The 1958 Annual Official Volleyball Rules and Reference Guide of the United States Volleybal Association
Berne, IN: Berne Witness Co., 1958. Trade Paperback. 12mo. 180pp. Fold-out chart of championship winners. More
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The 1959 Annual Official Volleyball Rules and Reference Guide of the United States Volleybal Association
Berne, IN: Berne Witness Co., 1959. Trade Paperback. 12mo. 180pp. Fold-out chart of championship winners. More
The 1964 Annual Official Volleyball Rules and Reference Guide of the United States Volleybal Association
Berne, IN: Berne Witness Co., 1964. Trade Paperback. 12mo. 180pp. Fold-out chart of championship winners. More
The 1967 Annual Official Volleyball Rules and Reference Guide of the United States Volleybal Association
Berne, IN: Berne Witness Co., 1967. Trade Paperback. 12mo. More
The 1974 Annual Official Volleyball Rules and Reference Guide of the United States Volleybal Association
Berne, IN: Berne Witness Co., 1974. Trade Paperback. 12mo. More
Aberdovey Golf Club: A Round of a Hundred Years (INSCRIBED)
Aberdovey Golf Club, 1986. 1st. Boards. Octavo. 132pp. Photo-illustrations; plans. Original green leatherette with gilt lettering. From the library of golf author Bob Jones with his decorative bookplate to front pastedown. INSCRIBED "To Bob Jones/Best wishes from/Aberdovey G.C./M. Rogue, CAPT. 1986." Laid in materials include color photograph of the club..... More
Maybach Operator's Manual: Maybach 57 / 62
Germany: Maybach Studio, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Original color glossy covers, black spiral binding. A fine copy. The operator's manual for the 2004 Mercedes Maybach 57 / 62. More
Neuestes Tagebuch der Freude und des Geselligen Vergnugens fur Junge Frauenzimmer und Mannspersonen
Frankfurt: Joseph Gerold, 1798. First Edition. Octavo; viii, 480pp. A Very Good copy (edgewear) in later 3/4 red leather and marbled paper boards ruled in gold; spines with four raised bands with gilt decorations & gilt title on grey leather label; patterned endpapers. Engraved frontis; folding plate ('Oraculum Geomanticum.') Preface..... More
Thirty-first Annual Stanford California Football Game
[Berkeley, CA]: A. S. U. C. Publicity Bureau, 1924. 1st. Paperback. 4to. [48] pp, unpaginated. Black & white photo-illustrations (color advertisements inside covers). Color printed staple-bound wrappers in very good condition (owner name; light, general wear; creasing to lower corners). The scarce official souvenir program for the Cal-Stanford annual "Big..... More
Tommy Hitchcock: An American Hero
New York: Fleet Street Corporation, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. [1984]. 8vo. 304pp. Photo-illustrations. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in white photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy (two minor pencil notations) in fine dustjacket (short closed tear to upper rear). The biography of a multidimensional man whose life was one of..... More
The Hogan Mystique: Classic Photographs of the Great Ben Hogan
Greenwich, CT: American Golfer, Inc., 1995. Second printing. Folio. 132pp. Numerous black & white photo-illustrations. a fine copy in publisher's photo-illustrated dustjacket. Essays by Dave Anderson, Ben Crenshaw, Dan Jenkins; commentary by Ken Venturi. "Noted photographer Jules Alexander got a press credential for the 1959 U.S. Open at Winged Foot..... More
Late Innings: A Baseball Companion (INSCRIBED by the author)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; 429 pages. Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket (small crease to rear flap). Inscribed on ffep 'For ---/With best/wishes/Roger Angell'. More
Humor Among the Minors: True Tales from the Baseball Brush
Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1911. First Edition. 8vo. 218 pp. 16 photographic plates including portraits of Hall of Famers Jim O'Rourke, John McGraw, Connie Mack and Hugh Jennings as well as other notable minor league officials and a composite team portrait of the Charlotte Baseball Club of 1902..... More
The Brain and Golf: Some Hints for Golfers from Modern Mental Science
Boston, MA: Small, Maynard & Co., 1924. 1st. Cloth. 12mo. 93pp. Index. 2 full-page photo-illustrations (including frontispiece). Foreword by Sir Charles S. Sherrington. Original green cloth with dark green lettering and decoration. "Mr. Bailey was seized with the thought, still very much alive today, that the subconscious execution of the..... More
Harrison Weir's Game Fowl
Hampshire: Nimrod Press, 1988. Small 4to. v, 126 pp. Black & white illustrations. Green cloth in cream, red & green illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy. Harrison Weir is recognised as one of the finest animal and bird artists ever produced in the U.K. His accurate and life-like portraits of Game..... More
Austin Healey 100 6 Six (Series BN4 and BN6) and 3000 Mk I and Mk II (Series BN7 and BT7) and MK II and MKIII Sports Convertible (Series BJ7 and BJ8) Workshop Manual
Oxford, England: British Motor Corporation, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Illustrations. Publishers' green plasticoid boards with yellow letter to front cover and spine. Parts List (14pp staplebound wraps) with prices for the 100-4, 100-6 and 3000 laid in. A near fine copy (light spotting to covers); some wear to the..... More
Kasparov's Chess Openings: A World Champion's Repertoire
North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1991. 1st. Softcover. Octavo. 127pp. Index. Illustrations of chess diagrams. Color printed wraps in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities). More
The World Encyclopedia of Cars : The Definitive Guide to Classic and Contemporary Cars from 1945 to the Present Day
London: Hermes House, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 512pp. Index. Over 1500 color images of cars. Glossy color printed boards in color printed dustjacket. The definitive guide to the world of the automobile, showing "...every important make from A to Z, highlighting some of the most significan and beautiful cars of..... More
Lawn Tennis
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, n.d. Hard Cover. Quarto; xiii, 271 pages. More
Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the Rules Committee (Vol X, No. 117)
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo; 183pp plus 25pp advertisements. Good copy (text block pulled away from tape-repaired spine; light wear and soiling) in stapled wrappers. Cover title is 'Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1900.'. More
Le 35ème Championnat Mondial de Tir - Oslo 1952
Oslo: Comité d’Organisation, 1952. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition quarto; 143pp in original blue cloth stamped in white. Very Good copy (scattered spotting to boards). With photos of participants and the complete rankings and annual report. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation..... More
Winning Tennis and How to Play It (SIGNED)
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED by Cooke on ffep. 8vo. 247 pp. Illustrated with unique "action" black & white photographs which show Cooke actually making forehand, backhand, and other strokes. Green cloth in green photo-illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (light wear to extremities; offsetting from dustjacket flaps)..... More
The Kentucky Rifle and Me (SIGNED)
Port Royal, PA: Published by the author, 1977. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on title page. 4to. 123, (1) pp. Index. Illustrations, many of guns with makers identified; color plate. Green cloth in yellow and green illustrated dustjaclet. A fine copy. Thomas Judson Whitney and his wife, Edith, knew..... More
Second to None
Camden, SC: Live Oak Press, 1988. First Edition, Limited #248 of 500 copies. 4to. 225 pp. Color and black & white photographic illustrations. Black leather with silver illustration and lettering; housed in publisher's grey slipcase. A fine copy. A collection of 28 stories previously printed in "Sporting Classics" magazine presenting..... More
The Modern Chess Primer
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1933. Thirteenth Edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 16mo. 375pp. Illustrations of chess diagrams. Decorative blue cloth boards in fine condition (minor wear to spine ends; off-setting to front and rear endpapers as common with this publication). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request..... More