(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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Boeknummer: 004601

Catalogus: How-to and Hobbies, Sports

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 001941

Catalogus: Signed, Sports

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 002009

Catalogus: Sports, Hobbies and How-To

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 003494

Catalogus: 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.

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Boeknummer: 004513

Catalogus: Sports

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

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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Boeknummer: 004334

Catalogus: Sports

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 003278

Catalogus: Sports, Self-help

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 004504

Catalogus: Sports, Health

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 003424

Catalogus: Sports, Hobbies and How-To

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 004650

Catalogus: Sports, How-to and Hobbies

Trefwoorden: 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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Boeknummer: 004599

Catalogus: Sports, Technology

Trefwoorden: "Major Leagues" Anecdotes

Segura, Pancho and Heldman, Gladys

Pancho Segura's Championship Strategy; Hot to Play Winning Tennis

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. xii, 179pp. Tan and grey boards, unclipped dust jacket. Ex library, light rubbing to corners, text is clean, remnants of label removal on rear endpaper, dust jacket has been pasted to inside covers, light wear and small abrasion to lower spine of dust jacket, with slight loss. Excellent instructions by one of tennis's all-time greats. Very Good/Good.

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Boeknummer: 004351

Catalogus: Sports, How-to and Hobbies

Trefwoorden: Instruction "Tennis Pro"

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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Boeknummer: 003441

Catalogus: Sports, History

Trefwoorden: Horses Horseracing Tracks

Standish, Burt L.

Lefty O' the Big League

New York, Barse & Hopkins, 1914. Hardcover. 311p. Green cloth, black lettering. LIght rubbing and soiling to covers. Contents have an occasional faint margin spot, otherwise very clean. A sound copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Boeknummer: 002164

Catalogus: Children's, Sports

Trefwoorden: Baseball

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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Boeknummer: 004337

Catalogus: Signed, Sports, How-to and Hobbies

Trefwoorden: Tennis "Net Play" Serving "Service Return" Diabetes