Search Results: Sports & Games from Elk Creek Heritage Books

Syracuse, New York: Signature Publications, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. Fine. Standard bonded leather edition in fine condition. Black boards with gold gilt spine lettering and gold gilt stamped decorative on front board. Black end papers. Text block clean & tight, no writings, no markings noted. Glossy white papers with color photographs throughout; gold ribbon marker bound in. 402 numbered pages. Presents as new and unread. * Details the history, the players, the stats and much more for all the games beginning with the first in 1890 through the Centennial Game of 1999.

New York: Collins, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with green boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Contains many black & white photographs throughout. Includes a chart with the Pedigree of Barbaro. Dust jacket very good; only a ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""This up-to-the-minute book follows the story of Barbaro, the Triple Crown contender whose unlikely fight back from almost certain death from a shattered leg and ensuing complications captured the hearts of a nation that responded with a stunning display of love.. . . .""

Chicago, IL: Triumph Books, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Soft cover in fine condition with pictorial wraps. Text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Size approx 8 1/4"" tall x 4 1/8"" wide; 581 numbered pages. * From the book, ""Golfers around the world have submitted over 1,000 on-course situations which are included in ""Decisions On The Rules Of Golf."" The official rulings cover every-day occurrences as well as strange, once-in-a-lifetime situations.""

U.S.A.: Riverhead Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Dust jacket likewise in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the front flap, "". . . a book about poverty and wealth, about tenacity and survival, about colonialism and capitalism, about the Dominican people and their brutal history, about the life of a small Caribbean town - and also a book about baseball. . . .""

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in fine condition with bright green boards and white spine lettering; muted-blue end papers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Beautiful full page color photographs of all the golf courses described. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, ""With this follow-up to his bestselling""Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die,""Chris Santella interviews fifty luminaries in the golf world to uncover some of the sport's hidden gems. Golf industry insiders - from seasoned touring professionals (Amy Alcott, Fred Funk) to journalists and photographers (James Dodson, Brian Morgan) to golf course architects (Robert von Hagge, Bob Harrison) to travel specialists (Gordon Dalgleish, Mike Lardner) - offer their favorite courses… Read More

Jonathan David Pub, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. OVERSIZE. 5th Printing Original copyright 1983. This is Revised Edition 1992 : 5th printing per number line. Hard cover in very good condition with dark tan boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Bump to front top corner. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white photos throughout. Dust jacket very good with colorful glossing color; small slit at top front along fold line; not price clipped. Size 11 1/4"" tall x 8 3/4"" wide x 1"" thick. * Introduction by Red Auerbach. From the front flap, "". . . presents intriguing portraits of the greatest Jewish sports figures of the past two centuries. .... Profusely illustrated with special sections on the Maccabiah Games and Israeli sports figures and a complete listing of the members of the Jewsish Sports Hall of Fame in Israel. . . ""

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition with complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with light gray boards, darker gray spine cloth and gold gilt spine lettering. Pg 15 has crease from dog-ear fold at top corner. Interior text block otherwise clean & tight, no writings, no markings noted. Contains black & white photographs. Dust jacket in very good condition; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . groundbreaking biography. . . presents a stunning, often shocking portrait of the hero nobody knew. It is a story that sweeps through the twentieth century, bringing to light along the way not just America's national game, but her movie stars, mobsters, pols, writers . . . l the birth (and the price) of modern national celebrity.""

New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. First Edition per number line. Trade paperback in very good condition. Text block clean and tight and is unmarked. * Subtitle: A Pro's Guide to Beating the One Armed Bandits

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hyperion Books, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Stated: First Paperback Edition. Trade paperback in very good condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Wraps clean and un-creased. Spine un-creased. 290 pages. * By the author of the baseball classic ""The Boys of Summer."" From the book, "". . . more than sportswriting, more than memoir - it's a chronicle of a generation. . . . joyful memoir of sports and sports writing - of a time when the writers and the players spent their days laughing on the road together and their nights drinking in bars together. . . ""

New York: Harper, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and copper gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Several pages and the front DJ flap show crease lines from having been folded over. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy colored photographs. Dust jacket very good; mild shelf & edge wear and the crease line noted above; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""Barbaro made worldwide headlines for eight months, and now Prado's poignant, clear-eyed narrative takes us where no reader has gone before - onto Barbaro's back in the heat of a race and into the intensive care suite where Barbaro's life - and - death drama played itself out. . . . a heartwarming, unforgettable story of a man and his love for a beautiful animal and an irreplaceable teammate.""

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Hard cover in very good condition with white boards, black spine cloth, and white spine lettering. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Contains a section of color photographs. Dust jacket in very good condition; has rubbing/wrinkles at head and heal of spine and edges. * From WorldCat Summary, ""...San Francisco Girants' pitcher Dave Dravecky's battle against cancer. From the book, ""' .... deals with depression, burnout, stress, and suffering.""

International Marine, 1997. Soft cover. Fine. 6th Printing Soft cover in fine condition with crisp unmarked wraps. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. * About the book......the subtitle says it all :! 1,198 Tips from 222 Sailors on 120 Boats from 9 Countries

Southampton, Great Britain: Ashford Press Pub., 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Pritchett, R.T.. Facsimile of the First Edition published in 1894 with an Introductory Note, dated 1985, by the Eleventh Duke of Beaufort, whose great great-grandfather, the 8th Duke of Beaufort, was instrumental in bringing about The Badminton Library series of books about many great sports such as these volumes on Yachting. Two volume set in fine condition. Blue boards with gold gilt lettering on spine and front board; coat of arms also in gilt on front board. Blue end papers. Interior text blocks clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Glossy papers have retained their whiteness. Contains numerous photographs, illustrations, diagrams, maps. Volume I (0907069223) contains 479 numbered pages; Volume II (0907069231) contains 501 numbered pages. Each volume 7 3/4"" tall x 5 3/4"" wide x approx 1 3/8"" thick. No dust jackets as issued.