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1990 Sports Marketing Group. Norwalk, Ct. 1990., 1990 Magazine size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with unnumbered pages. Bound in color photo illustrated wraps. The usual golf program loaded with photos in color & black/white, articles, previous winners, many many advertisements. These are always very nicely published. Very light overall wear. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Philippine Open Golf. Manila. 1970., 1970 Book size about 8 by 10 1/2 inches with some 134 pages. Bound in color photo illustrated yellow wraps. Program for this golf tournament held at the Wack Wack Golf & Country Club with entrants from all over Asia. Played February 19-22, 1970. Illustrated with numerous photos and with many advertisements. A well worn book with covers creasing; first page tear; light soil. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Self published. Minneapolis. 1940. Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 inches with some 58 pages. Bound in blue wraps with front cover image of young boy at bat. Illustrated with small line drawings. The author calls this book 'A humorous Anthology of Baseball Stories Culled From the Records and Gossip of the Game'. Pretty funny stuff from the 'Golden Age' of baseball including several tales about Negro teams and players. Book with no sign of wear--only a slight darkening of the staples. FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College. Springfield, Missouri., 1941 Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 28 pages (Including the covers). Official Program for the football game between the Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College and Cape Girardeau. Of course, the teacher's college is today known as Missouri State University. All the usual football program contents. Light wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Sports Publishing. Champaign, Illinois., 1997 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 295 pages. Bound in black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $34.95. Illustrated throughout with black/white photos. History of the sport of hockey by a noted sports historian. Book and wrapper with slight wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Methuen & Co. London., 1930 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 213 numbered pages plus some 21 full page photo illustrations and thirty diagrams. Bound in blue cloth with black lettering on the spine only. Stated First Edition in 1930. Published by Methuen & Co. in London. In the original dustwrapper with front flap price of 12s, 6p at bottom. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. An early and influential book on ski-ing. Book with very slight wear; seven small red underlinings to the Preface else clean and unmarked. Wrapper with a tiny chip to the rear flap fold bottom else slight wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Harper & Brothers. NY. 1957., 1957 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 229 pages. Bound in black cloth with white spine lettering. Illustrated with numerous photos, drawings and plans. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $4.00. A guide for the weekend or week sailor using a boat that will cost from one to five thousand dollars. Generally speaking probably about a 24 footer. Includes a Glossary of terms for the 'landlubber'. Book with light overall wear; darkening at the front and rear pastedown gutter area. Wrapper with moderate edge wear; spine tear at bottom; rubbing. VERY GOOD/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Houghton Mifflin. Boston, 1947 Book size about 6 1/2 by 9 inches with some 145 pages. Bound in gray cloth with blue lettering. Publisher applied top edge green stain. Color frontis and numerous full page photos. An early printing. Last two leaves rudely opened; spot at front cover top; some interior paper toning. A clean and unmarked book with undamaged hinges. VERY GOOD. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Pierson. Sydney, Australia., 1986 Oversize oblong book about 13 by 9 1/2 inches with some 160 pages including an Index. Bound in cream paper over boards with gilt lettering. In the original dust wrapper. Stated First Printing. Illustrated with color plates, sepia drawings, photographs, graphs & charts mostly by the author. Edited by Ian Dear. Book with slight wear. Wrapper with book store price tag on front flap else slight wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Grosset & Dunlap. NY. 1948. Book size about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with some 162 pages. Bound in illustrated wraps. Illustrated with numerous drawings and photos of fishing rods, reels and lures. This is the 2nd annual edition for 1949. Light overall wear and soil; covers and spine rubbed. GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

