BELLISIMO, LOU

The Bowler's Manual

Englewood Cliffs, Prentice Hall. 1975. (ISBN: 0130804320). Soft Cover, 8vo. Third Edition. Softcover. Published Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1975. 8vo. wrappers, vii+134pp. illustrated with b/w photos. Fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010089

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: 0130804320

EDWARDS, ELWYN HARTLEY

The Encyclopedia of the Horse

New York, New York, U.S.A. Crescent Books. 1980. (ISBN: 0517224038). Hard, Folio. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crescent, 1980. Folio, 8 3/4" x 12." 256pp. profus. illus color. Sweating stain to top of last few pages, top of front cover and reverse side of dj, otherwise fine in fine dj. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 000928

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Animals Nature Horse Encyclopedia 0517224038

FOSTER, R.F.

Foster's Complete Hoyle; An Encyclopedia of All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day

London and New York, Frederick A. Stokes. 1897. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London and New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1897. 8vo. xi +625pp. illustrated. Pictorial red cloth with gilt and black titles, white, black and red cover designs. A strong solid copy with a spill stain along the top margin of page block, and a closed one inch tear along the fold of outer hinge cloth. Good. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008967

Catalogue: Sport

GEORGE, JOHN

English Pistols & Revolvers: Historical Outline of the Development and Design of English Hand Firearms from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day

NY, Arco. 1962, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First American edition. Reprint of the 1938 edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Arco, 1962, first printing. 8vo. 256pp. illus with 26 tipped-in plates. Green cloth with gilt titles. Mild dust foxing on top edge of page block, bookplate on pastedown. Very good plus, clean, bright in very good plus dust jacket with a closed tear at the rear flap fold. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 010419

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Military

GREENWAY, J. D.

Fish, Fowl, And Foreign Lands

NY, Scribner's. 1950, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First American edition, printed in the U.K. and bound with the sheets of the U.K. edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Scribner's, 1950, first printing. 8vo. 176pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Brick cloth with gilt spine titles. Mild toning to the paper, light foxing on pastedown, previous owner name. Very good plus in very good dust jacket with small edge chipping, short closed tear. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 010171

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Travel and Exploration

HENSCHEL, GEORGIE

Basic Riding Explained. A Horseman's Handbook

NY, Arco. 1980. (ISBN: 0668049618). Soft Cover, 8vo. Softcover. Published NY: Arco, 1980. 8vo. wrappers, 96pp. illustrated with color and b/w photos. Very good plus. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010094

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: 0668049618

ITO, KAZUO

Judo Kyosho (Judo Textbook)

Tokyo, Shin Senshaban. 1956, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in publisher's slipcase. Text in Japanese. Published Tokyo: Shin Senshaban, 1956, first printing with errata slip laid in. 8vo. 6 1/4" x 8 1/2", 158pp. illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Blue cloth with gilt cover and spine titles. Wear at the spine ends, tips rubbed, light soil spotting to covers, spine titles faded but legible, mild foxing along fore-edges, else very good in very good slipcase. Kazuo Ito (Kodokan 9th Dan) was a personal student of Kyuzo Mifune, and dedicated his life to promoting Judo and traditional Japanese culture. His work significantly helped to restore Judo to the Japanese national education curriculum following WWII. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009855

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MONEY, KEITH

John Curry

NY, Knopf. 1978, 1st. Hard, 4to. Illus, First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Knopf, 1978. First American edition. Large 4to. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4". 224 pp. lavishly illustrated with photos. Gray paper covered boards and black cloth, blue ice end papers. Fine in a fine dj. A very nice copy. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000234

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Money Keith John Curry First Edition Ice Skating Olympics Profile Portrait Sketch

MOXLEY, JON

Mox

NY, Permuted Press. 2021, 1st. (ISBN: 9781637580387). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Permuted Press, 2021, first printing. 8vo. 271pp. illustrated with photos. Small bump impression on top edge of covers, else fine in fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009038

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Keywords: 9781637580387

TORMONT PUBLICATIONS

20th Century Baseball Chronicle

Montreal, Tormont. 1992, 1st. (ISBN: 2894290365). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Montreal: Tormont, 1992. 4to. 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 592pp. illustrated with 1,239 photographs. Pictorial laminated boards with pictorial endpapers. Gift inscription on verso of flyleaf. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009813

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: 2894290365

SAMUEL, ROBERT T.

The Samurai: The Philosophy of Victory

NY, Barnes & Noble. 2005. (ISBN: 0760774870). Hard, 8vo. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Barnes & Noble, 2005. Oblong 8vo, 9 1/4" x 8", 156pp. illustrated in color. Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009923

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: 0760774870

SILVERMAN, AL

The Twentieth-Century Treasury of Sports

New York, New York, U.S.A. Viking Pr. 1992, 1st. (ISBN: 0670846627). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1992. 717pp. thick 8vo. 76 selections including, Russell Baker, Frank Deford, Ralph Ellison, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Norman Mailer, George Orwell, Richard Price, Anne Tyler, John Updike, others. Remainder stripe on bottom edge, else fine, unread copy in fine dj. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000808

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: Silverman Al Twientieth Century Treasury Sports First Edition History Recreation 0670846627

USLTA

USLTA Official Tennis Championships Programs - 1953 Edition.

United States Lawn Tennis Association. 1953, 1st. Hard, Folio. Magazines & Periodicals, First edition. 22 official programs of various USLTA Tennis Championships for the entire 1953 season, complete as published. Bound in green buckram with gilt tiles. USLTA officer S. Ellsworth Davenport, Jr.'s copy, with his name embossed on cover. 22 programs for matches at various US locations from June 7 - Aug 29, 1953. Each program is approx. 30 pages, profusely illustrated with b/w photos, plus a full color cover, vintage ads. All programs near fine in very good cloth covered boards, 9" x 12". Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 004993

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YANKEES

The New York Yankees: One Hundred Years, The Official Retrospective

NY, Ballantine Books. 2003, 1st. (ISBN: 0345460901). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Ballantine Books, 2003, first printing. Folio, 10 1/2" x 12 1/4", 256pp. Lavishly illustrated with more than 175 photographs from the Yankees’ own archives, some never seen before. Blue cloth with dilver titles, pictorial endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight edge curl. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009814

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: 0345460901