half-title. Tan cloth, illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with firm binding, clean pages, no other names or markings. No front free endpaper, book begins with half-title, but there is no evidence that one has been removed. The mylar… Read more about this item

New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1843. Undated [1843], new edition. Worn but sound copy. Red cloth printed and decorated in gilt and in blind, engraved illustrations throughout, 448 pages. Covers rubbed and spotted, good hinges, sound text block, pages age toned with occasional light foxing but clean, name in pencil on front free endpaper, no other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair.… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. First edition, first printing, 1954. Very good on fair to good dustjacket. A history of smoking along with tobacco growing, curing and otherwise preparing for smoking, pipes, cigars, etc. illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Patterned brown cloth with lighter brown cloth spine, with dustjacket. The book is in very… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1911. First edition, 1911, limited to 1000 copies. Tobacco trade in the colonial period. Illustrated with black and white plates. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Some old stains to top and bottom spine ends with a touch of minor stain to the upper spine corner of the front endpapers, good hinges, firm text block, clean… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1911. First edition, 1911, limited to 1000 copies. Tobacco trade in the colonial period. Illustrated with black and white plates. Tan hardcover with brown cloth spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 91 pages. Light cover soil and a bit of wear to corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no… Read more about this item

New York: The Tobacco Leaf Publishing Co., 1922. First ediiton, 1922. Illustrated in black and white. Textured brown cloth printed in gilt, 474 pages. Very good with light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, small embossed blind stamp of private collection at top of the preliminary blank and title page, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item