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Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
Norwalk: Easton, 1996. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 543 pages, tall 8vo, all edges gilt, full deep brick morocco embossed in gold and black. In the center of the cover is a 1 1/4" x 3" color photo of Ali boxing in the ring. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1996. Signed Collector's Edition; signed by Muhammad Ali and Thomas Hauser on the limitation page. Fine. More
The First Steeple-Chase on Record (Set of four)
London: Ben. Brooks, 1839. View (set of four). Aquatint with original hand coloring. Each page measures 14" x 16". Beautiful set of four aquatints depicting the first steeple-chase race on record. Plate I is titled "Ipswich, the Watering-place behind the Barracks", Plate II "The large field near Biles's Corner", Plate III "The last field near Nacton Heath" and Plate IV "Nacton Church and Village". Unusual for depicting night scenes, these four plates were published in "A Monthly Chronicle of The..... More
Man in the Middle
New York: ESPN Books, 2007. 290 pages, 8vo, gray cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: ESPN Books, (2007). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Boldly inscribed in black marker on the half-title page: "To George & Peter, Best Wishes, John Amaechi." More
The "Walking Stick" Method of Self- Defence
London: Athletic Publications. 59 photo illustrations; 66pp., 16mo, original cloth, d.w. (edge-chipped). London: Athletic Publications, n.d. (ca. 1923). "The Daintiest Lady Carrying a Walking Cane is a Match for the Burliest Hooligan". Scarce, in the even scarcer dust wrapper. More
Wildfowling
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1950. With contributions by James Andrews, M.C., M.B., T. Clifford Bland, Robert Blockey, Robin Farmiloe, Robin Harrison, John Inge, Christopher Lee-Elliott, Alastair McArthur, Douglas Service, and Michael Shephard. 63 illustrations. 352pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth. London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, (1950). Bumped corner, but still a near fine copy. Volume 29 of The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastime. Founded by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L.... More
Paris - Bois de Vincennes Sports facilities
Paris. Map. Manuscript, gouache on cream paper. 20 x 19 1/4 inches. Chips and small tears to margins but otherwise in good condition. Plan of various sports facilities including tennis courts and a rugby club in Bois de Vincennes, Paris. It is the largest public park in the city, created between 1855 and 1866 by Emperor Napoleon III. The park is next to the Chateau de Vincennes, a former residence of the Kings of France. Pierre de Coubertin, the French..... More
Arthur Ashe: A Life
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018. Illustrated. xii + 767 pages, thick 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (2018). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Sport In Art.
New York: Blom, 1969. An Iconography of Sport, during Four Hundred Years From the Beginning of the Fifteenth to the End of the Eighteenth Centuries. 243 illus. Folio, green cloth, tan leather label. New York: Benjamin Blom, (1969). Fine. Re-issue of the London 1925 edition. More
Do You Know Your Football?
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1946. 99 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. New York: A.S. Barnes, (1946). A near fine copy--previous owner signature to front endpaper--in a vg(-) wrapper with wear to front panel edges/corners. More
The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon.
London: Longmans, 1892. Illustrated. Short thick 8vo, beautifully bound in a full tree calf prize binding from Monkton Combe School with ornate gilt-tooled spine (light scattered foxing; a few ink stains on the fore-edge, otherwise a near fine copy). London: Longmans Green, 1892. A new edition. More
The Little Book of Fishing: An Anthology
New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1994. Illustrated. 125 pages, 12mo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1994). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Four Minute Mile
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1955. Some b/w photographs. 252 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (several small chips and tears; price-clipped and spine evenly faded). New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955. First edition. Gift inscription on front endpaper and faint stain on fore-edge, still a near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Candidate for the Line
New York: Appleton, 1930. Frontis. plus three black & white plates by A. O. Scott. vi + 273pp., 8vo, orange cloth, d.w.; edges heavily spotted, dust wrapper worn and torn. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Gettin' to the Dance Floor: An Oral History of American Golf
New York: Atheneum, 1986. Illustrated. xv + 282pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atheneum, 1986. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Baseball Autographed by 11 Hall of Famers
1994. Official Rawlings American League baseball, signed in full by 11 members of Major League Baseball's 500 Home Run Club, all of whom are in the Hall of Fame: Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams both on the sweet spot, as well as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Eddie Matthews, Willie McCovey, and Harmon Killebrew. No place, no date, circa 1994. All signatures are legible with slight bleeding; still an incredible item in very..... More
America's Sporting Heritage: 1850-1950
Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1974. 428pp. 8vo, tan cloth, cloth lightly soiled. Reading: Addison-Wesley, (1974). From the library of Wendell Garrett with his embossed stamp on the front flyleaf and his pencil marks in the margin of some pages. More
Framed Signed Envelope commemorating Speed Skating
Milwaukee, WI: 1983. 3.5 x 5.75-inch First Day Cover issued ahead of the 1984 Olympics. Signed in full by Blair and postmarked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 29, 1983. The envelope features two women skating on the left and has a cancelled 28-cent "Olympics 84 USA 28c" stamp on the upper right. Float-mounted below a 4.5 x 4-inch photo of Blair skating. Double-matted in red and white and set in a black frame measuring 16 x 11 inches. Fine condition..... More
Fields Elysian: A Portrait of Hunting Society.
London: Dent, 1983. Illustrated throughout with sepia photos.. 152 pages. Short slim 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (torn at front flap fold). London: J.M. Dent, (1983). First edition. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More
Typed Letter Signed
1928. Very scarce and important T.L.S. on personal letterhead William A. Brady, The Playhouse Theatre, West 48th Street, New York, August 6th 1928. Written to the editor of Theatre Magazine, giving his opinion on the new phenomena called "Talkies", in part: ..."In some ways "Talkies" will effect the business of the legitimate drama in other ways Talkies will be helpful to the Theatre. Sound and dialogue in the high spots of the pictures are here to stay. The great stars..... More
Typed Letter Signed on New York Giants letterhead
New York: 1938. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, Polo Grounds, New York City, March 25, 1938. Written to journalist Lawrence T. Berliner, denying him a complimentary season pass to Giants games, in full: "Due to the fact that there has been a large reduction in the number of season passes we are permitted to issue this season, I will be unable to take care of your request. If you would like to come up to the Polo Grounds from..... More
Golf: The Book of a Thousand Chuckles: The Famous Golf Cartoons by Briggs.
Chicago: Volland, 1916. Many illustrations. Slim oblong 4to, pictorial boards (rubbed), green cloth spine with hinges strengthened. Chicago: Vollard, (1916). First Edition. A very good copy. More
The Chicago Cubs
New York: Putnam, 1946. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 248 pages. 8vo, black cloth. New York: Putnam, (1946). A very good(-) copy--sunned spine, light warping to front board; lacking wrapper. More
Rare Clipped Signature
1876. 1.5 x 3.5 inches, no place, no date, circa 1876. Exceptional dark fountain-pen signature "M. G. Bulkeley" on the clipped portion of a card, nicely centered with adequate room for matting, placed in a plastic protective holder and housed in a heavy Lucite case with screw-down borders. An attractive example of this rare Hall-of-Fame autograph. Uniformly toned and in very good condition. Politician, insurance industry executive, and major league baseball pioneer who organized numerous teams and, as a charter..... More
United States 1952 Olympic Book.
New York: U.S. Olympic Association, 1953. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 4to, gold pictorial cloth. New York: United States Olympic Association, (1953). Lightly scuffed and bumped but still a very good(+) copy. More