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Very Good. Softcover. Sixty four pages packed full of memories of the World Series Season. This is the original 1969 printing with the Rheingold beer advertisement on the back cover. The cover is lightly aged. But sound as is the interior of the book. There is a biography of each player accompanied by many black and white photographs. Approximately one-third of the pages are color photographs including the two-page team photograph. Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Bud Harrelson, Ken Boswell, Ron Swoboda, Tommie Agee, Jerry Koosman, Don Cardwell, Mike Jorgensen, Ken Singleton and Ed Kranepool are all here as well as a very young Nolan Ryan celebrating his record-setting 14 strikeout game. This is a treasure for any fan. ; SHIPPING NOTE: Postal regulations prohibit magazines, even vintage magazines, from being shipped via Media Mail.Select Media Mail at checkout. If the shipment is less than 13 ounces, it will ship via First Class Mail; if over 13 ounces, it will ship via Bound Printed Matter. If you prefer Priority Mail, please let us know and we will advise you of the cost prior to accepting the order. .
Los Angeles, CA: National Football Leage Properties, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. Softcover. Magazine has light wear to the wraps, otherwise clean and tight. 280 pages. Super Bowl XXVIII, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, January 30, 1994, Attendance: 72,817. Dallas 30, Buffalo 13, MVP: Emmitt Smith, RB, Dallas. .
Oklahoma City, OK: All Sports Association of Oklahoma City. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good book has shelfwear to the cover. Text area is clean and tight. 112 pages packed full of photographs - many in color of Oklahoma City, its people and the broad spectrum of sports and recreational activities in 1971. .
New York, NY: Time, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Stapled. Feature article and cover subject is female jockey Robyn Smith who married legendary dancer Fred Astaire in 1980. Articles also include the Oakland A's, Rusty Staub, Olympic boxing and the Kansas City Chiefs. Cover has slight wear. Binding is Sound. .
Opelika, Alabama: Diversified Products, 1970. 16 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. (8 inches). Illustrated orange paper covers printed in black and white. Inside back cover contains illustrated ads for other exercise equipment produced by Diversified Products. No date of publication; clothing and hair suggest about 1970. Some of the illustrations suggest the Ministry of Silly Walks. In Very Good+ Condition: front cover is slightly creased; back cover slightly soiled; p. 9 has a few ink notations in the margin; otherwise clean and tight.. Very Good+.
Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1949. Grey-green cloth boards, dust jacket protected by mylar
Hilarious Illustrations throughout by the author referencing Outdoor and Indoor Sports. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes and Co.. A very good copy in dust jacket.. [1972]. Hardcover. 8vo, 160p., profusely illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Includes bibliography and index of tricks. .
New York: Ronald Press Co., 1951. 96 p.: illustrated; 24 cm. (9¼ inches). Orangish-brown paper over boards with black-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Part of The Barnes Sports Library. A very thorough guide to baseball techniques by Ethan Allen, an outfielder in the major leagues in the 1920s and 1930s, and later the Yale University baseball coach. Illustrated with outstanding drawings by Tyler Micoleau. In Good Condition: corners bumped; covers are rubbed; front joint starting to separate from head of spinep. 95-96 and back free endpaper cut from lower edge, without loss of text, but lower corner of endpaper lacking. Text and illustrations are clean and tight.. First Edition. Good. Illus. by Micoleau, Tyler.
Neptune City: T.F.H. Publications. VG+/NONE 1978. Softcover. Softcover, illustrated wraps are clean and bright. The text block is tight without marks or tears. Edges have just a touch of rubbing and there is a light reader's crease along the spine. A really neat little book with everything you need to know about budgerigars. ; Color Photographs; 8" x 5"; 64 pages .
Garden City, NY: Garden City Books. VG/NONE 1951. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Reprint with breed standards corrected to 9-1-51. The book is bound in dark red cloth with gilt printing on the spine and gilt embossed stamp of the American Kennel Club on the front. It is clean and straight. The pages are tight & clean, without any marks or tears, except for previous owner's gift inscription written on the front endpage. There is some light wear to edges, mostly on the spine edges and corners, a little scuffing to the back board. It contains over 100 illustrations along with information on breeds of dogs, diseases and common ills of dogs, the care and feeding of dogs, etc. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 753 pages .
New York: Howell Book House. NF/VG+ 1987. 17th Edition. Hardcover. Bound in red with white printing on the front & spine, the book is clean, straight & tight. The previous owner's name is neatly written on the upper edge of front endpage. Dust jacket is price intact, unclipped, clean and bright. It has some rubbing at the folds, with a touch of edgewear, mostly at the spine edges. Spine is sunned. 'The photograph, history and official standard of every breed admitted to AKC registration, and the selection, training, breeding, care and feeding of pure-bred dogs. 352 illustrations including 115 in full color. A very nice copy! ; B/W & Color Illustrations; 9 1/2" x 7"; 768 pages .
