Chicago: University of Notre Dame Club of Chicago, 1937. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leather-pattern paper over boards. 72pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Minor edgewear. Prominently pictures Elmer F. Layden, one of Rockne's famed "Four Horsemen," who had just been named director of athletics. Uncommon. More
Cambridge, MA: Schenkman Publishing Company, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xvi, 191pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Nice, tight first edition. More
Chicago: Triumph Books, [2008]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 244pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this study of how the nation's national sport contributed to the war effort during World War Two. Roster at rear lists all major league players who..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1969. Hardcover. 4to. Coarse cream cloth with inset leatherette spine with gilt lettering and inset leatherette front board label bearing gilt Hemingway portrait, similarly bound slipcase with identical leatherette label. xiv, 343pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, color pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faintest of slipcase edgewear..... More
New York: Prentice Hall Press, 1991. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 359pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Near fine/near fine. Ownership signature on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and handsome. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 119pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Lower right front board corner slightly bumped; jacket faintly edgeworn. Handsome, tight first edition of this surprisingly scarce how-to. Bauer (1922-2007) was the famed New York Yankees..... More
Lexington, MA: The Stephen Greene Press, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine and mauve paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 365pp. Numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. First edition. More
New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., [1947]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering. xx, 275pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear, with minor smudging to page edges. Tight and nice first edition of this hands-on how-to -- and with unique autograph twist: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine..... More
Philadelphia: Running Press, 1995. Hardcover. 64mo. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Color illustrations, decorative endpapers. Fine/fine. First edition of this nifty little collection of amusing and/or provocative golf sentiments by a wide range of notables. More
New York: David McKay Company, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 275pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 442pp. Near fine/fine. Later (8th) printing, tight and handsome, of this autobiography by the Basketball Hall of Famer (inducted 1982) who played forward with the New..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 442pp. Fine/fine. A tight and pristine first edition of this autobiography by the Basketball Hall of Famer (inducted 1982) who played forward with the New York..... More
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. White paper over boards, dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition, tight and handsome. "An Outdoor Editor's 26 year scrapbook," notes front jacket panel of this book's hunting and fishing tales. More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, [1946]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Vic Donahue. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with black lettering. 262pp. Line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Spine (extending slightly onto both boards) a bit age toned and soiled, else internally tight and near fine. A tight and nice first edition..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930. Hardcover. Introduction by Henry G. Vaughan. 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xxi, 191pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, illustrations. Very good. Mild binding edgewear and slightly bumped corners, with front board typically "flecked." A tight, nice first edition of this history of the..... More
St. Charles, MO: Piraeus Publishers, [1975]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory paper over boards with burgundy lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 243pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. Minor jacket wear only. Tight and handsome first edition of this history of the first fifteen years of this football team that moved from Chicago..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1912]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with black-outlined gilt lettering and red, white and black pictorial stamping. 312pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, 5 full-page plates. Very good. Faint edgewear; ownership name inkstamped on front flyleaf. A tight, most attractive first edition of the penultimate title..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1910]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and red, white and black pictorial stamping. 305pp, (9pp ads). Frontispiece, 5 full-page plates. Good plus. Faint edgewear; discreet ex-library with NO spine marking and very few and mostly-removed markings. A tight, decent attractive first..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1911]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and ivory, brown and black pictorial stamping. 307pp, (8pp ads). Frontispiece, 5 full-page plates. Good plus. Mild edgewear, with spine lettering quite rubbed. A tight, nice first edition of the fourth title in the short-lived..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1989. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 313pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive reprint edition. More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1989]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 313pp. Extensive illustrations. Very goodfine. Small remainder mark on top page edges. Tight, attractive reprint edition, an updated version of the 1983 title "30 Yerars of Pro Football's Great Moments." More
Lexington: The Stephen Greene Press, [1987]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with red spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 161pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Faintest of jacket edgewear. Quite tight and quite nice first edition of (to cite front jacket copy) "The Inside Story of..... More
New York: Hurst & Company, [1913]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur O. Scott. Small 8vo. Green/gray cloth with blue and orange lettering and blue, orange and white pictorial stamping. 313pp. Halftone frontispiece, 3 full-page halftone illustrations as called for -- although "List of Illustrations" mistakenly cites illustration opposite page 312 and..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1987). Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 239pp. Frontispiece, color illustrations, diagrams. Near fine/near fine. Tight and lovely first edition, inscribed and signed large and bold by the author in black fineline on the half-title page..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1957]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with red lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 337pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Faint binding edgewear; dust jacket mildly edgeworn with a few tiny edge chips, but complete and overall fairly attractive. A tight and..... More