SOME NOTES ON CHURCHILL BEST GUNS with a Chapter on 25 inch Barrels, EJ Churchill Gun Makers Catalog, 1922.
8 x 5, wrappers, 32 pp, illustr, appears to be 1970s facsimile reprint by Empress Press, water rippled along bottom edge. More
SPORTS
SPALDING'S OFFICAL BASE BALL GUIDE 1933
American Sports Publishing Company: NY, 1933. Paperback. Illus., 6.5 x 5", pict wraps, 64pp. Covers have creasing, soiling, spine has edge tears and is chipped, textblock cracked else good. Some of the contents: "New Owners For The Boston Red Sox", "Base Ball In Shanghai" and Babe Ruth and the Yankees..... More
SPALDING'S OFFICAL BASE BALL RECORD 1917
American Sports Publishing Company: NY, 1917. Paperback. Illus., 6.5 x 5", pict stapled wraps, (427)pp plus ads. Covers worn, chipped, soiled, front cover splitting along spine, contents toned, creased corners, minor chipping, last page torn at staples else good. This record is divided into three sections: "Major and Minor League..... More
SPALDING'S OFFICIAL BASE BALL GUIDE 1921
American Sports Publishing: NY, 1921. Paperback. Illus., 6.5 x 5", pict wraps, 96pp. Covers well worn, creased, front cover detached, rear cover becoming detached, lacks part of spine cover, first page has chipping, toning else good. Textblock tight. Some of the contents: "American Forces In Germany", "University Of Chicago Team..... More
SPALDING'S OFFICIAL FOOT BALL GUIDE, OFFICAL FOOT BALL RULES of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 1939, In Convenient Detachable Form for Use of Coaches and Officials
(A.G. Spalding & Bros.), np (1939). Paperback. Team photos, 6.75 x 5", pict wraps, 322pp + pp, covers a bit rubbed, cover corners creased, extremities lightly worn, spine wrinkled, pp toned, but still contains the Rules book and the "Foot Ball Code" More
SPALDING-REACH OFFICAL BASE BALL GUIDE 1940
American Sports Publishing Company: NY, 1940. Paperback. Illus., 6.5 x 5", pict wraps, 475pp + ads. Lacks rear cover, front cover taped to spine which is creased and lacks corners, inside front cover and first page soiled, pages toned with creased corners and minor chipping, one page of ads detached..... More
SPORTING LIFE'S PORTFOLIO FOR 1904, Base Ball Champions Major and Minor Leagues, Also all Major League Teams of 1903 [reprint]
Bill Loughman: Elmhurst, IL, nd. Paperback. Photos, 11 x 8.5", plastic comb bound pict wraps, unpaginated, printed on rectos only, very good condition. Reprints team collage photos of Major and Minor league teams. More
SPORTING NEWS BASEBALL GUIDE AND RECORD BOOK 1943 Compiled by J.G. Taylor Spink
Charles C. Spink & Son: Saint Louis, 1943. Paperback. Illus., 6.5 x 5", pict wraps, 337pp + 1943 schedule. Rear cover detached (previously cello taped to spine), covers have creasing, edge wear and chipping, spine missing small pieces top and bottom, contents very good condition. In this guide: photos of..... More
THE SPORTING NEWS The Base Ball Paper Of The World Volume 7 Number 1 St. Louis, February 16, 1939
Charles C. Spink: St. Louis, 1939. Paperback. Illus., 23.5 x 16.5", printed wraps, 10pp. Toned, folded in four, torn across the center folds, chipped, small tears along spine, pencil marks. Fragile. Some of the contents: "Heavy Schedule Mapped For Majors In Training Period More Than 300 Spring Games To Be..... More
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED August 16, 1954 "First Issue Collectible Reprint"
Sports Illustrated: NY, (2001). Paperback. Illus., 11.5 x 8", pict stapled wraps, 144pp. Cover has light creasing else very good to fine condition. With baseball cards. Cover states "Collectible Reprint". Not the 1954 edition but a facsimile of Volume 1 Number 1. More
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Vol. 1, No. 18.
