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(GUNSKY, FREDERIC R.)  About Walking: Thoughts on the Pedestrian Pursuit of Ourselves and Our World By Various Authors
(Sacramento), The Press Off Winding Way. (2002). Wrappers. An anthology, quoting Thoreau, John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, Annie Dillard, John Burroughs, etc. 17 pages, plus colophon. One of 60 copies printed by the editor for members of The Sacramento Book Collectors Club. As New.
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1505] Book number: 7955
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  Detailed Program, Tenth Olympiad Held at Los Angeles, California July 30 to August 14 Inclusive, 1932. Ancient and Modern Events and Records.
Los Angeles, California, Olympiad Publishing Company. 1932. 32 pages; illustrations, maps; illustrated blue paper wrapper. Some wear and small tears to the cover. Contains: Historical Olympic Games, ancient and modern; Olympic organization; Facilities about Los Angeles for all the events; Olympic Records and World Records in events as of 1932; General Program and detailed daily program; Olympic Village and Housing of Lady Athletes; Points of Interest. "The aim has been to present a brief compilation regarding the Olympic Games". Very Good.
USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3225] Book number: 11353
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  The Guinness Book of Superlatives
Superlatives Inc. (1956). New York.. First edition of the first year of issue of what became "The Guinness Book of World Records". Cloth. Gilt decoration on front cover. Illustrations. From the Preface: "This book is a collection of facts -- finite facts expressed in quantitative terms predominantly those which by measurement are superlative or are records in their respective fields".
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 2888
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  The Halcyon Days.
Erie, Pennsylvania, Eugene C. Laird, Publisher. 1917. Issue of January, Nineteen Seventeen. 24 pages; stapled in paper wrapper. Contains an article "Flight of the Kingfisher", along with members' addresses, and rules of membership. Evidence of having been folded. Very Good.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10100
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  The Halcyon Days
Erie, Pennsylvania, Eugene C. Laird, Publisher. 1917. Issue of February, Nineteen Seventeen. Pages 25-48; staple bound in paper wrapper. Contains article "Flight of the Kingfisher" along with members' addresses and society rules. Evidence of being folded in half verticaly for mailing and includes the stamped envelope. Very Good.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10101
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  The Halcyon Days
Erie, Pennsylvania, Eugene C. Laird, Publisher. 1917. Issue of April, Nineteen Seventeen. Pages 75-96; stapled paper wrapper (5 x 7 inch). Contains article "Flight of the Kingfisher", members' addresses, and rules of membership. Evidence of folded for mailing with envelope included. Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10102
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  The Halcyon Days
Erie, Pennsylvania, Halcyon Publishing Company. 1917. Issue of July, Nineteen Seventeen. Pages 1-20; stapled with paper wrappers (5 x 7 inch). Contains "Flight of the Kingfisher", members' addresses, and rules of membership. Evidence of being folded verticaly with envelope for mailing. Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10103
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  Jarbuch Des Schwiezer Alpenclub Funfundzwanzigster Jahrgang 1889-1890
Bern, Verlag Der Expedition Des Jahrbuchers. 1890. Publisher's brown cloth. Spine cloth somewhat sunned, but gilt lettering and decoration of mountain climbing gear bright and readable. Illustrated with photos and woodcuts, some folding. 714 pages, including index. Very Good.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 8641
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  NCAA Track and Field Champions, Coaches and athletes, Autograph Albums, 1938-1940 Containing 153 Signatures
. Two albums (4 1/2 x 6 inches each). The two albums bear the signatures of 153 NCAA Track and Field champions, coaches and athletes from the period 1938-1940. The first album has the ownership signature of Cornell F. Mikuley and the second that of Leonard J. Mikuley. The Individuals who sign the albums usually give their schools and their track and filed events. First Volume: Circa 1938. 94 signatures of those representing over 32 universities, such as the University of Southern California (16 athletes), Rice (5), Ohio State (4), Stanford (4), Texas (4) and the University of California Los Angeles (4). The names in the first volume are as follows - Amos Alonzo Stagg, winnest coach; Jed Hucklebridge, Jr. of Stanford; Elmer Gedeon, of Michigan; Harley Howells, of Ohio State; Herman ___, of Marquette Uni; Jud Atchinson, Texas, won the 1939 long jump; Earl Vickory, USC: Ben Johnson, of Columbia; Dick Mason, of Pitt; Johnny Dye, of Marquette Uni; Chuck Fenske, of Wisconsin; Bob Canning, of California; John Woodruff, of Pitt; Wes Allen, of ?; Bill Watson, of Michigan; Marsh Farmer, of Texas Tech; M.E.Ellerbe, of Tuskegee; Jake Gaithers, Florida A&M; Bill Bell, Florida A&M; Fred Wolcott, of Rice Institute, who won 1938 & 1939 NCAA 120 HH and 1938-40 220 LH; Clark Shaughnessy, UCLA; Boyce Gatewood, of Texas; Ken Dollarhide, of University of Minnesota; Ed Burke, of Marquette Uni; Elmer Hackney, of Kansas State College, won the 1938-39 shot put; Delos Thurber, of USC; Peter Zagar, of Stanford, won 1937-39 Discuss; Art Wrotnowski, USC; Mickey Anderson, USC; Lowell Todd, of San Jose State; Loring Day, USC; Reed Trusel, of South Carolina; Tom Kinzle, of Duke; David Albert, Ohio; Milo Cox, Texas University; Harley Howells, Ohio; Clyde Wooton, WSC; Ed Burrows, of Stanford; Ervin Miller, USC; Dixie Garner, of Washington State; Lee Orr, Washington State Uni, won the 1940 NCAA 440 yard dash; Skeet Sextom. NDU; Stan Holt, of Rhode Island; Lee Be Dillion, of Pitt and Kansas; Jack ___, of Montana; Bob Lemen, of Purdue; Leonard Spencer, of California; Van Alstine, UCLA; Frank Muller, of Coleraine; Hugh Wolfe, of Texas; E.Y. Steakley, of Rice; Ivan Jones, of Rice; John Munski, of Missouri who won the 1940 NCAA mile; Lloyd Thompson, of Xavier Uni; Gil ___, of Colorado; Fred Elliott, of Indiana; Jimmy Smith, of ? ; DeMott Modesette, of California; James E. Davis, ? ; Harry A. March, of UNC; Alexander C. Northrup, of Harvard; Jim Smith, ? ; Jim Herbert, of NYU; Ed Murrows, of Stanford; Bill Lacefield, of UCLA; Woodrow W. Strode, of UCLA; Charles Walker, of Ohio State; Sam Miller, of Indiana; Irving Howe, of USC; Elmer 'One Man Gang' Hackney, of Kansas State; Ed Ebright, of Kansas State; Phil Gaspar, USC: Bob Fisher, USC; Art Morgan, University of Washington; Greg Rice, Notre Dame, won 1937 & 1939 2 mile; John Francis, Notre Dame; Howard Bachman, USC; Jim Humphrey, USC; Kenny Dills, of USC, won the 1940 NCAA pole vault; Adrian Talley, of ? ; Wally Mehl, of Wisconsin; George Varoff, of Oregon; Jack Patterson, Rice; Mark Robinson, Univesity of Oregon; Louis Zamperini, won the 1938-1939 mile; Pete Bennett, of University of Pittsburg; Tommy Deckard, Indiana; E.Y. Steaklay, of Rice; Dean B. Cromwell, USC Track Coach, Hall of Famer; ___ Wrotnoski, USC. Second volume, circa 1940 with 59 signatures representing over 15 schools, USC (6), Michigan (5) and Stanford (4). Signatures include: Ralph Hammonds, of Ohio State; Jack Sulzman, ? ; Les Eisenhart, ? ; Paul Moore, of Stanford University; Dick Simpson, ? ; Russ Wulff, of Stanford, Jock Hughes, ? ; Roger Holger, UCLA; Wayne Tolliver, ? ; Stanley Andersen, Stanford; Ole Ueland; Bill Murphy; Johnnie Bazyk, Pitt; Jim Elliot, of Pitt; Frank E. Ohl, Pitt's team Captain; Happy Stickel, ? ; Myron Piker, N.U.; Joe Finch, ? ; Jerry McGolduck, Washington; Forrest ___, of Oklahoma A&M; Roy Cochran, Indiana, 1948 Gold Medalist; Warren C. Brudenback Jr. of Michigan; Hal Sinclair, UCLA; LeRoy Herd, S.C.; Howard Upton, of USC; Jeff Hall, of Michigan; Campbell Kard, of Indiana who won the 1940, 1941 880 run; Jack Leutritz, of Michigan; Bill Ackerman, University of Michigan; Pat Turner, UCLA; Carl McBain, ? ; Fred Wolcott, won th 1938 & 1939 NCAA 120 HH; Michey Anderson, USC; Clarke Mallery, ? ; Art Laret, ? ; Gil La Cara, ? ; Barney Willis, ? ; Don McNeil, ? ; Leslie Mitchell, NYU; Harold Bogran, NYU; Johnny Wilson, of USC, won the 1939-40 High Jump; Hugo DeGroot, USC; 'Dye' Hogan, ? ; Phil Balyeat, of Michigan; 'Kayo' ___; Bob Randall, ? ; Al Blozis, Gerogetown, won 1940-42 shot put; Boyce Gatewood, Texas; Lt. Ralph N. Ross, Army; Kenny Dills, USC, won 1940 pole vault; Byron Dudley, ? ; Ralph Metcalfe, of Marquett won sprinting Gold Medals in 1932, 1936; Joushua Williamson, ? ; Gilder Farrow, of Zavier; Edward Anthony Guff, ? ; William O'Shields, ? ; All Kracnzlein, ? ; and Corny Mikulay, of Notre Dame. Very unusual to see such a gathering of track and field stars signatures for atheltes of the period between the World Wars. Very Good.
USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 398 | £UK 362 | JP¥ 51597] Book number: 8566
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  Original Stereocard Photograph: "Looking Down a Deed Crevasse in Paradise Glacier, Wash.:
Keystone View Company. 3 1/4 x 7 inches. Numbered 210-14135 by the publisher. Shows a man laying flat and looking down the crevasse while being held by ropes by the three other men. Two columns of text on the back discussing Mt. Ranier's history and mountain climbing techniques. Circa 1915. Fine.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 8179
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  Original Stereocard Photograph. "Goods for the High Alps, Near Zermatt, Switzerland."
Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company. # 10793 (449). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on Switzerland, the Alps, and Zermatt. Nice view of hikers carrying supplies up the side of a mountain. Some slight fraying to the ends, else very good. Very Good.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 9224
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  Original Stereocard Photograph. "Looking at the Mattehorn from Riffelburg Hotel, Switzerland."
Meadville, PA, Keystone View Company. # 10765 (448). Stereograph on gray board (7 x 3 1/2 inch) with commentary on the backside about the Matterhorn and the first succesful ascent in 1865 by six climbers, three of whom died on the way back down. Nice view of the Matterhorn in the distance with tourists seated on the balconey looking towards the mountain. Very Good.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 9249
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  The Oriole Magazine
Baltimore, Maryland, C. Oswald Prorr. 1916. Issue for September, 1916. 9 pages; stapled paper wrapper (6 x 9 inch). Publication lists addresses of people interested in exchanging post cards and classified ads. Evidence of folding for mailing. Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10107
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  Pleasant Pastimes
Dayton, Ohio, Round the World Postal Club. 1915. Issue No. 67 (November-December 1915). 32 pages; stapled paper wrapper. Contains the addresses of postal collectors, correspondence colums including people looking for wives and husbands (mailorder brides and grooms). Includes ads for products of collectors. Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10106
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  Publicity Photograph "Nat Pendletan"
. Publicity photo (5 x 7 inch), b/w, head shot during the 1930s. Nathaniel Pendleton (1895-1967) was from Iowa and attended Columbia University where he excelled in wrestling and was chosen for the 1920 Olympic team where he won the Silver Medal, loosing only one match. Upon his return he became a professional wrestler and drifted into movies as an extra. He appeared in HORSE FEATHERS (1932), THE THIN MAN (1934), THE GREAT ZIEGFIELD (1936) gaining great reviews as a circus strongman, ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939), NORTHWEST PASSAGE (1940). Pendleton had a continuing role in the DR KILDALE series for MGM. His last film was in 1947. Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10978
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  The Southland Brochure.
Greensboro, North Carolina, Dixie Post Card League. 1917. Issue Vol. 1, No. VI. 16 pages; stapled paper wrapper (5 3/4 x 9 inch). Includes membership addresses and advertisements for post cards issued in the United States. The copy has a blank membership form (6 x 3 1/2 inch). Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10104
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  The Westchester Philatelist.
Mount Vernon, New York, 1917. Issue Vol. 1, No. 10 (January 1917). 10 pages; staple paper binding. Contains columns: G.H. Grouch "Echoes from the Past"; A. McKie "Philately in Britain"; P.M. Lawrence "Interesting Notes"; along with ads relating to stamps. Evidence of a fold with envelope. Fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 10105
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ARBER, EDWARD, EDITOR  James VI of Scotland, I of England; The Essays of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie, Edinburgh, 1585; A Counterblaste to Tobacco, London 1604; English Reprints
(No Name). 1870. London.. Illustrated paper boards. Portion of spine missing. Page edges are uncut. Most pages are unopened. Contents include: Original Poems by James VI (Twelve Sonnets - Invocations to the Gods; A Tragedy - Phoenix; A Short Poem - Of Time); Translations by James VI (The Uranie from Du Bartas; Out of the Poet Lucan, etc.); A Short Treatise, Containing Some Rules and Cautels to be Observed and Eschewed in Scottish Poesy; On the Introduction and Early Use of Tobacco in England; etc.
USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25 | £UK 22.75 | JP¥ 3225] Book number: 2896
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CARRICK, ALICE VAN LEER  Collector's Luck in Spain
Boston, Little, Brown, and Company. 1930. First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. The author recounts his travels through Spain and compares lodging, foods, wines, etc. with what he's experienced in France. He also describes the wonderful Spanish antiques that he's collecting in his travels and the cities where he found many of these treasures.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 2894
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CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE  Ship-Models; Geoffrey Holme, Editor
Studio Limited. 1923. London.. First edition. Illustrated cloth. Illustrations. Color plates. Limited to 1000 copies. Gilt decorations front cover; page tops are gilt. Slight chipping to top and bottom of spine and corners. Ink notation front end paper. Previous owner's inked sta mp on page 39 and at plate 37 (does not affect plate). Split at spine pages 38 and 39. The author writes on page 1, "I think that there are few works of art which more thoroughly reveal the love of the craftsman for his subject than models of ships" .
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.25 | £UK 105.75 | JP¥ 15049] Book number: 2910
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CUDELL, ROBERT  Das Buch Vom Tabak
Verlag Haus Neuerburg. (1927). No City.. 1/4 leather with boards. Illustrations. With pamphlet in back titled "Vom Tabakblatt Zur Zigarette", illustrations. Book and pamphlet are in German. Oriental stamp affixed to front end paper with the word "Isseido" and Oriental characters. Spine lab el and gilt decorations on spine. Page tops are gilt. Contents include: Einfuhrung Des Tabaks in Europa; Ursprung und Entdeckung; Die Zeit von 1520-1560; Aufnahme in Deutschland; Die Kultur Des Tabakgenusses; Die Prise; Die Pfeife; Schlubwort; Nachw ort des Verlages; etc.
USD 47.50 [Appr.: EURO 31.5 | £UK 28.75 | JP¥ 4085] Book number: 2898
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FORD, MR. AND MRS.HENRY  "Good Morning" After a Sleep of Twenty Five Years, Old-Fashioned Dancing is Being Revived By Mr. And Mrs. Henry Ford
Dearborn, Michigan, The Dearborn Publishing Company. 1926, First Edition. Cloth backed thick wrappers. Illustrated with photos, line drawings and musical scores. 169 pages, including index. Fine.
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1505] Book number: 7519
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FRYMIR, ALICE W. AND MARJORIE HILLAS  Team Sports for Women
New York, A.S. Barnes and Company. 1935, First Edition. Publisher's ribbed green cloth with dark green lettering. Chapters on baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, speedball, volleyball and officiating. Illustrated with 45 diagrams. 203 pages, including index. Very Good.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 8456
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LICHTENSTEIN, JOY  In Praise of Walking
Privately Printed. 1942. San Francisco.. Wrappers over paper boards. 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. The author quotes other authors and walking enthusiasts about the physical and mental benefits of walking for health; in particular a brisk, sustained walk of two miles every day and working up to a pace of four miles per hour.
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1505] Book number: 2884
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LITTLE, RAYMOND D.  Tennis Tactics
New York, Outing Publishing Company. 1913, First Edition. Puiblisher's flexible green cloth with tree, bird and fish motif. Outing Handbooks Number 45. A book for the advanced player, emphasizing "generalship and stategy" rather than mechanics. Photo illustrated. Former owner's stamp on title page, in addition to two numbers. No external markings. 130 pages, plus unpaginated section advertising 52 other books in the Outing Handbooks series. Very Good.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 8356
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