Search Results: Games & Sports from Books of the World

Lenoir City, Tennessee: Synergy South, December 1999. Hardcover. Commemorative Edition. Originally published as Jungle Cowboy. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 310 pages. For years, Stan Brock was a regular fixture in America's living rooms as co-host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. All the Cowboys Were Indians is Brock's account of his coming-of-age on the Dadanawa, the world's largest cattle ranch, in Guyana, South America. You will meet Brock as a fugitive schoolboy from England, longing to become a cowboy. You will agonize with him as he learns bone-crushing lessons the hard way. You will share his triumph as he tames a killer horse. You will fall in love with Leemo, his pet mountain lion, and all the other four-footed and feathered friends he acquires during his days on the Dadanawa.

Noteworthy, 1968. Staple-bound pamphlet. Fine. Interior pristine. Slight rubbing to covers, otherwise As New. 16 pages. A coloring book, songbook, and history book all-in-one.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, October 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Very Good- jacket. First Edition. Black paper over boards with bright gilt titles to spine. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound, tail bumped. Jacket clipped with chipping and several one inch closed tears, mostly along hinges, spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark.
This is an expedition book. Mount Roraima, at the border of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil, is a tepui--a table-top mountain. One of the oldest geologic formations on Earth it is Arthur Conan Doyle's "Lost World". Roraima's 25-square-mile summit rises abruptly from the surrounding jungles 5000 feet below and is bounded on all sides by sheer towering cliffs. Sir Walter Raleigh described Roraima during his 1595 expedition, but it took nearly three centuries before the first European found a path to Roraima's summit. Nine decades after that, in 1973, another team of Europeans conquered Roraima's Grand Prow, a sheer overhanging sandstone wall on the Guyana side… Read More

New York: Doubleday / Main Street Books, August 1992. Trade Paperback. August 1992. Full number line. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. 246 pages. More than 500 photographs and illustrations anchor this guide to social dancing that offers easy, step-by-step instructions for most popular ballroom dances: the waltz, fox-trot, tango, cha-cha, polka, and many others.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. First Edition / First Printing (stated). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to lower rear corner. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 253 pages. An alternative American history in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power.

New York: Simon and Schuster, October 1974. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Red cloth over boards with blue illustration to front board and blue lettering to spine. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Slight spine tilt. Edgewear to jacket with three 1/2-inch tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 224 pages. 8.5 x 11.5 x 0.75 inches.

New York: Custom House. Paperback. March 2020. Advance Reader's Edition. Fine. Slight reading wear to bottom edge of front cover, otherwise As New. 292 pages. For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking about whether streaks actually exist. After all, a substantial number of decisions that we make in our everyday lives are quietly rooted in this one question: If something happened before, will it happen again? Is there such a thing as being in the zone? Can someone have a "hot hand"? Or is it simply a case of seeing patterns in randomness? Or, if streaks are possible, where can they be found? Sports fans and science geeks alike will enjoy these travels in the world where numbers, luck, and superstardom meet.

New York: Random House Reference, July 2007. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 472 pages. Hundreds of full-color photos.A gorgeously illustrated guide to American collectibles and treasures of the twentieth century. From eggbeaters to elegant furnishings, porcelain to plastic, Bakelite to bottles, this book will teach you how to recognize, evaluate, purchase, and care for your collectibles.

London: Hakluyt Society, 2003. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. First Edition. As New. Securely bound with two staples in heavy paper wraps. Not from a library. 32 pages, 27 figures. Lecture Delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Hakluyt Society, 2 July 2002. Note: ISBN printed in pamphlet, 0904180751, is in error (belongs to prior years annual lecture. Correct ISBN is 0904180778.

Beijing: Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, no date, [about 2002]. Boxed Set. Rare presentation copy issued by the PRC government to foreign institutions and VIPs. Boxed set includes hardcover book, CD-ROM for windows computers and a VHS tape. All are unused and suitable for gifting. Box shows minor shelfwear. Book cover shows many very-small bubble-like spots, most on the rear. See photo. Ninety page book with many color illustrations provides an overview of Chinese acrobatics and how it developed from diverse origins such as hunting, farming, the military, ritual, games and sports, palace entertainments and cultural exchange. CD-ROM includes music clips, text and images. Videocassette shows 16 winning acrobatic performances from competition in a range of disciplines, including unfixed pole climbing, plate spinning, contortionism, chair stacking and loose steel wire stunts. Purchasers should take precautions against the possibility that the PRC-government produced CD-ROM may host… Read More

RARE! Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana: Harpy Books, November 2002. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Stamp of Michael Forde Bookshop to title page, otherwise interior pristine. Rubbing and shelf-wear to covers. Not from a library. 40 pages. Contents: Encounter with a Tiger-Cat, The Year of the Wild Pig, A Night to Forget, Jungle Tug-O-War - Man vs. Beast, Trespasser in the Jungle, The Angry Bull, Bush-master!, Christmas in the Deep South, Diamonds are Fatal.

Branford, Connecticut: The Intrepid Traveler, May 2008. Trade Paperback. First Revised and Updated Edition. Full number line. New. Pristine inside and out. Not damaged. No remainder mark. 320 pages. Contents: At sea; Our home, Planet Earth; At the extremes; Winging it; This 'n' that; Where in the world?; Travail, et al; Pastimes; On track; Sleep on it; Looking back; Business matters; Appendix.

Pownal, Vermont: Storey, June 1995. Hardcover. Very Good / no jacket. Name and illustrations by prior owner to front pastedown. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Dust stains to top edge. Rubbing to covers. Not from a library. 260 pages. Covers all aspects of Western riding from choosing a horse to trail riding, barrel racing, roping, and showing.

New York: Mallard Press, August 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine square and tight. Light foxing to top edge and endpapers. Light shelfwear to jacket. 208 pages. Heavy item; possible additional charge for international and/or expedited shipping.A fascinating full-color tour of the premier saltwater fishing locations around the globe, concentrating on locations most renowned for their outstanding sport fishing action. Featured are the east and west coasts of North America and the unparalleled fishing grounds of the Caribbean, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe. Focusing on the major attractions at each location--fish such as marlin, tuna, and bonefish. In addition, Schultz describes seasonal game fish presence and trends, fishing techniques, preferred seasonal fishing times, notable past catches (including world records) and angling folklore of each region. Superbly illustrated with full-color photographs and detailed diagrams.