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New York: Dell Books, 1974. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 287 pp. Dell Book 3192. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Preface by Arthur Ashe; Co-Author's Note; Foreword; Beginning; Learning the Forehand; Teaching the Forehand; Forehand Trouble Spots; Learning Control and Footwork on the Forehand; The Backhand; Switching Between Forehand and Backhand; Backhand Trouble Spots; Rallying; The Serve; Service Trouble Spots; The Volley; Volley Trouble Spots; Supplementary Strokes; The Lob; The Dropshot; The Overhead; The Half Volley; Tactics for Rallies; Tactics for Games Sets and Matches; Match-Play Strategy; and Conclusion..

New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. 152 pp. Blue boards decorated in black on the front panel and spine; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear with a small rubbed patch on the upper right of the front panel; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: Ty Cobb; Jim Thorpe; Big Bill Tilden; Babe Ruth; Jack Dempsey; Bobby Jones; Red Grange; Johnny Weissmuller; Jesse Owens; Joe Louis; Rocket Richard; Gordie Howe; Bob Richards; Bob Cousey; Dick Button; and Bob Mathias; followed by an index..

London: Collins Clear Type Press, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 256 pp. Blue boards with a silver pictorial on the front panel; decorated in silver on the spine. Some chipping with a few short tears around the edges of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. A tale of the rivalry between the ancient foundation of Pillar, hidebound with traditions, and the modern school of Postbury to which it is evacuated...

Toronto: Summerhill Press, 1984. Book. Illus. by Janet Wilson;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 200 pp. Gray boards lettered in silver on the spine; pale gray endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Janet Wilson. The Contents are: Spring in February; Origins of Showmanship; A Man for All Sports; Demure Benumbed and Breakfastless; Ice Flowers; Girl in White Boots; Girl in Emerald Green; The Canadian Rose; Shining Star; In Search of a Picket Fence; Shiver Down the Spine; A Matter of Judgment; An Unlikely Pair; Star Dust; Return Home; Good Guys Finish First; Room at the Top; Forgotten Hero; A Power Play; A Political Scene; The Fallow Years; and Ice Gold; followed by an appendix and an index..

London: Headline Books, 1994. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. (ix) 342 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Contents are: The Godfather; One Step Backwards, Two Steps Forward; The Chocolate Soldier; The Sleeping Giant; The English Factor; The Absentee Landlord; The Ibrox Revolution; The Leaving of Ibrox; The Littlewoods Supermarket; Buy Buy Buy; Sell Sell Sell; The Red Card Revolutionary; Suness; Heartache; Poacher Turned Gamekeeper; The Anfield Revolution; On the Ropes; The Revolution's Last Stand; The Power of the People; and Allegations; followed by Appendices and an index..

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1975. Book. Illus. by Bruce Stark;. Good Only. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (viii) 184 pp. Quarter-bound in beige on brown boards; lettered in brown on the spine. Dj art by Bruce Stark. This is an ex-library copy. Some of the athletes included here are: Joe Di Maggio; Joe Namath; Muhammad Ali; Gordie Howe; Bob Gibson; Ben Hogan; Ted Wiliams; Lester Patrick; Y. A. Tittle; Sandy Koufax; Joe Louis; Mickey Mantle; and many others..

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (vii) 222 pp. Pale blue boards lettered in orange on the spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a short tear and associated creasing on the lower right of the front panel; small scuffed patch on the upper right of the front panel; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. The Chapters are: The Sporting Spirit of '67; The Boy in Blue - The Story of Ned Hanlan; Canada's National Game - Toronto Lacrosse Club Tours England; They'll No Tak' Zorra - Zorra Wins World's Tug-o'-War Title; Hockey's Highest Honour - Ten Guineas Brought Enduring Fame to Lord Stanley; Three of a Kind - Lou Scholes Wins Diamond Sculls; Sherring Wins at Athens - The Fourth Modern Olympiad; Fighter to Preacher - Tommy Burns Wins World's Heavyweight Title; Pranks and Feats - The Story of Walter Knox; Tom the Great Indian - Tom Longboat Wins Boston Marathon; Canada versus the World -… Leer más

New York: Tempo Books - Grosset and Dunlap, 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 152 pp. Edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: The Incomparable Dr J and His Longest Operation; Wilt's 100 Point Night; The Longest Game; The Silver Anniversary Team; Eddie Gottlieb - the Mogul; The Knicks' Impossible Victory; Seeing Red; The Los Angeles Lakers' 33-Game Win Streak; The Battle of the Giants; The Fabulous Fifth - The Triple Overtime Thriller; The Arrival of the New Kid on the Block - Lew Alcindor; Willis Reed - the Gentle Giant; and Eight Unforgettable Days in May..

Hamilton, Ontario: B'nai Brith, 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Program from the 55th annual event, held February 6th, 2006 and featuring Harry Howell, Brad Park, Andy Bathgate, Emile Francis, Marcel Dionne, Rod Gilbert, Rod Seiling, and a host of others. Also included with the meal and speeches was a silent auction and a tribute to the High School Athletes of the Year. Very light rubbing on the corners with a small ink mark on the back..