Seattle: Private Printing. VG- 1971. Stapled wraps. Very minimal shelfwear Pictorial wraps with Luhr Jensen and riverboat ads inside covers Ink underlining and corner turned one page No other marks No tears ; "A Vest Pocket Clinic for 'Crackers' A Reference File for the 'Expert'" Diagrams of knots, reading the water Text covers drift boat fishing, life cycles, gear, landing the fish, more ; B&W Illustrations; 43 pages .
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1981. Fine book in Near Fine Dust Jacket Cover bright, minimal wear Pages clean bright tight Dust Jacket bright, BCE clipped, minor shelfwear, lt scuffs BCE not 1st Ed which has cloth covers Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) Synopsis: This is no ordinary book about a cruise in a sailing yacht. It is true adventure, as fascinating for a nonnautical reader as the accounts of the voyages of Sir Francis Chichester and Joshua Slocum, or as 'Survive the Savage Sea'. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. NF/VG- 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Unclipped jacket shows moderate wear, chipping on edges, spine fading, 1 1/4 inch tear rear spine Green cloth pictorial boards clean, slight fray one corner Tight Pages clean with no marks or tears Slight toning; Handbook for outdoor travel and living Classic .; B&W Illustrations; 286 pages .
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and Twenty-four Illustrations in Colour and Half-Tone After Ben. Marshal, Henry Alken, Wolstenholme, R.B. Davis, Wm. Web, H.G. Chalon, James Ward, R.A., etc. xx, [2], 294 p.: color frontispiece, 13 leaves of color illustrations, 8 leaves of black-and-white illustrations, 1 folded map; 26 cm. (10¼ inches). Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Top page edges red. Title page printed in red and black. Some unopened pages. Nimrod was the pseudonym of Charles James Apperley (1777-1843), an English sportsman and sporting writer. In Very Good+ Condition: spine lightly sunned; head of spine lightly rubbed; covers are slightly soiled; title page significantly foxed; otherwise only scattered light foxing of text; leaves of illustration are clean and crisp. An attractive copy of this ode to fox hunting, nicely illustrated with reproductions of paintings of English huntsmen and their horses.. Very Good+.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. VG- 1953 8th printing Cover some edgewear to spinetips, corners worn frayed, spine lt sun fade, inside covers lt foxing from glued pastedowns Pages clean bright, edges lt soil Nice large printing easy on the eyes A classic that is still reprinted Product Description: Tommy Armour's classic How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time provides timeless golf instruction on the following subjects: * How to learn your best golf * What can your best golf be? * Taking you to the lesson tee * How your clubs can help you * The grip holds your swing together ow to get ready to swing * Footwork, the foundation of best golf * The art of hitting with the hands * The waggle, preliminary swing in miniature * The pause that means good timing * Assembling your game in good order * Saving strokes with simple approach shots * The fascinating, frustrating philosophy of putting * The simple routine of an orderly golf shot These classic bits of advice are accompanied by over four dozen two-color illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gustavson, Lealand . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman and Holman, 2004. Shelfwear and rubbing. Small bump at top of front cover. Very small scar on rear cover. Instructional DVD in white pocket on inside of rear cover. Bright, clean. Black and white illustrations. 191 pages. From book "A Parent's Guide to Teaching Kids Golf".. Soft Cover. Very Good.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. Book is Very Good with minor foxing; dark blue boards with gold lettering. Dustjacket is Good with significant wear all edges; area missing at head of spine. Now protected in mylar. One of a series of sports training manuals for Naval Aviators. The competitive sports embodied in this program were selected for what they contribute to the development of desirable characteristics in the aviation cadet. It is for this reason that the books are unlike other sports publications. The manuals consider sports in the military training sense, in their conditioning values, both mental and physical. Scarce .
New York: TFH Publications. VG+/NONE 1954. Softcover. Glossy, softcover binding, stapled spine book that is clean and bright. It has a few faint spots and indentations on the front cover. Over 60 illustrations of goldfish and tropical fish throughout with information on aquariums and taking care of your fish. ; B&W Illustrations; 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"; 32 pages .
VAN NOSTRAND. Near Fine; Not Stated; Hardcover in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Clean, firm, no damp no smoke, tight bindinf, blue bds, corners sharp. DJ few chipsat edge top of spine 1" missing, rub. no sun.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .