[Minnetonka, MN?, 2003]: Self-published, 2003. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; 416pp.; 16 leaves of color photographs. A hint of wear, else Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author to the late Minnesota poet John Rezmerski on title page. More
New York: Greystone Press, [1941]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 245; original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by the artist Reginald Marsh; jacket edges a bit worn, spine browned, else fine. A noir pugilistic novel about Leslie Phillips, an aspiring prize-fighter who "is offered up as a sacrifice..... More
New York: Boy Scouts of America, [1914]. Stated First Edition. Octavo; publisher's tan photo-illustrated cloth; [2],352,[10](ads)pp.; illus. and photographs throughout. Boards rather scuffed with exposure at corners, rear cover quite discolored from exposure to damp, some light toning and finger soil to text block, else Good to Very Good overall..... More
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Worcester, MA?: Boy Scouts of America Troop 8, 1949. Ten volumes; small 12mo (18cm.); each issue comprised of a single sheet folded into 4-paneled brochure; text and illus. printed mimeograph. A hint of wear, else a Very Good or better collection. Possibly unrecorded newsletter issued by the Boy Scouts..... More
Hardcover. [Rahway, NJ]: Privately Printed, 1924. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper with brief inscription dated May 1927, "To Eustace [?] S. Regan, from Becky and Charles D. Lanier." Octavo (7.75" x 5.25"); x, 204p. Blue paper-covered boards with blue paper title card on white cloth..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Limited Edition of 950 copies. Tall quarto; xx, 193pp. Illustrations throughout with fold-out near back. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Boards a bit edgeworn with bumping to corners and spine ends and some dulling down spine. Covers open easily, but binding..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell Publications Printing Co., 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 107 pages. Black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket with additional onion skin covering. Green boards stamped in red and gilt. Courtney never lost a rowing race as an amateur, though his professional career was marred by controversy. He..... More
![Real Grass, Real Heroes: Baseball's Historic 1941 Season [Signed by DiMaggio]. Dom DiMaggio, Bill...](/pictures/thumb/7697.jpg?v=1604085965)
[New York]: Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp., [1990]. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Dom DiMaggio on front free endpaper. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; [12],240pp.; eight leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos. A Fine copy in like dust jacket. More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, ca. 1932. First Edition. Slim 12mo (16.5cm.); publisher's brown printed card wrappers; 63pp. Some minor dampstaining and spotting to upper wrappers, spine just starting to peel from upper joint, else Very Good, contents about fine. We find only one OCLC record as of June, 2017, listing..... More
Madrid: Revista Geografica Española, 1958. Octavo; unpaginated [220pp in this copy, see full description]. Tipped-in sepia frontispiece; 38 full-color tipped-in plates; 56 full-page B&W photogravure reproductions of paintings; 24 full-page B&W reproductions of drawings; 67 smaller B&W drawing reproductions (1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 page) embedded within text. Entirely in Spanish..... More
San Francisco, CA: Big Fish Books, 1992. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Oblong octavo. 83 pages plus appendices. Illustrations printed in blue. Photographic dust jacket. Navy boards stamped in copper. Map endpapers. Light edgewear to unclipped dust jacket. Top edge of board a bit sunned. Binding sound and pages..... More
New York: David Turet Publisher, 1941. First Edition. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper: "To Doctor H.C. Byrd, Frank M. Heath." Octavo; x + 462pp. Front endpaper map of Gypsy Queen's route. Terracotta cloth with gold stamping on front panel and spine. Top edge of textblock stained in same..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. First Edition. Large Octavo. 272 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Brown boards decorative chess board to front and spine and front in gilt. Top edge gilt. The second in Young's 'Chess Strategetics' series and includes chapters on major tactics, geometric and sub-geometric..... More
Zaragoza et al: v.p., ca. 1930s. Collection of twelve real photo postcards; light wear and a hint of dust-soil, else a Very Good or better collection. One example with the rubberstamp of Zaragoza photographer J. Elosúa, "Fotógrafo Taurino"; another with the rubberstamp of a Pamplona photographer (Gerardo Zaragu[?]); the remaining..... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1926. Reprint of the G.P. Putnam's Sons edition. Photographic dustjacket over red cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Jacket chipped at corners and spine ends, with a few small tears and a couple scuffs to face. Spine ends nudged with a small tear at head..... More
Jack Murray. First Edition. Hardcover. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1954. Stated First Edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"); xxxi, 254p. Illustrated throughout with full-color frontis. Orange cloth-covered boards with black lettering and illustration. Missing dustjacket. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with light shelfwear and some sunning to..... More
Delaware, OH: Cooperative Recreation Service, ca. 1940s. First Edition. Seven volumes housed in original "Handy" cloth binder; small 12mo (17.5cm.); each issue bound in pictorial stapled card wrappers, binder upper cover lettered in gilt. Binder a bit bumped at corners and slightly dusty, minor toning to wrappers and stock, contemporary..... More
[Buckingham]: Kenilworth Press, [1987, 1993]. Reprint. Small quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket; 240pp.; illus., chiefly photographic. Light wear from handling, spine rather cocked and sunned, else a Near Very Good copy. Compiled by Watson, the Olympic, World and European Three-Day Event Gold Medallist. More
Washington, DC: Navy Yard Recreation League, 1921. First Edition. Quarto. 124 pages plus advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Brown wraps printed in black and red. Original illustrated tan wrappers are chipped along edges with some light staining and soiling. Large but light dampstain to top edge running..... More
Manchester: The Granite State Press, 1949. First Edition. Octavo; xvi, 432pp. Illustrated throughout. Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Boards bumped at corners with a slight roll to spine and a few stray scuffs and smudges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. In a plain brown paper dust jacket (not..... More
![Banks' Scientific Checkers: A Complete Manual for Beginners and Advanced Players [Signed]. Newell...](/pictures/thumb/6471.jpg?v=1592943307)
Detroit, MI: Morris-Systems Publishing Co., 1929. Second Edition. Signed by Banks on front free endpaper dated Nov 12, 1937. Octavo. 201 pages + advertisement. Graphs and illustrations of games throughout. No dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt, now faded. Light wear to extremities and slight lean to..... More
London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. 164 pages. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Light brown boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards are worn and rubbed at edges with some light general smudging. Light roll to toned spine. Binding gives a little but sound..... More
![The Baseball Rating Handbook [Signed]. Robert Allan Kalich](/pictures/thumb/7145.jpeg?v=1599606526)
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1969. First Edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription, "To Nancy Lee and Barry who in a short while will be married - let their marriage be as solvent and as enjoyable as baseball has been to me! Love Bobby."... More
New York: Times Books, 1984. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo; [viii], 279pp. Black and white photos with 35 page "at bat" flip-book style series inset at top page corners near center. Red and yellow photo-design dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; book in red paper and black cloth with..... More
![Great National Base Ball [Baseball] Game. Walter Johnston](/pictures/thumb/7414.jpg?v=1602015925)
Pittsburgh: Walter Johnston, ca. 1920s. First Edition. Quarto pictorial bifolium (29.5cm.) opening up into stiff card board game (29.5x44.5cm.); printed in green and black. Accompanied by original printed envelope. Game very slightly rubbed along extremities, envelope significantly toned and chipped. Lacking dice or player chits. Table top baseball game..... More