[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
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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
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
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
[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
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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
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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
Fifth Printing. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. Fifth Printing. SIGNED by the author on full title. Yellow photographic dustjacket with $27.95 price; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. [xiv], 461p. Illustrated throughout. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint shelfwear and a thin, .25"..... More
[N.p.]: [n.p.], [1969?]. Limited Edition. Octavo. 96 pages. Black and white photograph of Wiffy. Black boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Limited number were printed by Cox's wife. Cox was a golfer on the PGA Tour and then head pro at Congressional Country Club. Some staining..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1910. Fifth Edition. Tall Octavo. 301 pages plus "A Supplement to Cook's Chess Players' Compendium" by Alfred Emery, 31 pages. Black and white tables throughout. Lacks the scarce dust jacket. Decorative green publisher's cloth stamped in black, white, and gilt. General staining, worn at spine..... More