Search Results: Sports & Exercise from Friendly Used Books

New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1941. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Diagrams. Bound in red cloth with titles in black. First edition, with corresponding 1941 dates to the title and copyright pages and the publisher's 'one' in parentheses (1) on the final page. Inked number to spine, otherwise externally unmarked; library blindstamp to the title page and inked numbers to the contents page, along with withdrawn stamps to the rear endpapers. Moderate edgewear, a touch of dampstaining to the top edge. Hinges solid; binding square. Uncommon.

Weider Health and Fitness, 1972. Stapled Softcover. Photographs. Undated,so date is a guess. Loaded with early photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Tightly bound. Creases at corners of cover.

New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1932. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Diagrams. Bound in blindstamped brown cloth with titles and decorations stamped in orange. Corresponding 1932 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Bookplate to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated with diagrams throughout, including two folding plates. The cloth shows only very light wear at the extremities; no frays. A clean, tight copy.

New York: The Lantern Press, 1947. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncredited. Bound in orange cloth with titles and decorations stamped in dark blue. 253 pages. Volume 2 in Lantern's "Teen-Age" series. An early reprint, with titles listed on the rear panel of the dust wrapper dating no later than 1948. The cloth shows light wear with a bit of creasing to the spine. Former owner's name to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. The jacket is lacking 1" at the head of the spine and 1/2" at the heel. There is a creased tear to the upper front corner. Hinges solid; binding square. The jacket is now in mylar. Very difficult to locate in a Lantern Press edition.

Chicago: Future Magazine, Inc., 1939. Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs. Future: The Magazine for Young Men", Volume 1, no. 7, March, 1939. Original stapled wraps; 30 pages. Published in Chicago for the Junior Chamber of Commerce (Nebraska Edition). This issue is notable for its article "Yankees - The Wonder Team", by Albon Holden. The three-page article includes statistics and photographs of the '39 Yankees, in what would turn out be Lou Gehrig's last year. An uncommon article just waiting for a home on your New York Yankees bookshelf. The covers shwo light edgewear with a crease to the upper front corner. A mailing label appears on the rear cover, which also has a 1/4" edge tear. A clean, tight copy. Scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall