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A Feel For the Game: To Brookline and BackCrenshaw, Ben

A Feel For the Game: To Brookline and Back


Crenshaw, Ben

Hardcover. New York, 1st, April 3, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 216 pages, b&w photographs, photographic end papers. Price scratched out on rear cover. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 452997


Price: $12.00 

 

Alloys and Automobiles - The Life of Elwood Haynes


Gray, Ralph D.

Softcover. Indianapolis, Indiana Historical Society, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 243 pages. Softcover. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Covers with light wear along edges. Light foxing to top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 612121


Price: $25.00 

 

Archie Moore... The Ole Mongoose: The Authorized Biography of Archie Moore, Undefeated Light Heavyweight Champion of the World


Douroux, Dr. Marilyn G.

Hardcover. Boston, Brandon Publishing Company, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 241 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to edges. Black and white photos throughout.

Record # 2233361


Price: $23.00 

 

Arthur Ashe - Portrait in Motion


Ashe, Arthur/ with Frank Deford

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated with 16 pages of black & white photographs. Slight wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 509696


Price: $8.00 

Automobile Design: Twelve Great Designers and Their WorkBarker, Ronald

Automobile Design: Twelve Great Designers and Their Work


Barker, Ronald

Hardcover. Warrendale, PA, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2nd Revised edition, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 411 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black & white illustrations throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471836


Price: $25.00 

 

Aviation's Mr. Sam


Haggerty, James J

Hardcover. US, Aero Publishers, 1st, 1974-01-01, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 184 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Light edgewear and rubbing to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 462870


Price: $15.00 

 

Bear and I, The: The Story of the World's Most Famous Caddie


Argea, Angelo

New York , Atheneum, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 148 pages, b&w illustrations. Argea was the caddie for Jack Nicklaus and the foreward is by him. INSCRIBED BY ARGEA at the U.S. Open 1980. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 407514


Price: $31.00 

Big Bam, The : The Life and Times of Babe RuthMontville, Leigh

Big Bam, The : The Life and Times of Babe Ruth


Montville, Leigh

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, Bc. Ed., 2006-05-02, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 390 pages, b&w photos. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464071


Price: $10.00 

 

Blue Water Men - and Women


Humiston, Fred

Hardcover. Portland, Maine, Blue Water Books, 2nd, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 172 pages, 16 plates of b&w illustrations, acetate protected dust jacket. Light foxing and wear to dust jacket, overall a neat, tight copy.

Record # 802258


Price: $19.00 

Bobby: My Story in PicturesOrr, Bobby

Bobby: My Story in Pictures


Orr, Bobby

Hardcover. Canada, Viking, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 213 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Boards decorated. Clean inside and out. Dust jacket creased at very top of front cover, otherwise in great shape. From dust jacket front flap: "Bobby Orr shares his story through a personal collection of photos, inviting readers into different seasons of his life while introducing some of the people that filled those moments in time."

Record # 30543


Price: $19.00 

 

Buffalo Nickel


Salas, Floyd

Hardcover. Houston, Arte Publico Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Pub. stamp on top edge. Dj with edgewear, chips

Record # 55472


Price: $18.00 

By a Nose - The Off-Center Life of Football's Funniest LinemanSmerlas, Fred; Carucci, Vic

By a Nose - The Off-Center Life of Football's Funniest Lineman


Smerlas, Fred; Carucci, Vic

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white photos. 256 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear and light fading to dust jacket.

Record # 67868


Price: $12.00 

 

CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT: The Last of the New England Highwaymen


Waldo, Frederick W.

Hardcover. Topsfield, MA, Wayside Press, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 162 pages. A narrative of his life and adventures, with some account of the notorious captain thunderbolt. First book published by The Wayside Press. Illustrated with 13 b/w plates, including frontisportrait. Light foxing to endpapers. Previous owner's gift inscription on front flyleaf. 8vo. Red and black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light rubbing on back. Minor edgewear. Red/black pictorial dust jacket. Edgewear, water marks along left front edge, chips at top and bottom of spine, spine and top edge toned.

Record # 220608


Price: $19.00 

 

Casuals of the Sea: The Voyage of a Soul


McFee, William

Hardcover. New York , Doubleday Page & Co., Reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED (twice) by Author. Inscribed on front endpaper. Personal letter tipped in as well. 481 pages. Minor spotting to covers. Fading to cover page. Overall very tight copy.

Record # 401892


Price: $35.00 

Catfish: My Life in BaseballHunter, Jim "Catfish"

Catfish: My Life in Baseball


Hunter, Jim "Catfish"

Hardcover. New York, Mcgraw-Hill, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 242 pages, b&w photos. Light shelf-wear to pictorial dust jacket. Nice, clean copy.

Record # 452885


Price: $8.00 

Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing HistorySchaap, Jeremy

Cinderella Man: James Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History


Schaap, Jeremy

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 324 pages. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Includes three appendices of boxing records. Previous owners notes on inside of dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466618


Price: $19.00 

 

Collis Potter Huntington - Volume One


Evans, Cerinda W.

Hardcover. Newport News, Mariners Museum, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 384 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608676


Price: $25.00 

 

Comeback: My Race for the America's Cup


Conner, Dennis and Bruce Stannard

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 239 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE, 16 pages of color illustrations, diagrams of sailing ships on endpapers, color illustrated dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to dust jacket, otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 220001


Price: $19.00 

Confessions of a Baseball PuristMiller, Jon, Illust. by: Mark Hyman

Confessions of a Baseball Purist


Miller, Jon, Illust. by: Mark Hyman

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 269 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 62912


Price: $15.00 

Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With Boss SteinbrennerMadden, Bill

Damned Yankees: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Life With Boss Steinbrenner


Madden, Bill

Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 292 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468446


Price: $10.00 

 

Dark Wind - A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss


Chaplin, Gordon

Paperback. NY, Atlantic Monthly, ARC Wraps, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 225 pages. Paperback. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 58568


Price: $12.00 

 

Death of Manolete


Conrad, Barnaby

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 148 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. Corners lightly bumped, but clean internally.

Record # 613999


Price: $19.00 

Defeat of John Hawkins, TheUnwin, Rayner

Defeat of John Hawkins, The


Unwin, Rayner

Hardcover. London, Readers Union/ Allen & Unwin, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover. Gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Dark brown fabric covered, boards in great shape. Dust jacket slightly yellowed and frayed at top of spine, but no rips or tears. "A Biography of His Third Slaving Voyage"

Record # 30491


Price: $13.00 

 

Don Baylor - Nothing but the Truth: A Baseball Life


Baylor, Don with Claire Smith

Hardcover. NY, St. Martins , 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. B&w photographs throughout. Water stain to spine and on the dust jacket. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 200597


Price: $12.00 

 

Duke of Flatbush


Snider, Duke, Bill Gilbert

Hardcover. New York, Zebra Books/Kensington Publishing Group, 1st Edition, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, glossy, excellent. White cove boards, blue quarter cloth. Some foxing to top edge and boards. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In great condition. From the sandlots of Compton, CA to the most exciting team professional baseball ever fielded, Duke Snider's 18 years in the major leagues encompass a glorious era of baseball that will never be seen again.

Record # 32439


Price: $15.00 

Edge of Everest. The: A Woman Challenges the MountainCobb, Sue

Edge of Everest. The: A Woman Challenges the Mountain


Cobb, Sue

Hardcover. Harrisburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 214 pages, b&w illustrations. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket. Clean.

Record # 415220


Price: $19.00 

 

Edmund Hillary: The Life of a Legend


Booth, Pat

Hardcover. New Zealand, Moa Beckett, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Unmarked, clean copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Tight copy. Black & white and color images throughout.

Record # 470779


Price: $15.00 

Fighting Spirit, The - A Championship Season at Notre DameHoltz, Lou and John Heisler

Fighting Spirit, The - A Championship Season at Notre Dame


Holtz, Lou and John Heisler

Hardcover. NY, Pocket Books, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 380 pages. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Dust jacket with edgewear and sticker on the back. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 201300


Price: $15.00 

 

Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History


O'Brien, Keith

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Pages and edges clean. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Tan boards. Like new, in great shape. Keith O'Brien weaves together the stories of five remarkable women: Florence, Klingensmith, Ruth Elder, Amelia Earhart, Ruth Nichols and Louise Thaden.

Record # 31556


Price: $15.00 

From Set Shot to Slam Dunk: The Glory Days of Basketball in the Words of Those Who Played ItSalzberg, Charles

From Set Shot to Slam Dunk: The Glory Days of Basketball in the Words of Those Who Played It


Salzberg, Charles

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 234 pages. Light blue cloth cover, light wear to edges, some faint stains. Dust jacket has minor bumping to edges. Inside is bright and clean with b&w photographs.

Record # 455663


Price: $12.00 

 

Full Throttle: The Life and Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner


Edelstein, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Overlook Press, 1st, 2005, Dust Jacket: Good, 334 pages. B/W photographs. Blue covers with silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket lightly soiled otherwise clean.

Record # 802868


Price: $10.00 

Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's PastimeFrost, Mark

Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America's Pastime


Frost, Mark

Hardcover. New York, Hachette Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Top edge, front board shows light marking, edgewear to dust jacket otherwise clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 468449


Price: $13.00 

 

Gamekeeper At Home, The - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life


Jefferies, Richard

Hardcover. London, Smith, Elder, & Co., 3rd, 1878, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Pages 37 and 65 partially loose from binding at gutter. Foxing to pages. Spine and front green cloth cover with stamped gilt design and lettering. Fraying top top spine. Faded and rubbing with some rippling to rear boards.

Record # 502415


Price: $40.00 

 

Gen

Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 361 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket very good, unclipped, has a touch of tanning from age. Brown cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Deckled edges, a touch of tanning and the beginnings of foxing to edges. Pages clean. Binding tight, spine straight. In great shape. "Wineapple brings to life the intense, compelling woman who, sporting a monacle, came to be synonymous with our bittersweet, romantic view of Americans in Paris between the wars."

Record # 31768


Price: $15.00 

Golden Boys, TheStauth, Camerion

Golden Boys, The


Stauth, Camerion

Hardcover. NY, Pocket Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color and black & white photos. Adhesive residue on front dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 109085


Price: $10.00 

 

Hardball - the Education of a Baseball Commisioner


Kuhn, Bowie

Hardcover. NY, Times Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, black & white photos, 453 pgs. remainder line top edge. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with crease and chipping to dust jacket.

Record # 108287


Price: $16.00 

 

Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder


Hawk, Tony, Sean Mortimer

Hardcover. New York, ReganBooks/HarperCollins, 1st Edition, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 289 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In excellent condition. With brutal honesty, Tony recalls the stories of love, loss and determination that have shaped his life, he takes a look back at his experiences with the skateboarding legends of the 70's, 80's and 90's, and tells the real history of skateboarding.

Record # 32446


Price: $15.00 

Heart of the Order, The Boswell, Thomas

Heart of the Order, The


Boswell, Thomas

Hardcover. US, Doubleday, 1st, 1989-03-19, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 258 pages. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461856


Price: $10.00 

 

Himself and I


Leitch, Mary Sinton

Hardcover. New York, Fine Editions Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Very good dust jacket has some water spotting to front.

Record # 804128


Price: $8.00 

 

His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir


Jenkins, Dan

Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, Reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 266 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped and excellent. Clean and unmarked inside and out. Looks barely read, in very good condition.

Record # 5560120


Price: $15.00 

House That Ruth Built, The : A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923Weintraub, Robert

House That Ruth Built, The : A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923


Weintraub, Robert

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 420 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 459095


Price: $15.00 

In the Year of the Bull - Zen, Air and the Pursuit of Sacred & Profane HoopsTelander, Rick

In the Year of the Bull - Zen, Air and the Pursuit of Sacred & Profane Hoops


Telander, Rick

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 267 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center. Remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 57687


Price: $15.00 

 

Invincible Warrior: A Pictorial Biography of Morihei Ueshiba, The Founder of Aikido


Stevens, John

Hardcover. Boston, Shambhala, 1st, 1997, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 253 pages. Blue boards, dark blue cloth binding with silver titles, illustrated dust jacket, profusely illustrated with b&w photographic plates. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean boards, pages crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 807348


Price: $20.00 

 

Jack Dempsey: The Manazza Mauler


Roberts, Randy

Hardcover. Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University Press, rep, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 310 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Black and white pictures in center.

Record # 2233363


Price: $19.00 

Jackie RobinsonRampersad, Arnold

Jackie Robinson


Rampersad, Arnold

Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 page. Hardcover. Black & white photos. Clean, tight copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 57684


Price: $25.00 

 

Joe Louis - The Great Black Hope


Bak, Richard

Hardcover. Dallas, Taylor Pub., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 53978


Price: $18.00 

 

John G. Alden and His Yacht Designs


Carrick, Robert W./Richard Henderson

Hardcover. Camden, ME, International Marine Publishing Company, First Edition, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 445 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to cover & spine. Faint, thin line of sunfade to board edges. Inside is very clean & profusely illustrated. Dust jacket with light toning, sunfade to spine edge & small tears to edges. Tight binding, clean copy.

Record # 6670129


Price: $44.00 

 

Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball


Spink, J. G. Taylor

Hardcover. New York , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 7th printing, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages, b&w photos. Light wear, rubbing and sunning to dust jacket. Book itself is very good.

Record # 856030


Price: $25.00 

 

King of the World - Mahammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero


Remnick, David

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 7th pr., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages, black & white photos.

Record # 57686


Price: $19.00 

King of the WorldRemnick, David

King of the World


Remnick, David

Hardcover. New York, 1st, October 20, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Light soiling to top edge. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451513


Price: $12.00 

 

Lardner on Baseball


Lardner, Ring, Jeff Silverman (Editor)

Hardcover. Guilford, CT, The Lyons Press, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 492 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Cream cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Light remainder mark on bottom edge. Pages clean and unmarked. In beautiful condition. A look at the life of the sports journalist and fiction writer.

Record # 32198


Price: $19.00 

 

Last Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh, The


Ross, Walter S.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. previous owner's stamp front end paper,

Record # 54830


Price: $18.00 

Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, The: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of GreatnessOlney, Buster

Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, The: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness


Olney, Buster

Hardcover. New York, Ecco, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of textblock. An otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor dust jacket wear. Black and white photographs throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471749


Price: $11.00 

Last Shot, The - City Streets, Basketball DreamsFrey, Darcy

Last Shot, The - City Streets, Basketball Dreams


Frey, Darcy

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 4th pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 230 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 64965


Price: $12.00 

 

Lenny Wilkens Story, The


Wilkens, Lenny

Hardcover. New York , Eriksson, 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, ex-lib with number written on bottom of dj spine and also very small, clean remains of pocket on back paste-down, otherwise in beautiful condition.

Record # 19559


Price: $12.00 

 

Life of Abraham Lincoln, The


Arnold, Isaac N.

Hardcover. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 5th printing, 1891, Dust Jacket: None, 471 pages. B/W frontisportrait of Lincoln with tissue guard (guard is partially detached). Stain around edges of frontispiece page and very faintly at bottom of title page. Pages age toned and browned on edges. Some browning and discoloration of front inside cover and front flyleaf. Minor smudging and marking to read endpaper. Very faint water stain along bottom edge of pages. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear, marking, and scuffing. Light edgewear, and wear to top and bottom of spine. Corners are rubbed and bumped.

Record # 803244


Price: $40.00 

Loose Balls - Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs and True Love in the NBAWilliams, Jayson; Friedman, Steve

Loose Balls - Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs and True Love in the NBA


Williams, Jayson; Friedman, Steve

Hardcover. Ny, Doubleday , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 276 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black & white photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 200895


Price: $10.00 

 

Loser and Still Champion - Muhammad Ali


Schulberg, Budd

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Rep., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. Dj with light edgewear

Record # 56746


Price: $18.00 

 

Loss of Eden - A Biography of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh


Milton, Joyce

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 57672


Price: $23.00 

 

Lou Gehrig - The Iron Horse of Baseball


Hubler, Richard G.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 206 pages. Black & white photography. Cover has edgewear. Cover lightly soiled. Clean ex-lib with stamp on front fly leaf.

Record # 205177


Price: $18.00 

 

Mail Story of the Flood


N/A

Hardcover. Concord, NH, Concord Press, 1st, 1927, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 80 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering. Small gouge to bottom of cover, Previous owner's signature on front end paper, Binding crack on title page. Black & white Photographs throughout. Edgewear to spine and light bumped corners.

Record # 408373


Price: $19.00 

 

Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing About It a Game


Kahn, Roger

Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 290 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, previous owner's bookplate to front fly leaf, else a nice, tight copy.

Record # 450285


Price: $10.00 

Men of Autumn, The: An Oral History of the 1949-53 World Champion New York YankeesForker, Dom

Men of Autumn, The: An Oral History of the 1949-53 World Champion New York Yankees


Forker, Dom

Hardcover. Dallas, TX, Taylor Pub, 1st, 1989, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 228 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Includes appendix of player statistics. Spine lightly cracked on 4 sections. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468451


Price: $19.00 

 

Merchant prince of Boston, Colonel T. H. Perkins, 1764-1854


Seaburg, Carl & Stanley Patterson

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press , 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 480 pages. illustrated with a few plates in b&w. Maroon cloth, silver lettering to spine. Pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Light overall wear and rubbing, else a very neat, tight, clean copy.

Record # 606348


Price: $90.00 

 

Namath: A Biography


Kriegel, Mark

Hardcover. New York, Penguin Group, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 512 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Green cover boards, black quarter cloth, gilt title on spine in green. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Binding tight, spine straight. pages clean. Looks barely read, in great shape. "In Namath Mark Kriegel has written the first major biography of this authentic icon, uncovering the truth behind the Broadway Joe legend."

Record # 31789


Price: $15.00 

Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim ThorpeBuford, Kate

Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe


Buford, Kate

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 496 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom edge page block, otherwise, clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470157


Price: $23.00 

Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost: Hero of a Golden AgeEisenberg, John

Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost: Hero of a Golden Age


Eisenberg, John

Hardcover. New York, NY, 1st, May 1, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked, stiff binding; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 451784


Price: $12.00 

 

Nine Sides of The Diamond: Baseball's Great Glove Men on the Fine Art of Defense


Falkner, David

hardcover. New York, Times Books, 2nd printing, 1990, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 372 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white pictures throughout. Fading to top edge boards, light edge wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469080


Price: $19.00 

 

Now Pitching, Bob Feller


Feller, Bob

Hardcover. US, Citadel, 1st , 1990-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 231 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half title page. Numerous B&w photos throughout. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 465969


Price: $31.00 

On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert BellLyons, Robert

On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell


Lyons, Robert

Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Temple University Press, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 352 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black and white images throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 471536


Price: $25.00 

 

On Belay! The Life of Legendary Mountaineer Paul Petzoldt


Ringholz, Raye C.

Hardcover. Seattle WA, The Mountaineers, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages, b&w photos.

Record # 402463


Price: $25.00 

Passing ShotsShiver, Pam w/Deford,F.& Adams S.

Passing Shots


Shiver, Pam w/Deford,F.& Adams S.

Hardcover. NY, McGraw Hill, 1st, 1987, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 211 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 5688


Price: $9.00 

 

Players, The


Maule, Tex

Hardcover. NY, New American Library, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 242 pages. Hardcover. Color, black & white photos of pro-football by Arthur Rickerby of Life Magazine. Gilt titles on spine and cover. Some water damage to several pages. Fading to spine. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 62914


Price: $16.00 

 

Playing Pro Football to Win


Unitas, John

Hardcover. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 165 pages, 8 pages of b&w photographs, color photograph on front rear of dust jacket, black cloth bound cover with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket is price-clipped with wear on edges and chipping on spine; otherwise a tight copy.

Record # 603779


Price: $8.00 

POWER AND THE DARKNESS: The Life of Josh Gibson in the Shadows of the GameRibowsky, Mark

POWER AND THE DARKNESS: The Life of Josh Gibson in the Shadows of the Game


Ribowsky, Mark

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 319 pages. Hardcover. 8 pages of b&w photographs. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468456


Price: $15.00 

 

Prince-Errant and Evocator of Horizons: A Reading of R. B. Cunninghame Graham


Haymaker, Richard E.

Hardcover. Kingsport, TN, Kingsport Press, limited, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited Edition. 374 pages, b&w frontispiece. Red cloth covers w/ gilt lettering on spine. Ex-lib w/ stamp on top edge, pocket mark on front fly leaf. Else a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 851061


Price: $15.00 

Principal Products of Portugal: Prose PiecesHall, Donald

Principal Products of Portugal: Prose Pieces


Hall, Donald

Hardcover. Boston , Beacon Press (MA), 1st , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Silver gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468547


Price: $19.00 

 

Queen Mary, The


Potter, Neil and Jack Frost

Hardcover. New York, The John Day Company, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 291 pages, hardcover with dust jacket. The biography of a beloved ship, the most famous ocean liner of modern times. Heavy rubbing, fading, and edgewear to dust jacket. Mild age toning to exterior text block edges. Minor fading and age toning to prelim pages. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 4450040


Price: $13.00 

 

Raw Recruits - The High Stakes Game Colleges Play to get their Basketball Stars.


Wolf, Alexander & Armen Keteyian

Hardcover. NY, Pocket Books, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. 274 pgs, b&w photos.

Record # 100830


Price: $13.00 

 

Rebel in Sports, A


Pickens, Champ

Hardcover. New York , A. S. Barnes, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 175 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. The autobiography of a Southern sports promoter and father of the Blue-Gray football game. Paper browning, otherwise very good in dust jacket with light spine fade.

Record # 302773


Price: $10.00 

Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong FriendRussell, Bill

Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend


Russell, Bill

Hardcover. New York, NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 187 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469618


Price: $10.00 

Red and me: my coach, my lifelong friendRussell, Bill

Red and me: my coach, my lifelong friend


Russell, Bill

Hardcover. New York, NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 187 pages. Hardcover. B&w photographs throughout. Gilt titles and decoration on spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 469617


Price: $10.00 

 

Riding Recollections


Whyte-Melville, G. J , Illust. by: John Charlton

Hardcover. New York, Ward, Lock & Co, reprint, n/a, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations throughout by John Charlton. Illustrated title page. Gilt titles and decoration on spine and cover. Blind stamp on back cover. Foxing to top edge. Binding cracked between pages 160 and 161. Edge wear to top edge.

Record # 410293


Price: $38.00 

 

Running Tough - Memoirs of a Football Maverick


Dorsett, Tony and Harvey Frommer

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st , 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos

Record # 53982


Price: $12.00 

Running Tough - Memoirs of a Football MaverickDorsett, Tony

Running Tough - Memoirs of a Football Maverick


Dorsett, Tony

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good,

Record # 63298


Price: $9.00 

Scribe: my life in sportsRyan, Bob

Scribe: my life in sports


Ryan, Bob

Hardcover. New York, Bloomsbury, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 326 pages. Hardcover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 468853


Price: $13.00 

 

Seeing Red - The Red Auerback Story


Shaughnessy, Dan

hardcover. NY, Crown, 1st , 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Foreward by Larry Bird. Black & white photos. 302 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 62121


Price: $13.00 

 

Sense of Where You Are - A Profile of William Warren Bradley, A


McPhee, John

Hardcover. New York , Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st, 1965, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Hardcover. Author's first book. Pages are age toned. Black & white photo section with a degree of damp wrinkling to the upper third of pages. Stain at top edge of rear inside cover. Black cloth cover, spine cloth heavily faded. No dust jacket. Unmarked text. Good.

Record # 853265


Price: $70.00 

 

Shadow Box: An Amateur in the Ring


Plimpton, George

Hardcover. New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1st thus, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 347 pages. Hardcover with laminated boards, no dust jacket. Clean, tight copy with minor wear to edges. Some black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 2233352


Price: $15.00 

 

Skylark: The Life, Lies, and Inventions of Harry Atwood


Mansfield, Howard

Hardcover. Hanover and London, University Press of New England, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 238 pages. Blue boards, blue cloth spine, silver lettering.

Record # 40170


Price: $8.00 

 

Slick: My Life in and Around Baseball


Ford, Whitey, Phil Pepe

Hardcover. New York, William Morrow and Company, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover. Red endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Buff cover boards, blue quarter cloth, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, some slight tanning, very good. Pages clean, biding tight, spine straight. In great condition.

Record # 32213


Price: $19.00 

Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball LegendWood, Gerald C.

Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend


Wood, Gerald C.

Hardcover. US, University of Nebraska Press, 1st, 2013-04-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 386 pages, b&w photos. Slight corner bump to lower corners, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 461288


Price: $25.00 

Sportswriter, Life & Times Of Grantland RiceFountain, Charles

Sportswriter, Life & Times Of Grantland Rice


Fountain, Charles

Hardcover. N.Y., Oxford, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 327 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Black and white pictures in center.

Record # 78


Price: $18.00 

Stan Musial: An American LifeVecsey, George

Stan Musial: An American Life


Vecsey, George

Hardcover. New York, ESPN, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color pictures in center.

Record # 470028


Price: $13.00 

Stan Musial: An American LifeVecsey, George

Stan Musial: An American Life


Vecsey, George

Hardcover. New York, ESPN, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 397 pages, photos in color and b&w. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 459098


Price: $15.00 

 

Sugar Ray Leonard and Other Noble Warriers.


Toperoff, Sam

Hardcover. NY., McGraw Hill, 1st, 1987, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine,

Record # 51231


Price: $18.00 

Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray RobinsonHaygood, Wil

Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson


Haygood, Wil

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 461 pages, b&w photos. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 460425


Price: $23.00 

 

Tall Voyagers, The


Rankin, Claire

Hardcover. Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press, 1st, 1965, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 224 pages.Real stories told by real sailors. Good tight copy.

Record # 512299


Price: $10.00 

Texas Thunder - My Eleven Years with the Dallas CowboysMartin, Harvey

Texas Thunder - My Eleven Years with the Dallas Cowboys


Martin, Harvey

Hardcover. NY, Dawson, 1st, 1986, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 230 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white photos. Light foxing on top page block, light fraying to bottom edge cover, otherwise clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 51203


Price: $15.00 

 

The Babe Signed My Shoe


Harwell, Ernie

Hardcover. South Bend, Indiana, Diamond Communications, Inc, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 226 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER, edited by Geoff Upward, 8 pages of b&w photographs, gilted spine, color dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket, otherwise a tight, clean copy.

Record # 219994


Price: $22.00 

 

The DiMaggio Albums : Selections from Public and Private Collections Celebrating the Baseball Career of Joe DiMaggio (2 vols.)


DiMaggio, Joe

Hardcover. New York, G. Pau. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Introduction and commentaries by Joe DiMaggio. Volume 1: 1932 -1941. 400 pages. Volume 2: 1942 -1951. 400 pages. Both volumes contain beautiful black and white and color photographs and reproductions of news and magazine articles. Bound in navy cloth with gilt lettering on front covers and spine; marbled endpapers. In nice red slip case. Both Volumes and slip case are in very good condition.

Record # 500107


Price: $48.00 

 

The Stanley Matthews Story


Matthews, Stanley

London, Oldbourne, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Black & white photography. Dust jacket has edgewear.

Record # 207935


Price: $20.00 

 

Thirty Years of Championship Golf


Sarazen, Gene

Hardcover. NY, Classics of Golf, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages, hardcover, no dust jacket. Reprint of classic golf biography. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951280


Price: $24.00 

Time Enough To WinStaubach, Roger

Time Enough To Win


Staubach, Roger

Hardcover. Waco, TX, Word Books, 1st , 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white photos. 237 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with edge-worn, chipped and tape-repaired dust jacket.

Record # 66872


Price: $19.00 

 

Tom Keenan: Locomotive Engineer


Jones, Neason

New York, Fleming H. Revell, 1st, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Red pictorial boards. A Story of Fifty Years on the Rail as Told By Himself. Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 186005


Price: $21.00 

 

Tunney: Boxing's Greatest Champ and His Upset of the Great Jack Dempsey


Cavanaugh, Jack

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 471 pages. hardcover with dust jacket. Biography of the famed boxer. Slightly soiled copy edges. Rubbing to dust jacket, edgewear to dust jacket as well. Unmarked. A tight copy.

Record # 951282


Price: $19.00 

 

Unser - An American Family Portrait


Kirby, Gordon

Hardcover. Dallas, TX, Anlon Press, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Most B&W, some color illust. A Pictorial history. Dust jacket with light edgewear, chipping. Previous owner's signature embossed stamp front fly leaf.

Record # 300895


Price: $20.00 

 

Voyaging: Fifty Years on the Seven Seas in Sail


Holmes, James William

Hardcover. New York , Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st, 1965, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Illustrated with 20 full-color paintings by the author. Dust jacket lightly soiled.

Record # 802209


Price: $8.00 

Walt Frazier: One Magic Season and a Basketball Life (SIGNED)Offen, Neil

Walt Frazier: One Magic Season and a Basketball Life (SIGNED)


Offen, Neil

Hardcover. New York, Times Books, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 259 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor dust jacket wear. Black and white images throughout. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FLYLEAF.

Record # 471629


Price: $50.00 

Walter Camp: Football and the Modern ManJardins, Julie Des

Walter Camp: Football and the Modern Man


Jardins, Julie Des

Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470166


Price: $15.00 

 

Walter Camp: The Father of American Football


Powel, Harford , Illust. by: E. K. Hall

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1926, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 238 pages. Introduction by E. K. Hall. Black & white illustrations. Corners a bit bumped. Spine sunned. Spine slightly cocked. Some markings to covers.

Record # 508384


Price: $63.00 

 

When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport


Bodner, Allen

Hardcover. US, Praeger Publishers, 1st, 1997-10-28, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 207 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 462664


Price: $31.00 

 

When the Game was Ours


Bird, Larry, Earvin Magic Johnson, Jackie MacMullan

Hardcover. Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reprint, 2009, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 340 pages. Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Black cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and bright. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, like new condition. A compelling portrait of two inimitable players across three decades, a rollicking ride through professional basketball's best times.

Record # 32429


Price: $15.00 

 

World's Fastest Man, The: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor America's First Black Sports Hero


Kranish, Michael

Hardcover. New York, Scribner, 1st Edition, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 365 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Tan cover boards. Binding tight. Spine straight. Pages and edges clean and bright. Like new, looks barely read. The amazing, little-known story of Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous cyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era.

Record # 32406


Price: $25.00 

Yogi Berra: Eternal YankeeBarra, Allen

Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee


Barra, Allen

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2009, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 451 pages. 32 pages of b&w photographs. Reminder dot on bottom edge. Light rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466626


Price: $15.00 

Yogi Berra: Eternal YankeeBarra, Allen

Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee


Barra, Allen

Hardcover. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 2009, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 451 pages. 32 pages of b&w photographs. Slight soiling to front dust jacket cover. Light rubbing to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 466627


Price: $15.00 

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