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

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

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

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

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

Essex County, NJ: 1995. Many black-and-white photographs. 76 pages, 8vo, paperback (tiny closed tear at the bottom). Essex County, New Jersey, 1995. Very good condition. Signed in full by Yogi Berra on the front cover. More

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

San Francisco: 2001. San Francisco Giants baseball ticket, 2 x 5.5 inches, signed "Barry Bonds" from April 17, 2001, the day Bonds hit his 500th career home run. Authenticated by PSA/DNA and thermally sealed in a protective plastic holder. The ticket has a grade of NM - MT 8. More

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

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

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

London: Peter Davies, 1956. 217 pages, large 8vo, blue cloth (uneven fading on the spine), dust wrapper (worn and chipped). London: Peter Davies, (1956). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Inscribed on the dedication page to fellow skater Aja Vzanova: "For Aja - the love of my life!! Dick xoxoxoxo New York, October 8, 1986." Accompanied by a typed letter signed "Dick" on Button's personal letterhead, 1 page, 10.5 x 7.25 inches, no place, September 27..... More