Hamilton, Ontario: B'nai Brith, 2005. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Program from the 54th annual event, held February 7th, 2005 and featuring Jean Beliveau, Grover Covington, Jim McKenny, Greg Marshall, Samantha Magalas, Christine Walton, and a host of others. Also included with the meal and speeches was a silent auction and a tribute to the High School Athletes of the Year. Very light rubbing on the corners..

Hamilton, Ontario: B'nai Brith, 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Program from the annual event, held February 4th, 2008 and featuring Jim Ralph, Wade Belak, Dennis Hull, BRian Melo, Bob O'Billovich, Casey Printers, Fred Eisenberger and a host of others. Also included with the meal and speeches was a silent auction and a tribute to the High School Athletes of the Year. Very light rubbing on the corners with a small ink mark on the back..

London: Ebury Press, 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xiv) 321 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with black and white and colour plates..

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xiv) 242 pp. Blue boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: The Way We Were; Little Moments, Big Lessons; The Pain of It All; Opportunity Knocks; Beyond the Barriers; The Price of Fame; I Owe It All to...; Unforgettable; Why Not Me?; Get Back on the Horse; Unexpected Heroes; Oh No; Tough Choices; Let the Games Begin; We Are Family; At the Heart of It; A Child's Gift; and So Proud So Proud. There were far too many contributors to list them all but some of them are: Lisa Alexander; Sylvie Bernier; Gaetan Boucher; Larry Cain; Jessica Chase; Alexandre Despatie; Tracey Ferguson; Sylvie Frechette; Paul Henderson; Curtis Hibbert; Curtis Joseph; Bruce Kidd; Marnie McBean; Nancy Olmsted; Mark Tewksbury; Debbi Wilkes; James Worrall; and many, many more..

London: Home and Van Thal, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. (xi) 194 pp. Personalized inscription by F. R. D'O Monro on the front free endpaper. Green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some minor darkening on the spine; price intact; aside from the author's inscription, no interior markings. The Chapters are: Origin; Cricket in Hampstead 150 Years Ago; Cricket on Forbidden Ground; The Decades of the Hampstead Cricket Club and Particulars of the Third Decade to 1884; The Fourth Decade: Part I 1885 - 1890; The Fourth Decade: Part II 1891 - 1902; The Fourth Decade: Part III 1903 - 1905; The Fifth Decade: 1906 - 1914; The Sixth Decade Part I: 1919 - 1925; The Sixth Decade Part II: 1926 - 1939; The Seventh Decade: 1939 and After; Three Great Cricketers Who Were Members of the Club; and Club Cricket Generally..

New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1942. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo. (xv) 237 pp. Blue boards lettered in orange on the front panel and spine; illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a slightly faded spine; no interior markings; no dustjacket. The Contents are: The Colonial Period; The Provincial Period; The Climax and Waning of European Influence; and American Physical Education; followed by an index..

Toronto: Manulife - Coaching Association of Canada, 1979. Book. Illus. by Eric Nasmith;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (viii) 132 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white drawings, photographs and diagrams; drawings by Eric Nasmith. This collection of essays contains: Foreword by E. S. Jackson; Setting Aims and Objectives by Geoff Gowan; Developing a Coaching Program by Lionel Pugh; How to Plan a Training Program by Roger Jackson; How to Measure and Evaluate Performance by Robert W. Schutz; How to Use Audio-Visual Aids by Bryce M. Taylor; How to Use Medical Facts by Douglas B. Clement; How to Use Physiological Knowledge by Albert W. Taylor; How to Use Biomechanical Knowledge by Robert W. K. Norman; and How to Psychological Knowledge by Brent S. Rushall..

Toronto: Manulife - Coaching Association of Canada, 1977. Book. Illus. by Eric Nasmith;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (viii) 132 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white drawings, photographs and diagrams; drawings by Eric Nasmith. This collection of essays contains: Foreword by E. S. Jackson; Setting Aims and Objectives by Geoff Gowan; Developing a Coaching Program by Lionel Pugh; How to Plan a Training Program by Roger Jackson; How to Measure and Evaluate Performance by Robert W. Schutz; How to Use Audio-Visual Aids by Bryce M. Taylor; How to Use Medical Facts by Douglas B. Clement; How to Use Physiological Knowledge by Albert W. Taylor; How to Use Biomechanical Knowledge by Robert W. K. Norman; and How to Psychological Knowledge by Brent S. Rushall..

London: Treasure Press, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo. Glossy pictorial boards; illustrated endpapers; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and diagrams. Light rubbing at the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket. The Contents are: Foreword; Introduction; Batting; Bowling; Fielding; Wicketkeeping; Captaincy; The Game's Structure; and Glossary; followed by an index..

Toronto: Harper Collins, 1992. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. Lightly rubbed on the corners with faint creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour and black and white plates. This contains four new chapters..

New York: Tempo Books - Grosset and Dunlap, 1971. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 215 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faint crease on the spine; no interior markings. The Contents are: Maury Wills; Tommy McDonald; Bob Cousy; Mario Andretti; Eddie Le Baron; Henri Richard; Sammy Lee; Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez; Phil Rizzuto; Bobby Riggs; Albie Booth; The O'Brien Twins; Bud Werner; Henry Armstrong; Dick Weber; Buddy Young; Ben Hogan; Gerry Lindgren; Terry McCann; and Albie Pearso; followed by Alphabetical List of Records..