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New York.: Viking Press., 1963. Revised edition.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. DJ front flap with book info tucked inside front. Minor ding inside front board.. 1 Orange variegated paper over boards. Front art: bowling pin w/ ball. 95p. 26cm. Detailed pen&ink Illustrations. Sticker, front free endpaper: "Donated to United Service Organizations, Inc. by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company". Story of Bowling, Secrets, 10 stages, Summary, Strike, Second Ball, Things to Remember, Equipment, Etiquette, Tournament Victories and Titles won by author. Foreword by illustrator.

Where Magazines., 1996. Special Issue.. Wraps. Fine.. 1 32 p. Includes illustrations. Magazine format; glossy cover and pages. Display advertising. B&W photos. Events calendar. Commemorative edition: 100th Boston Marathon. History notes, archival photos, Bill Rodgers (professional runner, numerous marathon wins); Johnny Kelley (completed 58 of 61 starts in annual Boston Marathon); Boston Athletic Association.

Backcountry Publications, 1978. Unabridged.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. 0 Trade paperback (US). 128 p.

New York.: Outdoor Life Books / Stackpole Books Distribution., 1987. Presumed 1st. No print line. Pricing on jacket inside flap.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Clean text; Moderate soiling to page edges. Jacket has top right front discoloration from red candle wax (a multipurpose book).. Ritter, Robert (Drawings by).. 1 First edition. Cloth and textured paper over boards. 334 p. 24 cm. Numerous B&W photos; Pen&Ink artwork; maps. Audience: General/trade. Sports & Recreation / Deer Hunting Skill Development. Written for hunters who have the basic skills and want to improve in hunting whitetail deer.

New York.: Dick & Fitzgerald., 1864. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Spine ends need repair. Damp stain, lower pages. Faint odor, not mildew. Soiling. One section pages out of position but holding.. White, Herrick, Wier, Harvey (Designed by), and Orr, N (Engravings by).. 1 light brown textured cloth over boards. Gilt stamped titles, spine, front. 600 p. 20 cm. 600 engravings. Contents parts: The Play-Ground; or Outdoor Games. Athletic and Graceful Recreations. Amusements with Pets. Play-room Games for Rainy Days. Evening Amusements. Mechanical and Miscellaneous Amusements. Some familiar games; many new to today's youth.

Boulder CO.: Paladin Press., 1986. Illustrated.. Trade paperback. Very good. Near fine. Light reading wear.. 1 Trade paperback (large, 28cm.). Glued binding. 152 p. B&W photos. Pen&Ink diagrams. Audience: General/trade. Guns / Military-style weapons: A Brief History; Gun Varieties; Troubleshooting; Ballistic Tables for Combat Rounds; Firearms and Accessories Manufacturers, Distributors (circa late 1980s).

Contemporary Books., 1999. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Fine. Light shelf wear.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 288 p. B&W photos, charts, diagrams. Audience: General/trade. Fitness / Health / Sports. Age, conditioning, performance. Rating yourself: cardiovascular health; body fat; aerobic fitness; Coping with injury; Musculoskeletal system. Flexibility exercises. Nutrition. Weather variables.

Salt Lake City UT / Boulder CO.: The Athletic Skier; Johnson Books., 1993. Trade paperback. Very good. Signed by author. Signed by both authors, inscribed to "Richard Sheehan, 2.22.94". Upper front has minor moisture damage without staining.. Evrard, David (Drawings by), and Bode, Diane (Drawings by), and Ostling, Erik (Photos by), and Kallerud, Thor (Photos by).. 1 Trade paperback. 18x23 cm. Glued binding. Color and B&W photos; Pen&Ink diagrams. Audience: General/trade. Skiing: Improving knowledge, technique, and equipment. Perspectives for performance skiers, racers, and coaches. Training tips.

New York: Bantam, 1948. Reprint. A. S. Barnes, 1947, 1951. Mass market. Good. Tight. Cover soiling, rubbed spine edge, chipping border sections.. Foxley, Griffith (Art Director, SPORT Magazine, painted for May 1948 edition). 0 174p. B&W photo plates (10) center section. Color Portrait on cover with baseball player graphics. Sports writer Tom Meany prefaces his book: This is not a biography as much as his own impressions and observations and conversations with and about baseball legend Babe Ruth beginning with 1he 1923 World Series through Ruth's announced retirement in 1935. Foreword by Ruth's business manager, Christy Walsh. Comprehensive baseball statistics follow.

Champaign IL.: Garrard Publishing Company., 1976. First edition. Library Binding edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Tightly bound; limited wear; usual library markings from an elementary school; clean. Jacket had been protected.. 1 Blue cloth over boards, black titles. Jacket has B&W cover portrait of Babe Ruth, front. Back: Red Reeder, Sports Consultant and coach. 95 p. Audience: General/trade. A classic youth-oriented biography of one of professional baseball's most domineering early athletes, George Herman Ruth, known as "Babe", whose career home run total was 714. End papers show the dimensions of a baseball field, player positions, and written description.

