[Speedome Lofts ], et al.

The Hyuskens-Van Riel Story ; Compliments of Speedome Lofts "American Headquarters for Huyskens-Van Riels

[Orange, Conn.], Speedome Lofts, 1960. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp.11]. 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, etc. Clean, and unmarked; fine. Unrecorded in OCLC. Related ephemera laid-in, namely a detailed sales list of "Huyskens-Van Riels". Uncommon period pigeon-racing ephemera. .

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Book number: 7199

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: piegon racing; odd; curiosities; ornithologyl animals; birds

[MOLSON Breweries], et al.

Winnipeg Jets V. Los Angeles Kings: Friday, April 12, 1996 - Game #81 - Home Game #41 - Nhl Gme #1050 Winnipeg JET Final Game Programme Sponsored by MOLSON Canadian

Winnipeg, Manitoba, MOLSON Breweries, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp. 24]. 8vo. measuring 8.5 x 11". Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Comprises of a detailed programme of events for the last Winnipeg Jets game held on Friday, April 12, 1996, player profiles, team executive, period advertisements by sponsoring local and national businesses, and merchants. Bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 5927

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: manitoba history; canadian hockey league; national hockey; canadian history; local history

Aerts, Jan; Inge Moore (Trans.)

Pigeon Racing: Advanced Techniques

New York, Paul S. Eriksson, Inc. 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. pp. 191. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth over boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Black-and-white photographic plates. Light wear to the cloth extremities, rare occasional pencil underlining, else, text-block largely clean and unmarked with firm, sound binding; very good and housed in original, unclipped, illustrated dustjacket. Uncommon in commerce. .

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Book number: 7204

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: piegon racing; odd; curiosities; ornithologyl animals; birds

Aiken, Mike

Kenora Thistles: Our Hockey Heritage

Kenora, Ontario, Canada, Bowes Publishers, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 112, Oblong 4to. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. .

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Book number: 3099

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: manitoba history; local history; ontario; hockey; canadian hockey history; canadiana; photography

Arnold, Frank; Herbert Johnston

Poker

London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. | Printed by The Bowering Press, Plymouth, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. vi, 166. 12mo. measuring 11 cm x 17 cm. Red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Light spotting to the front board, light occasional foxing - confined chiefly to the endpapers and foredge. Otherwise, the contents remain overwhelmingly bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good. Scarce. A complete guide on how to play Poker with sections including: Laws of Poker, Opening Hands, The Raise, Play of One Pair, Play of Two Pairs, Play of Three, Play of Fours, Play of Bobtails, Bluff, Jack-Pots, Stakes and Limits, Freak Games, Freak Hands. Also comprises of a series of illustrative games, a glossary of technical terms, and a treatise on "Poker Patience". A must for the library of any poker aficianado.

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Book number: 2267

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: games; cards; gambling; poker; card games; lottery; mathematics

[Canadian Lacrosse Association]

Rules of Box Lacrosse, 1969

Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Lacrosse Association, 1969. Twenty-Fourth Edition. Stapled Wraps. pp. 35. 12mo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Replete with black and white illustrations, diagrams, charts, tables, et al. Three pages of illustrated official signals reserved for referees. Comprises of a complete list of the Mann Cup Winners, Senior Champions of Canada, Mike Kelly Memorials (C.L.A.), the Minto Cup, Junior Minto Cup Winners, Jim McMconaghy Memorial Medal (C.L.A.), the President's Trophy, and the Castrol Oils (Canada) Limited Trophy. No detectable flaws, bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. .

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Book number: 1450

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: canadian history; ephemera; ontario history; sporting history; lacrosse; national sports;

Bannister, Roger

First Four Minutes; Rogers Bannister, His Own Story

London, Putnam, 1955. First Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover. pp. 223. 8vo. Navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Many black and white photographs. No detectable flaws; near fine and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar). .

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Book number: 141

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: biography; history; olympics;

Berglund, Berndt

Wilderness Survival: A Complete Handbook and Guide for Survival in the North American Wilds

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons | Pagurian Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 175. Small 8vo. Light brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Replete with many black-and-white drawings, illustrations, diagrams, etc. Lightest shelfwear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket showing one very short closed tear to the front panel. Overall, very good. Rare in the hardcover edition. .

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Book number: 2079

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: natural history; wilderness; militaria;

Berglund, Berndt; E.B. Sanders (Illust.)

Wilderness Survival: A Complete Handbook and Guide for Survival in the North American Wilds

Toronto, Pagurian Press | Christopher Ondaatje, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. pp. 175. Small 8vo. Light brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Replete with many black-and-white drawings, illustrations, diagrams, etc. Lightest shelfwear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Rare in the hardcover edition. .

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Book number: 2819

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: natural history; wilderness; militaria;

Bott, Raymond; Stanley Morrison; R.G. Wade (Foreword); Patricia Lindsay (Illust.)

Chess: First Steps

Bell Publishing Company, Inc. 1958. First Thus. Hardcover. pp. 192. Small 8vo. Black buckram over boards, black lettering to the spine. Replete with many illustrations depicting a variety of chess manoeuvers. Lightest edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine and housed in very good lightly rubbed unclipped dustjacket. Overall, very good. .

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Book number: 2677

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: chess; queen's gambit; history

Burns, W.R.

A Better Way? a Study of Humane Trapping in Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba Department of Renewable Resources and Transportation Services, March, 1967. MG-482. Stapled Wraps. pp. 29. 8vo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Many black and white photographs, tables, charts and illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. At time of cataloguing this title does not appear amongst the holdings at BAC/LAC. .

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Book number: 402

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: natural history; manitoba history; canadian history; canadiana; fauna; hunting and fishing; manitobiana;

[Charles, Siegel & Son]

Catalog "J": Chas [Charles], Siegel & Son: America's Largest Line of Pigeon Supplies ; [Pigeon Supplies Catalogue]

Chicago, Illinois, Charles, Siegel & Son, N.D. [Circa 1950's?]. Card Covers. pp. 50. 8vo. Illustrated, twice-stapled, card covers. Profusely-illustrated catalogue by the Chicago-based piegon supply firm offering a rich variety of supplies for the pigeon fanicer. Well-preserved and without blemish; near fine. Uncommon period pigeon-related ephemera. .

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Book number: 7203

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: business commerce; american business catalogues; ornithology; piegon racing; odd; curiosities; ornithologyl animals; birds

Cliff, H.T. (Sam)

Ski-Ing Simplified

Toronto, Ski-ing Publications, 1937. Hardcover. pp. 108. Small 8vo. Beige cloth boards with navy blue lettering and illustration to boards and spine. Over one hundred and fifty illustrations and diagrams depicting various ski-ing techniques. Lightest rubbing to boards, except for pencil name and date to ffep contents remain clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+. Rare. At time of catalouing this title does not appear amongst the holdings at LAC/BAC. .

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Book number: 59

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: history; vintage;

[Kinette Figure Skating Club]; Dorothy Parker (Foreword)

The Kinette Club of Yorkton Presents Ice Review of 1960 [Programme Booklet]

Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Kinette Figure Skating Club, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated [pp. 6]. 8vo. measuring 5.5" x 8.25". Charmingly illustrated, twice-stapled, self-wrappers depicting an image of a young girl skating. Comprises of a complete programme of events for the winter skating festival as organized by the Kinette Club of Yorkton over the winter of 1960. Includes details of various "Disneyland" ice-skating performances, names of performers (accompanied with short biographies and portraits of the two main performers), "Crowning of Carnival Queen", details of "Mocombo Dancers", a complete list of the organizing committee, and names of individual and business patrons. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. Rare in commerce. Not found in OCLC, Peel, BAC/LAC, et al. .

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Book number: 6175

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: ephemera; canadian history; sports; recreation; saskatchewan; ukrainian canadian history; yorkton; iceskating

[St. Charles Country Club]

St. Charles Country Club: 1905-1965

Winnipeg, Manitoba, [St. Charles Country Club], N.D. [Circa 1966]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 24, [1]. 8vo. measuring 9.25" x 6.25". Bound in stiff coil-bound navy-blue leatherette covers, gilt lettering and crest of the club embossed to the front board. Thick card-stock title page, and rear endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, one aerial map of the club captured during the "American Cup Matches" held on August 6, and 7 of 1965. Comprises of a brief, though, thorough history of the prominent local Winnipeg golfing club. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Corresponds to OCLC #68908584 indicating only four institutional holdings. Scarce in commerce. This is the story of a country club, its 60 years of sporting competition, of its growth from fairways hacked out of the wilderness of a city's western approaches to being one of this hemisphere's finest golf courses, of hard work and heartbreak, of disaster and triumph.

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Book number: 3418

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: manitoba history; local history; canadian history; canadiana; golf; golf history; sports; recreation; country club; leisure; Dr. Alistair MacKenzie