The 1957 Annual Official Volleyball Rules and Reference Guide of the United States Volleybal Association
Berne, IN: Berne Witness Co., 1957. Trade Paperback. 12mo. 180pp. Fold-out chart of championship winners. More
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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
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
The Feathered World Year Book and Polutry Keepers' Guide for 1937
London: The Feathered World, 1937. First Edition. Small 8vo. 343 pp. Index. Illustrations; Business Advertisements. Includes (12) pp Illustrated Supplement: Best Books of the Year. Green illustrated cloth in good condition (wear to extremities; some fading & spotting to covers; rear hinge cracked; business card for Nichols Poultry Farm tipped..... 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
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 edition. Cloth. Folio. 132pp. Numerous black & white photo-illustrations. 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 and became fixated with shooting Ben..... 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. 1st. Original cloth. 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 Base..... More
English Opening: Classical & Indian; Symmetrical (2 volumes)
London, New York: Cadogan Chess, 1994. Reprint. Softcover. Octavo. viii, 227; viii, 215pp. Index. Illustrations of chess diagrams. Color printed wraps in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; lower front corner creased on Classical & Indian vol.). 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
Sportainment: Konzeption, Produktion und Verwertung von Sport als Unterhaltungsangebot in den Medien
Cologne: Herbert von Halem, 2009. 1st. Paperback. Octavo;333 pages. New copy - unread. 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
Golf is a Very Sexual Game: A Guide to Empowerment on the Golf Course (INSCRIBED)
Carmel, CA: Published by the author, 1992. 1st. Trade Paperback. Octavo. 60pp. Full page illustrations by Jay Campbell. Green wraps. INSCRIBED by the author. A humorous pairing of two of life's greatest sports. More
Recreating the American Longrifle
York, PA: George Shumway Publisher, 1983. Fourth Edition, enlarged, improved, and up-dated material. 4to. 175 pp. Illustrations. Red cloth in illustrated salmon color dustjacket. A fine copy (previous owner name) in very good dustjacket. A step-by-step how-to in building a muzzle-loading flintlock or percussion rifle. 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