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CLUB ROWING ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY, 1869-1939, FEATURING THE SOUTH END ROWING CLUB
San Francisco:Bill Pickelhaupt. 1995. Softcover. Signed by author on title page. Just the slighest bit of shelf-wear to the covers, else fine. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a fine copy.
$75.00
DIARY OF A YANKEE HATER.
NY:Franklin Watts. 1981. 212pp. Stiff wrps. Some light foxing on cover, otherwise a very good tight copy. A daily account of the Yankee season of 1979.
$15.00
FOOTBALL DAYS. Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball.
New York: Moffat Yard and Co. 1916. 463pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Page edges are rough cut and some have not been separated carefully; there is wear to the spine, both top and bottom, as well as to the bottom edges, else very good. There are no previous signatures and the pages are clean and bright. A very good copy.
$45.00
GYMNASTICS. A TEXT-BOOK OF THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GYMNASTICS. Specially adapted to the use of teachers and pupils in public and private schoools and gymnasiums.
Boston:Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. (1896). 348pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Covers are lightly worn but show some soiling and fading to the right side of the front board. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings, though there is some light age-toning to the page edges and scattered foxing, most notably to the end-papers. Overall this is a very good copy.
$50.00
INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN, IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTING.
2nd. American, from the 9th. London edition. To which is added the HUNTING AND SHOOTING OF NORTH AMERICA.By Wm. T. Porter. PhiladelphiaL Blanchard and Lea. 1853. 459pp. + 16pp. adv. dated March 1, 1856. A very good tight copy. Spine ends lightly frayed and minimal foxing throughout. SPORTS; GUNNING; SHOOTING; HUNTING; W031
$195.00
KRAZY ABOUT THE KNICKS. Rev. and updated. Intro. by Elliot Gould.
New York:Hawthorn Books Inc. (1973). 1st thus. 244pp. Illus. Wrps. Cover edges worn, light soiling to page edges, otherwise a very good, clean, copy.
$5.00
LETTERS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS.
London: Bell's Life in London. 1852. 336pp with one folded plate. Internally previous owners name on front fly leaf, Folding plate has a small tear in the margins. Also the edges are frayed. Textual pages age toned. Binding at the top of spine has an inch missing. The bottom has a quarter of an inch missing as well. Binding lightly soiled.
$80.00
OLYMPIC CAVALCADE With a foreword by Sir Harold Bowden.
London: Hutchinson & Co.,. (1948). Hard bound. 243pp. Illus. A very good copy.
$20.00
PLAYING THE GAME. From mine boy to manager. With an introduction by Clark Griffith.
New York:Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1925. 1st edition. 227pp. Illus. Internally a very good copy.. Lacks front fly-leaf. Externally red boards have moderate overall soiling with light shelfwear to edges, to boards at edge-points. Gilt is faded but still legible on front cover and spine.
$85.00
RECREATIONS OF A SPORTSMAN ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
New York:G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1910. 1st edition. 399pp. + 4pp. publishers adv. Illustrated. Internally a very good, tight, clean copy. Externally, front binding and spine spotted from possible dampness or foxing. Back binding clean and bright. Except for the latter, a very good copy. Previous owners book-plate inside front binding and signature on first free end-page.
$40.00
ROUTINED MANIPULATION FINALE.
Photographs by Kenneth Pratt, Bill Ellis and The County Studio. NY:Louis Tannen. ND. 253pp. Illus. Book in near fine condition, dust jacket worn and chipped at top edges. S013.
$25.00
SCHONHEI IM OLYMPISCHEN KAMP. Mit Zahlreichen Aufnahmen Von Den Olympischen Spielen 1936.
Berlin:Im Deutschen Verlag.(1937). 281pp. Illus. Internally a very good copy. Someone has written on the half-title 'purchased in Berlin, November 1945'. Binding appears to be shelf-worn. Edge points and spine ends worn to boards; gold-leaf title and bands on spine worn. TS076.
$500.00
THE DEAD SHOT, OR, SPORTSMAN'S COMPLETE GUIDE; BEING A TREATISE OF THE USE OF THE GUN With Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons in the Art of Shooting Game of All Kinds: Pigeon Shooting, Dog Breaking., Etc...
New York:W. A. Townsend, Publisher. 1863. 1st edition. 282pp+3pp ads, Illustrated. Hardcover. A very good, clean and bright copy. The green pebbled boards are clean with gilt on spine still bright. Beveled edges slightly shelfworn. Small tear to top spine edge, along gilt on front gutter. Internally, yellow endpapers bright, with a small previous owners bookplate to center of inside front board, otherwise pages clean and bright throughout. The binding is tight and hinges intact. *1st American from the 3rd English edition, with the addition of an appendix containing New York State game laws.
$150.00
THE LOST NEW ENGLAND NINE. The Best of New England's Forgotten Ballplaayers.
140pp. Illus. Siff wrappers. Autographed by the author. A fine copy.
$20.00
THE YOUNG SPORTSMAN'S MANUAL; OR RECREATIONS IN SHOOTING, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GAME OF THE BRITISH ISLES; AND PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DOG AND GUN
London:Chapman and Hall. 1849. 2nd edition. 305pp. Illustrated from original drawings by William Harvey, engraved on wood by Frederick Branston. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Lower 1.5 inches of front board and lower edge of rear board sun-faded. Gilt on spine still bright. Page edges marbled. Internally, marbled end-pages clean. with a previous owners small book plate to inside front board, but otherwise, a very good, clean copy throughout. The binding is tight and hinges intact.
$125.00