A S Barnes. NY., 1957 Book size about 7 1/2 by 10 inches with some 127 pages. Bound in patterned black paper over boards with a brown leatherette spine. Gilt spine lettering. This was the slipcased edition here without the slipcase. Illustrated with myriad drawings by Anthony Ravielli. Introduction by Herbert Warren Wind. Possibly the finest golf instructional book ever published. Book with slight wear most noticeable at the tips and spine bottom. A clean tight and unmarked book. VERY GOOD+. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Charles Scribner's Sons. NY., 1898 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 287 pages. Bound in light olive green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Originally published in England this is the First American Edition apparently made up from the English pages with the Scribner's title page replacing the English publisher. The Donovan Murdoch bibliography lists this book as No. 2920 of the Gutta Percha Era 1851-1900. Book with wear through at the top right front cover; original price inside front cover in pencil; two previous owner names at front in pencil; bit of wear to spine top/bottom; light overall covers soil. Overall a solid tight book with undamaged hinges--a quite nice copy. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Quadrangle/New York Times.NY. 1974., 1974 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 224 pages. Bound in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $7.95. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and charts. A basic guide to small boat handling including lights and navigation. Book with speckling along the covers edges; end papers lightly foxed. Dust wrapper with light edge wear. GOOD/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Harvard Athletic Association. Cambridge, Mass. 1929. First Edition., 1929 Illustrated white wraps. Front cover maroon images of a Harvard football player bursting into action surrounded by images of four sports and the Harvard Stadium. 24 pages. 4to. This is the Athletic Association magazine issued for some 15 weeks each year covering all of the various Harvard sports and doubling as the Football Program--this week's game was Bates vs Harvard (In case you are interested Harvard won 48-0). The center two pages list all the players and their statistics for both teams. The following page shows the 12 most important penalties and the referee signals for each (Amazingly to me one of the penalties resulted in loss of ball). Mostly about football the magazine also covered Baseball, Cross Country, Soccer, Track, Crew, Lacrosse, Fencing. Also quite a few ads with one showing the well dressed young man in his raccoon coat smoking a cigarette. These old football programs are quite scarce today. Light general… Read More

Harvard Athletic Association. Cambridge, Mass. 1929. First Edition., 1929 White wraps with front cover illustrations and lettering in brown and black. 24 pages. 4to. Illustrated throughout with numerous photos. This is the Harvard Athletic Association magazine published some 15 times a year and doubling as the Football Program for that week's game. This week was New Hampshire vs Harvard (In case you are interested Harvard won by a score of 35-0). Center two pages list all the players and their statistics for both schools. The next page illustrates the 12 most important penalties and their referee signals (How about loss of ball?! as a penalty). Primarily concerned with football the magazine also covers Soccer, Crew, Lacrosse, Track, Cross Country, Baseball, Tennis. Last page list some nine Harvard songs with their lyrics. Also quite a few ads from such outfits as Brooks Brothers. Spine separated at the top inch; rear cover soiled; other light general wear. Very scarce item. GOOD Language: eng… Read More

Roberts Rinehart. Niwot, Colorado., 1994 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 249 pages including an Index. Bound in blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $21.95. Wrapper in a clear plastic protector. Book with no indication of edition. Illustrated with a few photos. Book and wrapper with very slight wear. FINE/FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Atheneum. NY. 1972. Stated First Edition. DJ flap price $4.95., 1972 Grey cloth with bright blue lettering on the front cover and spine. Red end papers. 161 pages. 8vo. Numerous photo illustrations and drawings. Small piece out of the DJ front edge and light wear along the top and bottom edges. VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Market Street Press. Cincinnati. 1992. First Edition. Book size about 7 1/2 by 10 inches with some 267 pages. Bound in black paper covered boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated with numerous black/white photos (And a few in color). Very slight sign of wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Allen & Unwin. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia, 2000 Book size about 9 by 11 inches with some 240 pages including Index. Bound in slick glossy black paper over boards with orange lettering. In the original unpriced dust wrapper. Illustrated with myriad black/white photos. Book with slight wear. Wrapper with tiny tear at spine center and top of rear flap. A clean and unmarked book. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Prof. Henry Titus. NY., 1910 A course of exercises which were sent through the mail in sections. The course consists of seven pages with photo illustrations showing how to perform each exercise plus nine sheets of exercises illustrated by drawings (One sheet missing). The Prof. Titus course used a board with elastic bands attached and small dumbbells to perform the exercises. Also includes an introductory letter of 'Rules and Regulations of Strict Training' explaining what you can and can't eat, etc. An early mail order body-building course with a copyright date of 1910. The course was obviously used as the sheets show signs of frequent use. Very, very scarce. GOOD. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.