Search Results: Sports from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1998. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Fraser, author of the bestselling "Flashman" books, based his historical novel, "Black Ajax," on the life of Tom Molineaux, a freed American slave from New Orleans, who became one of the greatest bareknuckle boxers in Regency England; a remainder mark on bottom edge of text o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Stein and Day, 1973. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/About Very Good. The second novel in Falkirk's historical mystery series featuring Edmund Blackstone, a Bow Street Runner in London in the 1820s, this time given the assignment of stamping out the outlawed sport of prizefighting, a mission that leads him towards men willing to commit murder to stop him; the inside back cover has a short, crossed-out message, o/w the boards and text show some very minor shelf wear, and are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket shows wear at the edges, corners and spine ends, including several small, closed tears and a quarter-inch chip missing from the top edge of the front panel, o/w the dj is 99% whole with very little damage to artwork or design.

New York: Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin Group, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The fifteenth book in Albert's widely-praised mystery series set in Texas and featuring China Bayles, former lawyer, current herbalist and always amateur sleuth, this time investigating one of Pecan Springs' leading citizens, the head coach of the state champion high school football team; boards and text are clean, tight, square; white dustjacket shows a trace or two of soiling, else fine. Collectable.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. In 1959, Hemingway returned to Spain to watch a series of bullfights by two great rival matadors, Ordonez and Dominguin. He had been commissioned by Life magazine to write a short piece on his trip and instead wrote a book-length report on the dramatic competition between the pair of bullfighters. It was his last major literary work and remained unpublished for nearly fourteen years after his death in 1961; illustrated with black & white photos; text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows minor rubbing and edgewear, no chips or tears. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Chapin, author of the non-fiction "Fast as White Lightning" about stock car racing, chooses auto racing as the setting for his first novel, which features young stock car racer Andrew Mavis competing for a job on a factory team; a Fine collectable copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The second novel in Edgar Award winner Rosen's mystery series featuring Harvey Blissberg, former pro baseball player turned private detective, this time investigating the disappearance of a pair of NBA stars. A collectable copy.

New York: Broadway Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The award-winning television broadcaster and commentator's critique of baseball spares neither owners nor players but also offers common-sense solutions to the game's problems, presenting a workable strategy for restoring genuine competition; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. the Edgar Award-winning author's fifth novel features baseball, politics and murder; First Printing of the First Edition; top edge slightly soiled, o/w text is clean, tight; dustjacket shows some wear at top of spine and at corners. A collectable copy.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corp., 1970. First Printing, First U.S. PB Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Berkley Medallion S1807; An early Francis mystery-suspense novel featuring sportswriter James Tyrone whose investigation of an English horse racing scandal results in deadly threats to him and his ventilator-dependent wife; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-browned in pictorial wrappers showing minimal reading crease, minor surface and edgewear.

New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A sports reporter and columnist, this is Lupica's sixth novel about sports in the U.S., this time featuring Dee Gerard, who becomes the first woman player in the National Basketball Association as the owner of the hapless New York Knights tries one more way to fill all the empty seats in his arena and creates a full-blown media circus. This book is certainly a comedy but one with more than one serious message for sports fans. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Not remaindered. The dustjacket shows some light rubbing and edgewear, no tears or creasing or significant flaws; not price-clipped. Collectable.

New York: Philomel/Penguin, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The second sports novel for young readers by Lupica, a nationally syndicated sports columnist, whose first young reader novel, "Travel Team," was a best seller. "Heat" features Michael Arroyo, a twelve-year-old Cuban immigrant set to pitch his Little League all star team from the Bronx to the district finals when his age is challenged by rival teams' coaches. Michael has no way to prove his age -- no mother or father and a birth certificate somewhere in his native Cuba. And worse, if social services finds out he may be from the only family he has, his older brother, Carlos. Lupica delivers a second "feel-good" baseball story that will have its young readers cheering through the final innings. Top of spine is bumped, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows same top-of-spine bumping, o/w only very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Knopf, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Smiley describes her tenth novel as a "comic epic poem in prose." Smiley has brought her humor and imagination to the track and described the strange, compelling and mysterious world of horse racing with originality, clarity and sheer exuberance. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The twelfth novel in Francis' long-running and widely-praised mystery/adventure series, most featuring a horse racing setting; a small scrape mark on back cover, sticker remnants on half title page o/w clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows very minor edgewear and soiling, some tanning around edges and small "x" in ink above price on front flap. Collectable.

Beverly Hills, CA: New Milennium Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. David Baldacci's extraordinary novella, "The Mighty Johns," leads off this superstar collection of football mystery short stories as well as providing the book's title but there are thirteen other original stories by writers such as Block, Lehane, Crumley and Robinson, making this book a real winner for sports fans and mystery buffs. Quite Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Mysterious Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. a collection of fourteen original short stories combining love, death and tennis by some of the best mystery writers around including Block, Friedman, Harvey, Healy, Kelman, Lovesey, Lupica, Pearson and Scottoline with an introduction by Otto Penzler; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Kosinski's sixth novel features Fabian, an itinerant professional polo player, whose game is not the team sport of millionaires but a one-on-one duel of two horseman where the prize is more than money and honor; bottom edge of text stained o/w text and boards are clean and tight; dustjacket somewhat soiled and discolored, with small tear upper right corner of front panel.

New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Interviews with 32 American sports celebrities, including Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky, Larry Bird, Jim Brown, and Joe Montana; dustjacket shows a half-inch tear in the upper right corner of the front panel, and the front flap is creased. A good reading copy.

New York: Dutton/New American Library, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The seventh novel by baseball historian Honig features New York City sportswriter Joe Tinker investigating a plot to prevent the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson from becoming the first African-American in Major League Baseball; a remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w an unread, Very Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The eighth novel by the syndicated sports columnist for the New York Daily News is the sequel to his earlier hilarious best-selling "Bump and Run," in which Jack Molloy inherits a half interest in a professional football team and manages somehow to get the team to the Super Bowl. This time around, Molloy is enjoying his Super Bowl win on a trip to Europe when his siblings inform him they've sold their half of the team to that legendary ruthless businessman Big Dick Miles, who, in short order, gains control of the team and makes George Steinbrenner look like Little Miss Sunshine. That's when Molloy bets it all on one last play in the red zone. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; dustjacket shows some very slight surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A first novel that combines humor, baseball and a serial killer in a satirical mystery featuring the Boston Red Sox, who may be on their way to the World Series after an uncountable number of miserable seasons if only there wasn't a serial killer dogging their footsteps; First Printing of First Edition; text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear. A collectable copy.