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Ray Brook, NY: Saranac Lake Golf Club. 1966 program of a dinner honoring golf pro Hike Tyrell on his 40th anniversary at the club. The event also marked the dedication of a new clubhouse. [12] pp., b&w photos, ads, laid-in list of contributors. Text includes a brief history of Tyrell's time at the club, where he set the course record… Read more

NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1930. Edition de Luxe in a fine leather binding. Limited edition of 225 numbered copies. This is no. 113. With five hand-colored plates, including a frontispiece signed in pencil by the artist, Gordon Ross. Rural Sports (first published in 1713) and the other two works in this volume are brief odes in verse to country pastimes… Read more

Seacaucus NJ: Ridge Press / Pound Books, (1974.) 1st edition. An anthology of wilderness writing and nature photography. Signed by American photojournalist Frederick C. Baldwin (1929-2021), who was one of the contributors. With a brief presentation inscription to Mike Matzkin (1924-2022), an author and former editor at Modern Photography magazine who was later an executive at Canon USA. A notable… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., (1961.) 1st edition. In a custom fine leather binding. A sports mystery story by Matt Christopher (1917-1997), prolific author of books and stories for young readers. In this novel, a boy sets out to crack the case of who is stealing from his locker during basketball practice. 128 pages. Illustrated. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. Handsomely… Read more

Bursa, Turkey: Sanovel, 2005. 1st edition. Signed by the author. A scarce photo book about the colorful folk tradition of camel wrestling in Turkey. A little-known form of entertainment, in which aggressive male camels are matched in organized fights during mating season. Color photographs by the author. Explanatory text in both Turkish and English. 48 pages. (Photographs + 11 pages… Read more