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Carlton Books, 2001. Book condition: Near Fine. No dust jacket. First edition as evidenced by "1" appearing in number line. 256 pp with full color photographs throughout. Ken Schultz served as the Fishing Editor of Field and Stream magazine and was dubbed "Mr. Fishing USA" by ESPN. The fishing encyclopedia any angler would want for his library. Pristine first edition.

National Collegiate Athletic Association, New York, 1951. Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First printing of this edition. No dust jacket issued. 288 pp. Text clean and lightly sunned typical of age and materials used in printing. No markings or prior owner attribution. Small close end tear at front spine head. Front cover has b/w photo of Bobby Reynolds, who as a University of Nebraska sophomore who led the nation in scoring with 157 points and was named to many All-America teams. Remarkable condition for its age and scarcity.

Charles C. Spink & Son and The Sporting News, St. Louis, Missouri, 1963. Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 448 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked. No former owner attribution. The 1962 season saw the New York Yankees win their 12th World Series title in 14 years. The Yankees won the Series over the San Francisco Giants in the seventh game on the heroic pitching of Ralph Terry winning by a complete game score of 1-0. This guide contains official team pictures of all major league teams along with their respective rosters and season statistics for 1962. Few copies of these books have survived.

Charles C. Spink & Son and The Sporting News, St. Louis, Missouri, 1953. Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 576 pp. Text sunned with age, clean and unmarked. Stamp on title page for General Library, Veterans Hospital, Canandaigua, N.Y. The New York Yankees won the World Series over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the seventh game on a sixth inning home run by Mickey Mantle that turned out to be the decisive run. This guide contains official team pictures of all major league teams along with their respective rosters and season statistics for 1952. Few copies of these books have survived in readable condition.

Outdoor Life, New York, 1946. First Edition. Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 142 pp including 31 fullpage full color drawings by Francis Lee Jacques, a foremost artist of the outdoors. Other illustrations are smaller b/w etchings of wildlife also by Jacques. Each depiction of game is described by one of the era's most distinguished authorities on wildlife. Text is clean and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Red outer cover contains a black seal with a gilted title and small gilt outline of a deer stag's head. Covers have light water stains that do not affect interior text.

Simon & Schuster, 1958. New York. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First edition, third printing. Two inch tear at top hinge of dust jacket and one-inch triangle missing from top spine of dust jacket. Otherwise DJ is fully intact, with white background showing wear typical of age. 395 pp illustrated with more than 100 b/w photographs, drawings and cartoons. Clean unmarked text with no owner attribution. A compilation of over 100 stories, articles, letters and spot reports and offbeat sidelights on the game of baseball from many famous writers and former players. Introduction by Ted Williams. Front free endpaper contains artistic representation of a ball player cast against the kaleidoscopic background of stadium and crowd by Edmond Kohn. Back free endpaper and pastedown depict a photograph of Opening Day, 1958 in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Contributing authors include Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Whitey Ford and Birdie Tebbetts, Zane Gray,… Leer más

Grosset & Dunlap, New York,1937. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket: Very Good. 310 pp plus 7 pp of advertising. Text sunned typical of age and materials used. Dust Jacket has 2 inch closed tear on spine from bottom edge. Pictorial pastedowns and free endpapers. A story of a small-town boy who overcomes obstacles to make his way to the Major League. A story crowded with hard and fast baseball--and a dash of romance!

Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2008. Stated First Edition. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacked Condition: Like New. 134 pp, clean, white and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Frontispiece b/w drawing of the author by Marsha Kale. "George Edward MacKencie Skues has been described not only as the father of nymph fishing, but as the greatest fly fisher who ever lived." A gift quality first edition.

Red paper over boards with black lettering. 212pp. Frontispiece b/w illustration, patterned front and back pastedown and endpapers. Owner attribution in ink on front free-enpaper. Very good. Usual age toning to text block, bottom edge corners missing on pages 43 and 155 do not interfere with text. Possible first edition (this publisher does not indicate edition in any consistent, verifiable manner) of the second title in the "Mel Martin Baseball Stories" series, the first two of which were published by C & L before Garden City Publishing reissued then in 1952 and added four more titles to the series (1952-53). This is the uncommon original issue and likely the first edition.

New York: American Sports Publishing Company, Thirty-Ninth Year, March 1915. Condition: Good+. First Edition, Paperback. Color pictorial paper front cover with chipping to the tail of spine. Rear cover missing. 359 pp plus approximately 40 pages of advertising with numerous images of balls, bats, gloves, masks, shoes and uniforms. Pages good condition with no foxing or marks. Numerous black and white photos, including the American League and World Champion Boston Braves and National League Champion Philadelphia Athletics. Book includes detailed information on team ownership, team rosters, individual player data, and minor league info and photos. Joints intact and strong, a rarity for a paperback of this age. Corners fair to good condition bumped and worn. Page edges lightly sunned. No owner attribution or internal or external markings. Paste downs good condition advert. Free end papers good condition adverts. This is a good copy of a very scarce item.

A. S. Barnes and Company, new York, 1951. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 25pp. (complete). Text illustrated with b/w photograph throughout. Pages clean and bright white (no foxing) and unmarked except for a crayon name on front free endpaper. One of the eight Barnes All-Star Library books (DiMaggio, Kiner, Williams, Musial, Berra, Blackwell, Lemon and Pafko) and one of the more scarce editions in the series. This short biography was published in 1951 and outlines the highlights of Musial's career as he completed the1950 season with a lifetime batting average of .346 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial's career statistics shown on front and back endpapers and pastedowns.

The NFL Punt Pass and Kick Library, Random House, New York, NY, 1971. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. 144 pp. Ivory pages, clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Volume #15 in the Punt, Pass and Kick Library. Pictorial pastedown and free endpapers. Highlighting the premier running backs of the NFL from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.

A.S. Barnes and Company, New York. First edition. Book in Near Fine condition. Green pictorial dust jacket has several tears and chips in Good- condition. Dust jacket spine is sunned. 258 pp. Text is white, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Illustrated with many b/w photographs. Signed by Feller in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Baseball Hall of Famer's autobiography in excellent condition.

A. S. Barnes and Company, New York, 1951. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. 25pp (complete). Text illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. Pages clean, bright white and unmarked except for a crayon name on front free endpaper. One of the eight early Barnes All-Star Library books (DiMaggio, Kiner, Williams, Musial, Berra, Blackwell, Lemon and Pafko). This short biography was published depicting William's career with its .349 major league lifetime batting average, mostly with the Boston Red Sox. William's career statistics shown on front and back endpapers and pastedowns.

ESPN Books, New York, NY, 2008. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Condition: Near Fine (it may not have ever been read). Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine, no chips or shelfwear. 344 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Curry includes a chapter each to the ten men who shaped his life: Bill Badgett, Bobby Dodd, Vince Lombardi, Bart Starr, Willie Davis, Ray Nitschke, Don Shula, John Unitas, Bubba Smith and George Plimpton.

Everest House, New York, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. Condition: Very Good+, Dust jacket condition: Very good. 251 pp. Text white, clean and unmarked. No prior owner attribution. Dust jacket has minor shelfwear.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2018. Condition: As New. Dust jacket condition: Near Fine. Exclusive pre-release edition for Miami University's (Ohio) Class of 2022 as presented at the convocation of 2018. Stated First Edition and Signed by author. 420 pp text with deckled edge. No prior owner attribution or marking throughout. Like new condition. "In 1968 and 1969, Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. Race relations were frayed as never before. Cities were aflame. Riots and demonstration spread across the nation. But in Columbus, Ohio, the Tigers of poor, segregated East High School did something no team from one school had ever done before: They won the state basketball and baseball championships in the same year. They defeated bigger, richer, whiter teams across the state and along the way brought blacks and whites together, eased a painful racial divide throughout the state, and overcame extraordinary obstacles on their road to success."Haygood achieved fame for… Leer más

Saalfield Publishing Co, Akron, Ohio, 1936. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Approx. 150 pp. unpaginated, pages are browning, as is typical , but clean and unmarked. No owner attribution. Many full-page and double-page b/w illustrations. Series title on spine: Saalfield Sports Books -- no. 1121. List of titles in the series on rear free endpaper. Small wormhole in outside edge about 1" from bottom, does not interfere with text or readability.