Search Results: Sports from Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB

NY: Harper and Brothers, 1910. - rare work of American Intercollegiate football fiction written by someone eminently qualified for the job - Alden Arthur Knipe was the 6th head football coach at the University of Iowa from 1892 to 1902 & was himself one of the great football players of the 19th century - he played at the University of Pennsylvania under the legendary coach George W. Woodruff - in 1894 Knipe led his team to a perfect 12-0 record - Woodruff referred to Knipe as the greatest player he ever coached - after a long and sucessful football career, he ignored his medical degree & along with his wife was the author of numerous children's sports related fiction - this is his rare first book & a lovely copy, name on the front paste-down, else fine in pictorial tan cloth, the correct first binding.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Caracas: Editorial Arte, 1960. 1st edition. 44 pages of photographic plates & maps. Big Game Fishing in the Carribean. By an expert. 239 pp. Fine / very good dust jacket - light use - great big game fishing memoir begging for a translation.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Andrew Dakers, 1950. - 356 pages, 100 or so photos - history of racing, jockeys, etc. - memorial bookplate of hockey great Teeder Kennedy, a horse lover, & track man later in life - nice bright copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.