Search Results: Sports (miscellaneous) from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: Trident Press Book. Illus. by Paul Bacon (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In comprehensive fashion the author "shows how the trainer's choice of jockey relates to all the other aspects of handicapping." Black boards w/illustration in blind, orange cloth backstrip w/black spine lettering, 145 pages. Father's Day gift inscription to previous owner, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, a bit of wear to corners/spine ends, two short tears to bottom spine, moderate general wear. Dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve..

Chelsea: Sleeping Bear Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The first American to play in soccer in the English Premier League tells his story. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 228 pages (including photo credits), illustrated. Bumps to spine ends/bottom edge/bottom corners, in rubbed dust jacket w/a few impressions/thin scratches..

Fredericton: Fredericton Curling Club, 1954. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published in celebration of the Fredericton Curling Club's one hundredth anniversary. 56 pages, illustrated. Soiled covers, bits of paper stuck to same (presumably from a missing dust jacket), gift inscription to previous owner, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Pocket 95058, 1967. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. Contains information on Don Garlits, Don White, Lee Roy Yarbrough, Bud Faubel, Bobby Harrop, Dave Strickler, Roger Lindamood, Ramchargers, Cotton Owers, Danny Ongais, Dave Pearson, A.J. Foyt, Sam McQuagg, Art Malone, Dick Landy, and The Smoke Eaters, with "inside stories of such great cars as The Turbo-Honker, The Cotton Picker, Little Red Wagon, Color Me Gone, The Yankee Peddler, The Hustler, The Original Dependable, The Flying Carpet, The Candymatic, The Swamp Rat, The Mangler, The Dragmaster Dart, The Flying Barn Door, and King Goat." Bill France, president of NASCAR and president of the Daytona International Speedway; Wally Parks, president of NHRA; Jim Tice, president of AHRA; and Joe Littlejohn, track owner and stock car historian, all provide articles about the future of auto racing. 336 pages (including glossary, index) illustrated. Actual flaws (not… Read More

Fredericton: The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, 1983. Book. Illus. by Marjory Rogers Donaldson. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition.. Oblong octavo. #11 of a limited edition of 100 copies. A very scarce edition of a publication honouring a variety of New Brunswick, Canada, athletes from all areas of sport, both professional and amateur. Athletes include Earle B. Avery, Hilton Belyea, Jack Burke, Robert Copp, Gordie Drillon, Yvon Durelle, Arthur Finnamore, Charles Gorman, Peter C. Kelly, Sybil Beatteay Mitchell, H. Sigurd Nielsen, Clement O'Connor, the Paris Crew, Margaret Purdy, the Saint John Trojans basketball team, the Sussex Amateur Athletic Association, the Thistle Curling Team, Mable Thomson, the UNB basketball team from 1945, UNB rugby teams from 1925-29, and many others. Text in both English and French, with an Introduction by Leslie I. Hull, New Brunswick's then-Minister of Youth and Recreation. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering, 40 pages (including Index of Inductees). A hint of… Read More

Toronto: Thomas Allen, 1958. Book. Illus. by Audrey McNaughton. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This one "tells the true story of Cilroy, a Canadian half-bred hunter, who accomplished what most of the world's greatest horsemen believed impossible, and in doing so helped bring a coveted award to Canada." May takes a bit of liberty with the story, telling it in the horse's voice. Yellow covers w/blue lettering to front cover/spine, 160 pages (including glossary). Gently bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, tanned/lightly soiled edges, a couple of turned corners, rust stains (from paper clips) to top of front pastedown/first end paper and, in varying degrees, to tops of several pages, in worn dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions/scratches, edgewear, numerous edge tears of varying length (the longest 2.5" diagonally at top left corner of front panel), chipping, 1.5" x 1.5" piece missing from bottom edge of rear… Read More

Toronto: Summerhill Press, 1984. Book. Illus. by Janet Wilson (cover illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "This book is the story of Canada's thirteen gold medalists, their fellow competitors, and the skating pioneers who blazed the way in the early years." Barbara Ann Scott association copy. Taped onto the front end paper is a small piece of lined paper torn from a spiral notebook, on which is written, "With best wishes/Barbara Ann Scott." 200 pages (including index), illustrated. Previous owner's name/date on front end paper..

New York: Sterling Publishing, 1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Yates provides a guide to "the lingo of the track," the classification of cars, the sport's development, the prize races, and much more. Blue leatherette w/red illustration to front cover, red spine lettering, 144 pages (including index), illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends/edges, in price-clipped, worn dust jacket..

Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1975. Book. Illus. by J. Michael Huffman (cover illustration). Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of essays intended "to highlight sport as a metaphoric scoreboard that reflects and records the 'game of social life.'" Contributors include the editor, George Moss, Benjamin Lowe & Mark H. Payne, Rudolf K. Haerle, Jr., Christian Messenger, Randy Roberts, Ron Cummings, Kevin Kerrane, and Max Webb. 107 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear..

Elsevier Pockets A14, 1959. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Dutch-language text. 159 pages (including list of ski slopes, terminology), illustrated. Moderate edgewear, impressions, mildly cocked, tanning. Internally tight (will require careful handling, though, since the binding has undoubtedly dried over the past half-century plus, and careless opening will probably cause it to split)..

Toronto: Deneau Publishers & Company Limited/The Ontario Jockey Club, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed & Numbered by Author. Limited Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A complete and detailed history (until 1984, at any rate) of North America's oldest horse race. Provides the details of each race, comprehensive lists of Plate starters, winners, jockeys, trainers, sires, and much else. This edition limited to 500 numbered and signed slipcased copies, of which this is #61. Brown cloth w/burgundy cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 301 pages, illustrated. Light general wear, in lightly soiled slipcase. A nice copy of an impressive title. A heavy book, so additional postage will be required..

Toronto: Doubleday Canada/Random House of Canada, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. The author chronicles "the year he spent with his family among the gorse, heather, and golfers of Gullane, Scotland, a town of a few thousand people east of Edinburgh, and the site of the 2002 British Open Championship." Blue boards w/white spine lettering, 311 pages + acknowledgements), map end papers. Lightly rubbed dust jacket w/thin scratches. An unread copy..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by Greig, on title page. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. After surviving a serious illness, a man renews his acquaintance with golf, travelling "to 18 courses on his road to recovery, from the wild, sheep-tended links of Orkney and Iona, to industrial Bathgate and to the more celebrated fairways of Scotland's great links courses." Inscription reads: "To David -- who plays and understands/the game from boyhood!/All best,/Andrew Greig." Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, illustrated pastedowns, map end papers, 279 pages + a page of website links to courses played. Gently bumped spine ends, bumped bottom left corner of back cover, in lightly rubbed dust jacket w/a hint of general wear..

Toronto: Royal Winter Fair, 1962. Book. Very Good. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The programme for the 1962 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, held in Toronto. In addition to listing the times of events and the competitors, this contains an article on Arthur Godfrey and his horse Goldie, a fold-out detailing the 10 courses and jumps, messages from various dignitaries, information on the terminology of horse shows, a multitude of advertisements, and more. 212 pages (including indices), blank notes pages, copiously illustrated. Some edgewear, handling wear, 3/8" tear to top edge of back cover. Internally tight and clean, with no previous owner's markings. Uncommon..

Anapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The authors present "an up-to-date manual that would meet the requirements of soccer coaches and players in every stage of development." Navy cloth w/white lettering to front cover/spine, 172 pages (including glossary, appendixes, index), illustrated. Previous owner's name/address to top of front pastedown, moderate general wear, in moderately worn dust jacket..

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 49 of the author's "best sports columns and features from the Globe and Mail," covering the Grey Cup, Nick Weslock, Danny Murtaugh, Eddie Shack, and a whole passel of others. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 165 pages. Rubbed dust jacket w/light rubbing, thin scratches, 1/2" tear to top edge of front panel..

Toronto & Buffalo & London: University of Toronto Press, 1999. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. 3rd edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Winner of the 1997 North American Society for Sports History book award and an honourable mention for the Canadian Historical Association's 1997 Sir John A. Macdonald Prize." An ambitious undertaking detailing the social history of Canadian sport. Inscription reads: "For Sally,/in admiration and/friendship. All the/very best for Salt Lake/City./Bruce." The Sally in question is Sally Rehorick of Fredericton, New Brunswick, who served as Canada's Chef de Mission for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. 323 pages (including notes, credits, index), illustrated. Moderate general reading wear..

London: Stanley Paul/Hutchinson Publishing Group, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Initialed by author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of modern rugby's most famous players relates his life story. Initialed by Beaumont ("See you in NZ/BB") on title page. Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 208 pages, illustrated. Bent corners, bumped spine ends, mild slant, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light rubbing, scratches, some corner wear..

Calcutta: ITC Limited/Wills, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Oblong octavo. An unused diary w/a wealth of personal and statistical information and photographs concerning the world's best cricket players. Unpaginated. Uncommon..