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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 196pp. Numerous diagrams. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and bright. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 196pp. Numerous diagrams. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and bright. More
Champaign: Sagamore Publishing, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvi, 265pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. A handsome and tight second printing of the memoir of this famed University of Illinois basketball coach (1932-2020) -- signed by him huge and bold in black fineline on the front flyleaf..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, n.y., [ca. 1952]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations, 7 full-page color plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good/good plus. Large chip at head of spine of otherwise-decent jacket. Tight, nice first U.S. edition. More
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, [1942]. Hardcover. 16mo. Tan blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules, pictorial dust jacket. 155p. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and a tad rubbed. Quite tight and nice fourth printing of this well-illustrated how-to (part of their "Little..... More
Lake Forest, IL: Forest Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tigt and nice. A look at N.F.L. football up close from a "zebra." Inscribed and signed big and bold by the author on the front flyleaf to..... More
Ottawa, IL: Jameson Books, 1984. Hardcover. Oblong small 4to. Black buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 144pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Later printing. Pictorial tribute to the American athletes of the 1984 Olympics. More
New York: Villard Books, 1994. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards. 215pp. Illustrations. Fine. A tight, attractive first edition of the American speed skater's memoir, signed huge and bold by him in black marker on the half-title page. Lacks jacket, else superb. More
New York: Harper & Row, [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Terra Cotta cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 175pp. Very good/near fine. Faint mark at lower left of front flyleaf from bookplate removal; faint spotting of page edges. A tight and attractive first edition. More
Chicago: Blackhawks Publishing, 2015. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 240pp. Extensive color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine. Pristinely tight and handsome first edition of this lavish production celebrating the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory, with all inserts (ticket, DVD, sweepstakes ticket, centerfold poster, frig magnet, cloth pennant, postcard-size photos)..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1998. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red laminated wrappers. 396pp, (2pp ). Near fine. Tight, handsome advance review copy of this novel about the world of women's college baseball, set in Alabama -- this copy nicely signed and inscribed by the author in blue fineline..... More
Cora Gables, FL: Wake-Brook House, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow pebble-grained cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 289pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with small chips at head of spine. Tight, attractive first edition of this prolific sports columnist's memoir, boldly inscribed by him on the front flyleaf: "To Kenneth Plummer..... More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1945]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with somme paper loss across top of front panel extending to top of jacket spine; text block lightly age toned as usual. A tight and decent "poor man's first"..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 175pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight and attractive first edition -- mild ex-library copy, with very few and very discreet markings. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight first edition of this life and defense of the famed footballer (born 1944) who quarterbacked for the St. Louis Cardinals (1966-83) and Washington Redskins (1984) -- and this..... More
St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1976. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 536pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers. Handsome first edition of this thick, detailed annual guide, containing "Major and Minor League Averages * Complete Play-by-Play Coverage of World Series and All-Star Game" and a...... More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, [1947]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with orange lettering. xvii, 180pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, else internally tight and near fine. A handsome first edition of this light-hearted look at the Sultan of Swat, the Behemoth of Bust, the Big..... More
New York: Donald I. Fine, 1988. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, dust jacket. 286pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition. More
New York: Random House, 1992. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xvii, 313pp. Line drawings. Very good. Small inoffensive pale stain at top page edges of last pages. Tight, nice first edition of this overview, boldly inscribed vertically by the author in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "Terri..... More
Washington, DC: United States Postal Service, 1984. Hardcover. Wide 4to. Blue leatherette spine and blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 76pp. Numerous color illustrations. Fine/near fine. A superb, tight first edition of what's really a study of "Paintings and 1984 Olympic postal designs by Robert Peak"..... More
Globe, AZ: Dale Stuart King, 1961. Hardcover. Illustrations by Harold A. Wolfinbarger Jr. Small 4to. Brown pictorial glazed cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 307pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with several small edge chips, mainly at head and tail of spine. First edition..... More
Champaign, IL: Sagamore Publishing, 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. vii, 222pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, of the legendary college basketball coach's memoir. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1971]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Color pictorial cloth. 216pp. Fine. Superb, tight copy of this reissue of the 1969 "In the Pocket: My Life as a Quarterback," here with choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine, heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1971. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jan Conant. Small 4to. Tan and green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 193pp. Numerous illustrations and line drawings. Near fine/very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Early (not first) printing, tight and attractive. More
Oxford, MS: Yoknapatawpha Press, [1983]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. x, 116pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Jacket ever-so-slightly rubbed. A superbly tight and attractive first edition -- and boldly signed by Morris in black fineline on the front flyleaf. The renowned Mississippi author (1934-99) waxes poetic in these..... More