Practical Instruction in Golf by Launcelot Cressy Servos - 1905

Privately Printed by the Press of the Bryant Printing Co, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Original 1898 Mt. Holyoke College Yearbook: Llamarada. Bound in dark-red cloth with silver gilt lettering and botanical decoration to front panel. Much historical content, including rosters of faculty, students, alumni and much, much more. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. Includes many period ads. Obituary of 10th President Elizabeth Storrs Mead laid in. 260 pp. + 34 pp. of ads. Tight, unmarked copy with one slightly pulled but strongly attached signature. Light shelf wear to extremities. In all, a very presentable copy of an important historical resource. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Caldwell-Clements, Inc. , 1950. Hardcover. Good. Radio and Television Retailing: Bound Magazines. Six issues: January 1950 - June 1950. Important trade publication for television, radio, appliances and more at the dawn of the golden age of television. With sales exploding at mid-century, technical advances and innovations came hot and heavy, and Radio and Television Retailing chronicled them, reviewed new products in every issue, published technical and marketing articles, industry data and forecasts, advertiser lists, extensive retail locations directories and more. Includes thousands of illustrated ads representing a virtual who's who of mid-century manufacturers of televisions, AM, FM, car and battery operated portable radios, record players, consoles, parts (some obscure, e.g., television screen magnifiers), servicing tools and equipment, antennas, television and radio stars, solid mahogany cabinetry (in its heyday) and more. Notably, televisions, FM broadcasting, portable radios and 45 rpm… Read More

Privately Printed, 1982. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Detailed history of Newhall, Iowa, Eldorado Township, Benton County. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, many family histories and much more. Densely illustrated with historical photographs and plat maps. Full index. Includes ca. 1885 11" x 8 1/2" plat map of Eldorado Township laid in. Limited printing. 249 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight copy with one bumped corner and light wrinkling to head and tail of spine panel. Area of slight discoloration to front panel and 8" x 5" rectangular stain to back panel. Odor free. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Highgrove Press, 2003-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Joan H. Hall's compilation of 70 historical residences and community buildings in Riverside, California. Each example includes a photo of the site and a 3 or 4 page history. See attached images for contents. Detailed bibliography and index. Bound in textured burgundy boards with gilt lettering to front and spine panels. 234 pp. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear.

Brondum, 1995. Very Good. 3-volume compilation of Jens Birkemose erotica. I: Negeren og Papegøjen (The Negro and the Parrot). II: Spejlet forsvinder (The Mirror Disappears). III: Det sidste hus (The Last House). All volumes signed by Birkemose on limitation pages. Includes original slipcase and laid-in signed lithograph unique to this copy. Copy #344 of 500 issued. All volumes tight and unmarked with minimal shelf wear. Faint crease to Volume I spine panel. Faint stain to Volume II spine panel. Limitation pages translated from Danish in part: Contains 180 drawings made as a direct copy of the plates and printed at Brondum's graphic workshop in Copenhagen. Each volume 7 1/2" x 6 3/4". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Bismarck-Mandan Genealogical and Historical Society, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Massive, detailed history of Burleigh County, North Dakota. Histories of businesses, churches, schools, over 1600 family histories, several thousand photos and much more. All 47 townships represented, each with a full-page plat map. Limited printing: No. 510 of 3,000 copies printed on coated paper. 628 numbered pages. 12 1/4" x 9 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and small tear to head of spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

American Sports Publishing Co, 1915. Softcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, second printing of P. A. (Percy Augustus) Vaile's early-century primer on golf. Number 2P of the green cover series. 1915 date to copyright page. Note that later printings - 1922, e.g. - are often misidentified as first printings when in fact they are third or later printings. The content in this copy, the second printing, is identical to the 1914 LOC control copy with the exception of the latter's 1914 date to the copyright page. Also note that Joseph Murdoch's The Library of Golf asserts that the 1922 printing was the first, which of course is in error. 41 numbered pages, 36 numbered plates (action golf swing photos) and 11 unnumbered Spalding catalog pages packed with illustrated golf balls, golf clubs and associated priced golf equipment. Chapter headings include Putting, Playing a Stymie, Prevalent Misconceptions About Golf, The Mashie, The Iron, The Cleek, The Driver and Brassie, Golf Ball Facts… Read More

Methodist Publishing House, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Murfreesboro (Tennessee) Teacher's College head coach Frank A. Faulkenberry's ca. 1930 football how-to with a focus on stance. Signed in blue ink by Faulkenberry on frontis photo. Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes a short history of the game, analyses of the stance for every position, and numerous photos. Notably, the last chapter contains a discussion of the stance in team formation. Examples with photos include Robert Zuppke of the University of Illinois, Knute Rockne of Notre Dame and Glenn "Pop" Warner of Stanford University. Of additional importance is an appendix of "football notes" written by such coaching luminaries as Fielding Yost, Robert C. Zuppke, Knute K. Rockne, Howard Jones and Glenn S. "Pop" Warner - a virtual who's who of early Hall of Fame coaches. Faulkenberry himself was an extraordinarily successful coach at all levels of play, also a… Read More