December 13, 1954. Illus, 11.5x8", pict stapled wraps, 80pp, address label, minor wear. Nice article on old Colt revolvers. More
SPORTSCASTER'S MONTHLY With Ratings Of Racing Thoroughbreds Vol. 6 No. 7 October 1949
Sportscaster's Publications: Chicago, 1949. Paperback. Illus., 8 x 4.5", brown and white wraps, 142pp. Covers worn, soiled, rubbed, vertical tear near spine, staple removal marks on front cover all the way through to back cover, ink numbers on back cover, horse name (Gay Texan) underlined in the ratings lists else..... More
THE SPORTSMAN'S DICTIONARY; OR, The Gentleman's Companion for Town and Country, Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Setting, Farriery, Hunting, Fishing, Cocking, Fowling, Racing, Hawking, &c. The Fourth Edition.
G,G.J. and J. Robinson: London, 1792. Frontis illustr (parts of a horse), 13 (of 15) full page plates, 11 x 8.5 full tree calf, unpag, covers rubbed, extremities worn and bumped, spine chipped, hinges cracked, front cover detached (but present), old bookplate, pp toned and spotted, one plate with corner..... More
Stereoview card "Decoying Wild Ducks. Lying Low. A Flock Coming." showing a man lying on his back on a small raft covered with branches with ducks approaching him
Underwood and Underwood: New York. Strohmeyer and Myman publishers. Geo. Barker, photographer, copyright 1890, 1890. 3.5 x 7". Soiling, rubbing, spotting (mainly on the back) else good condition. More
Stereoview Card Showing duplicate images of both Babe Ruth and Tom Mix, #33290 The Keystone Eye Comfort and Depth Perception Series.
Keystone View Company: Meadville, Penna. nd (1920s). Oblong 7 x 3.5. Photographic images have a few light scratches, majority of scratches are in the center area which has no images, card has light scratches/creasing/edge wear else good/very good. This Keystone series was produced in the 1920s to be used as..... More
Stoddard & Porter Photograph of unidentified bike shop interior
San Francisco, (c. 1895). 6 x 8" plus mount with photographer's name and address stamped on reverse. Minor staining to top of image, mount a bit worn with 1" marginal tear and a little residue at top. Rich photo showing shopkeeper plus 3 repairmen, cases on left with parts and..... More
"Sugar Ray Robinson -- Boxing's Biggest Break," a two-page article in COLOR, volume 7, no. 8, Oct.-Nov., 1951.
Color: Charleston, WV, 1952. Illustr, 13.5 x 10.5, pict stapled wraps, 50 pp, covers worn, creased, soiled, torn, lower corners chewed, pages torn. Featured on the cover is "Sugar" Ray Robinson, and Bethune-Cookman College business education major, Lois McLendon. Articles listed on the cover are "What Makes a Woman Beautiful,"..... More
"SUGAR RAY ROBINSON, The Middleweight Champion of the World" [cover title; inside: "The Saga of Ray Robinson"]
(Program Publishing Co.: NY), nd (c. 1953). Paperback. Photos, 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, (16)pp, covers rubbed and creased, extremities a bit worn, old bookstore inkstamp on first page, contents with some finger soiling and wear, minor musty smell else ok. SCARCE. Program for his dancing engagements. More
TEXACO BASEBALL SCORE BOOK, 1937 EDITION "Listen to Hall Totten Every Day Over WCFL, 970 on Your Dial" [cover title]
Texaco: np, 1937. Paperback. Photos of Cubs and White Sox players, oblong 4.5 x 7", pict stapled wraps, a few pp at front and rear of info, but mostly page after page of blank score sheets, very minor edge-wear but still a remarkably well preserved copy. SCARCE. More
Thirteen Yearbooks from the Detroit Tigers 1957-1959, 1961 and 1972 [Featured in them are Detroit's first three black players Ozzie Virgil, Jake Wood and Bubba Morton]
Detroit Tigers: Detroit, 1957-1959, 1961-1969 and 1972. Paperback. Illus., size varies from 10.5 x 8" to 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, pagination varies. Condition: 1957: covers creased, worn with minor chipping, lacks lower corners of last two pages. 1967: front cover and first two pages have edge tears. 1972..... More
"This Year's Favorite Basketball Teams", a three page article in "Magic Circle" Volume XIV Number 6, December 1952
Perfect Circle Corporation: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1952. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10", pict stapled wraps, (16)pp. Light wear, creasing and soiling, horizontal center crease, loose at staples, mustly smell else very good condition. Covers the various conferences: East, Southeast, Southern, Western, Missouri Valley, Big Seven, