(Garno, Benjamin)

Modern Billiards. A Complete Text-Book of the Game.

New York, The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. 1909. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 382 pp. Blue cloth, gilt billiards player on front cover, black border, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, numerous plates. Corners lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened, contents are clean and binding is tight. A very well-preserved book. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004601

Catalogue: How-to and Hobbies, Sports

Keywords: Games Billiards Pool Instructions Rules

Conlan, Jocko and Creamer, Robert

Jocko

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967. Second Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 240pp. Cover and contents are clean and sound. Unclipped dust jacket is chipped and age-toned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on front free endpaper by Robert Creamer. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 001941

Catalogue: Signed, Sports

Keywords: Baseball Umpires "National League" "Jocko Conlan"

Cromie, William J.

Pyramid Building Part I Withour Apparatus, Part II With Wands, Chairs and Ladders (Spalding's Red Cover Series)

New York, American Sports Publishing Company, 1928. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Soft cover. 95pp. Illustrated wrappers. Edgewear and chipping to spine, spine tape mended, faint linear stain on rear cover, contents mildly toned but sound. Photos and step-by-step instruction. Good.

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Book number: 002009

Catalogue: Sports, Hobbies and How-To

Keywords: Fitness Acrobatics Spalding

Daly, Maurice

Daly's Billiard Book Illustrated with More Than 400 Diagrams, 30 Technical Photographs and 3 "Strategy" Maps

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. 1920. Fifth Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 276pp. Green cloth. Very light wear, but lettering to cover and spine is worn away, and heavy staining to rear cover not affecting interior. Contents are surprisingly clean and unmarked, and binding is tight. In depth strategy for billiards, with numerous diagrams and a few photos. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003494

Catalogue: Sports, Hobbies and How-To

Graham, Frank

The Brooklyn Dodgers: An Informal HIstory

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 248pp. Grey cloth, blue spine lettering. Extremities lightly bumped, contents mildly age-toned, a 1945 inscription on front free endpaper Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped and missing several large pieces along edges and spine with some loss of text. Book is in overall sound condition. Good/Poor.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004513

Catalogue: Sports

Keywords: Baseball Brooklyn "New York" "Larry Macphail" "Branch Rickey" "Ebbetts Field" "Wilbur Robnson" "Babe Herman" "Leo Durocher"

Leffingwell, William Bruce

Hunting and Fishing Along The North-Western Line.

Chicago, Rand, McNally & Company, 1895. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. W.L. Wells. 96pp including 10 pages of ads, folding map. Illustrated wraps. Light wear to covers, 2 tiny chips to corner and edge, interior is mildly age-toned, tight and sound, rubber stamp on title page, 16 x 20 inch folding map in rear is in near fine condition. Book is illustrated throughout. "A Book Descriptive of the Best Resorts in America for Deer, Bear, Goose, Duck, Grouse and Snipe Shooting. Mascalonge, Pickerel , Pike, Bass, Lake and Brook Trout Fishing..Valuable to Sportsmen, Anglers, Health and Pleasure Seekers" is stated on the title page. OCLC shows no hard copies of this rare First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004771

Catalogue: Nature, Sports, Regional

Keywords: Wisconsin Minnesota "South Dakota" Nebraska. Iowa Hunting Fishing Angling Shooting MIdwest Wildlife Northwestern "Northwestern Line"

Lynch, Bohun

Knuckles and Gloves

London, W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1922. Second Impression, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 217pp.Green cloth, black lettering. Corners very lightly rubbed, contents lightly age-toned, endpapers more heavily, some pages crudely opened causing margin tears not affecting text, oxcasional light foxing, binding is sound. Dust jacket is darkened and missing several large pieces with some loss of text, some taper reapir. Historic overview of boxing, with illustrations. Fair/Poor.

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Book number: 004334

Catalogue: Sports

Keywords: Boxing Fighting Boxers

Müller, J.P.

Le Livre du plein air

Paris, Librairie Haar & Steinert, 1909. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 196pp. Pictorial wraps, quarter-bound, raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers. Moderate wear to cover, library stamps on title page, a few pencil underlinings, otherwise book is clean and sound, text mildly toned. Original paperback book bound in quarer leather binding. Very Good.

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Book number: 003278

Catalogue: Sports, Self-help

Keywords: Health

Prévost, Mrcel

Chonchette

Paris, Arthème Fayard et Cie. 1930. Audio Book (DVD). René Lelong. 125pp. Couverture souple. Snas date, c1930. Satisfaisant. Light wear. Illustrations de Lelong. Fair.

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Book number: 004504

Catalogue: Sports, Health

Keywords: Romance

Radke, Ernst F.

New Angles to Bass Fishing

New York, Greenberg, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Laszlo Razel. Signed by Author(s). 188pp. Tan linen cover, orange decoration, gilt spine lettering. Covers unworn and clean, contents age-toned, some darkening to endpapers, owner's name in pencil on front pastedown. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is moderately soiled and chipped and is essentially complete. Good/Good.

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Book number: 003424

Catalogue: Sports, Hobbies and How-To

Keywords: Casting Trolling Lures

Riley, Capt. Tom

Swimming; How, When and Wherd to Swim. Its Progress and Place in American Sports.

New York, Blumenberg Press, 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 114pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Light wear and some soiling to cover, water staining to endpapers and upper margins of some pages, occasional foxing, some cracking to endpapers, binding holding tightly. A rare and highly entertaining book by an esteemed swimming instructor in the early 20t century. In addition to explaining the basics of swimming , he covers subjects including trick swimming, diving, "how to restore the apparently drowned,", where to swim and the history of swimming. The author shares his knowledge of swimming during his "twenty-five years' experience as a professional swimmer, instructor and life saver at the principal watering places on the New England, Atlantic and Long Island coasts." Illustrated with photos and instructive drawings. Fair.

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Book number: 004650

Catalogue: Sports, How-to and Hobbies

Keywords: Swimming Swimmers Diving "Water Sports"

Schiffer, Don (Editor)

My Greatest Baseball Game

New York, A.S. Barnes and Company, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 219pp. Green cloth. Very sound condition, mild toning to endpapers. Dust jacket has chipping and tearing along edges, 1 1/2 inch fragment missing from foot of spine, now covered in clear jacket. Major League baseball stars of the 1940s and 50s relate their memories of their greatest games; Joe Domaggio, Bob Feller Jackie Robinson, Stan Musial, Warren Spahn and more.+ Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004599

Catalogue: Sports, Technology

Keywords: "Major Leagues" Anecdotes

Siltzer, Frank

Newmarket : Its Port and Personalities

London, Cassell and Company, Ltd. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 279pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, 32 illustrations in color and half-tone Light wear to covers, 2 small spots to front board, endpapers lightly foxed, text mildly toned but clean, binding is solid. Good.

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Book number: 003441

Catalogue: Sports, History

Keywords: Horses Horseracing Tracks

Talbert, William F. and Old, Bruce S.

The Game of Doubles in Tennis

New York, Vendome Press, 1956. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 214pp. Green cloth, black spine lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is sound and tight, slight fading along edges, contents clean, small rust spots from binding staples in front inner hinge, underlining on a few pages, former owner's name on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and torn along edges, missing several pieces. An uncommon signed book by tennis great Bill Talbert. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004337

Catalogue: Signed, Sports, How-to and Hobbies

Keywords: Tennis "Net Play" Serving "Service Return" Diabetes "Bill Talbert"

Tilden, William T.

"The Kid" A Tennis Lesson

New York, American Sports Publishing Company, 1924. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 68pp +14 pp ads and tennis wear advice. Light soil, moderate chipping to spine, light exterrnal wear, 1/2 inch ink spot near foredge of front cover, internally clean and sound, order blank at front still present. Tennis instructions and practical advice by tennis great Bill Tilden himself, plus photos. Spalding "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks No. 102R. Good.

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Book number: 003101

Catalogue: Sports, Hobbies and How-To

Keywords: Instruction "Tennis Pro" Athletics