Simon & Schuster, 1992. Reprint. 1974 copyright.. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.. Crawford, Robert (Cover illustration by). 0 Glued binding. 448 p. B&W photo section. Babe Ruth was a folk hero as a baseball player, known for his hitting prowess. This biography was the first written for an adult readership, a portrait drawn from Babe's early days in a Baltimore orphanage to his glory years with the yankees, and into his later years.

New York.: A. S. Barnes and Company., 1947. First edition. Presumed 1st. No other printings noted.. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Light cover discoloration. Jacket has wear, chips, closed tears.. 1 244 p. Includes illustrations. Pea green cloth over boards. Black titles. B&W photos. Statistics charts. Baseball History / American Studies. In 1839, Abner Doubleday originated the sport of Baseball in Cooperstown, New York. In 1939, the Baseball Hall of Fame opened to commemorate those who had excelled in the sport that had become the "National Pastime". New York sports writer Ed Smith presents here the "whole history". Then, as secretary of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, he had overseen the balloting for selection of the Hall's members, the Immortals. Statistics are at the back of this volume, detailing the achievements of those elected into 1947.

Foster City CA.: IDG Books Worldwide / For Dummies Series., 1998. First edition. 1st printing.. Trade paperback. Fine. Light shelf wear. Not read.. 1 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 406 p. 7.5x9.25in. B&W Illustrations, Diagrams. Audience: General/trade. Baseball Lingo; Behind-the-Plate look at Rules, Positions, Plays, Strategies, Stats; Tips from Pros. Joe Morgan is a Baseball Hall-of-Famer and TV Commentator; Richard (Dick) Lally is a Sports Writer.

Garden City NY.: Doubleday & Company., 1979. First edition. . Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Spine ends, corners bumped to boards. Missing 1st free end paper.. Lane, John (Diagrams by).. 1 Black paper over boards. 132 p. 24 cm. Pen&Ink diagrams, athletes in action. Audience: General/trade. Lacrosse instruction: techniques, rules, team instruction; stick skills, offense, defense.

Well-illustrated instructional manual. Consultant: Paul "Frosty" Francis Jr., Executive Director, International Association of Approved Basketbal Officials, Inc. Artwork in bold Pen&Ink. Basketball rules defined; chart of official basketball signals; timekeeping; Fouls; Zones.

New York.: D. Appleton and Company., 1905. 1902 earlier publication.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minor cover soiling, rubs. Separation starting before frontispiece. Else tight, clean.. Relyea, C.M. (Illustrated by).. 1 258 p. Copper color cloth over boards. Black, red front titles, art: 2 football players. Gold spine titles. Color frontispiece art; 5 grayscale art plates. Barbour youth sports series, early 20th century listed at back w / titles also by Butterworth, Hezekiah (Appleton promotion). Football players of this era are pictured in action w/o padding or helmets. "Predatory Note: The author takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to Mr. Lorin F. Deland, of Boston, for the football play described in Chapter XV". Chapter I: "Heroes in Moleskin".

New York.: Atlantic Monthly Press., 1996. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light page block foxing.. 1 Maroon paper over boards. Gold spine titles. 330 p. Audience: General/trade. Anthology of writings about the adventures of hunting and fishing over the 20th century. Published from 1926 to 1996: 18 hunting tales; 19 fishing tales; 13 adventure tales, all from the pages of the periodical magazine, Sports Afield. Editor Jay Cassell had been on the magazine's staff for 17 years.

Warner Books, 1999. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Remainder mark, bottom edges. Unread.. 0 Red paper over boards. 318p. Dustjacketr illustrated w/color photos. Larry Bird retired as a player with the Boston Celtics in 1992, and soon launched a career in coaching basketball. He became known as the former superstar with the blue-color attitude, and his first coaching challenge was with the Indiana pacers.

New York.: Dell Publishing Company., 1970. First edition. 1st Dell printing. TM 681510.. Mass-market paperback. Good. Tight and clean inside; pen scribbles, light spine crease to covers.. 1 189 p. Mass-market (rack) paperback. Cover artwork not credited. Sports biography / African-American history: Born in Galveston, Texas, in 1878, Jack Johnson became the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World. His was a treacherous path in a society of severe racial prejudice, stereotyping, and later, accusations of kidnapping the woman who would become his wife. She was white, and their world was intolerant, unforgiving, accusing, crucifying. Author Bob Lucas recounts, in his Preface, meeting the legendary Jack Johnson in the offices of the Chicago Defender, a weekly newspaper. Lucas was a reporter. Johnson was 68 and still firm on his feet and with sharp reflexes which he demonstrated at public appearances.

New York: Random House / Boy Scouts of America, 1963. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. General light soiling, edgewear, library tape residue. School discard, tight, clean inside.. Sugarman, Tracy. 0 186 p. Includes illustrations. Grayscale pencil artwork, color pictorial cover. BSA emblem on cover, spine, back. 10 fictional stories by 9 authors. All previously had appeared in Boys' Life Magazine, published by the Boy Scouts of America.