Thos. W. Jackson

You Can't Beat It: Getting Off the Good Ones

Chicago, Thos. W. Jackson Publishing Co, 1918. Paperback. 96p. A softcover book in fair conditon. Cover worn on edges, pages fragile from age, a few small marginal notes in pencil, a few small tears on page edges. Includes many b/w cartoon drawings. A book of jokes from a prolific author of joke books. .

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Book number: 132457

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Eugene Jaderquist

The New How to Build Hot Rods

Fawcett How-To Books. Paperback. 144p. A softcover book in very good condition. Cover foxed and edges lightly rubbed. Pages are tanned and slightly brittle with age, but otherwise clean. Binding is tight. Vintage guide to building hot rods, illustrated with lots of black and white photographs. Undated; ca. 1950s. Very Good .

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Book number: 189371

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Bill James

The Bill James Handbook 2017

Chicago, ACTA Sports, 2016. Paperback. 609p. A softcover book in fine condition. 2017 manual of Major League Baseball statistics. As New .

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Book number: 195365

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Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson -- in the Ring -- and out

Chicago, National Sports Publishing Company, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 259p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Light stain at bottom of front cover, affecting the same area of the front free endpaper. Pages lightly toned with age, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The jacket has some light edge wear and faint speckling on the spine and back panel. Otherwise intact and protected in a mylar cover. Much nicer condition than is normally found! The memoirs of the first African-American to hold the world heavyweight boxing title. Features multiple introductions, including one by author Damon Runyon, and illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Johnson was a highly controversial sports figure of his day. The first Black man to become the heavyweight boxing champion, he was roundly hated by the White public and sparked the cry for a "Great White Hope" to dethrone him. Johnson relished tormenting his detractors both by dominating the White fighters sent to defeat him and by creating public ire by wearing flamboyent clothing and jewelry and by marrying a White woman. Very Good .

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Book number: 192791

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George F. Jowett

Molding a Mighty Grip

Farmington, MI, Wm. F. Hinbern, 1995. Modern Reprint Edition. Paperback. 15p. A staplebound paperback book in near-fine condition. Mild crinkling along spine fold and tiny nick on side of front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Modern reproduction of a weightlifting guide originally published in 1930. Measures approx. 8.5" x 11. Very Good .

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Book number: 194577

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George F. Jowett

The Strongest Man That Ever Lived

Philadelphia, Milo Publishing Company, 1927. Hardcover. 195p. A blue cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly faded, and light, spotty stains on the front cover. Corners just starting to wear through. A few tiny blemishes on the endpapers and tiny ink spots on pages 92-93, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Known as "the Father of American Weightlifting," George Fuisdale Jowett (1891-1969) founded the American Continental Weightlifting Association and was a strongman himself. In this book, he discusses with admiration the career of fellow strongman Louis Cyr. Very Good .

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Book number: 183123

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Vincent J-R Kehoe

Aficionado! the Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Fiesta de Toros of Spain

New York, Hastings House, 1959. Hardcover. 256p. A large yellow cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition, lacking the dustjacket. Spine slightly tanned; otherwise clean and tight. Filled with black and white photographs of bullfighters in action. Measures approx. 11" x 8.5. Very Good .

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Book number: 181945

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Steven L. Kent

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Roseville, CA, Prima Games, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 204p. A softcover book in essentially fine condition. Edges of spine almost imperceptibly rubbed, and old price sticker on the front. Otherwise clean and tight. .

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Book number: 179811

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Sigmund Klein

How to Bent Press

Farmington, MI, Bill Hinbern, 2011. Modern Reprint Edition. Paperback. 32p plus ads. A staplebound booklet in fine condition. Facsimile of an illustrated weightlifting guide from 1938. As New .

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Book number: 194565

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Brooks Kubik

Legacy of Iron #2: Clouds of War

Louisville, Brooks Kubik Enterprises, 2009. Paperback. New softcover book in mint condition. Historical fiction about the York Barbell Company. By the popular author of numerous weight lifting and strength books. Ill.: -.

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Book number: 1213271

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Keywords: weight lifting -

Brooks Kubik

Legacy of Iron #5: Barbells in the Pacific

Louisville, Brooks Kubik Enterprises, 2011. Paperback. New softcover book in mint condition. Sealed in original shrinkwrap direct from publisher. Historical fiction about the York Barbell Company. By the popular author of numerous weight lifting and strength books. Ill.: -.

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Book number: 1213272

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Brooks Kubik

Legacy of Iron #3: The 1000 Pound Total

Louisville, Brooks Kubik Enterprises, 2010. Paperback. New softcover book in mint condition. Sealed in original shrinkwrap direct from publisher. Historical fiction about the York Barbell Company. By the popular author of numerous weight lifting and strength books. Ill.: -.

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Book number: 1213273

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Brooks Kubik

Legacy of Iron #4: York Goes to War!

Louisville, Brooks Kubik Enterprises, 2010. Paperback. New softcover book in mint condition. Sealed in original shrinkwrap direct from publisher. Historical fiction about the York Barbell Company. By the popular author of numerous weight lifting and strength books. Ill.: -.

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Book number: 1213274

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Keywords: weight lifting -

Mike Leonetti

Hockey's Golden Era: Stars of the Original Six

Toronto, Warwick Publishing, 2003. Paperback. 159p. A softcover book in fine condition, apart from an owner's gift inscription in front. Clean and tight. .

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Book number: 201725

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Kurt Lindner

The Hunting Book of Wolfgang Birkner

New York, Winchester Press, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. #182 OF 250 COPIES PUBLISHED. Large oblong green box containing a portfolio of 38 loose color prints and a19page softcover stapled booklet of text. Fine condition without flaws. Each print measures 20 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Reproduces 38 hunting pictures drawn by German artist Wolfgang Birkner in the early 17th century. Fine .

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Book number: 1257564

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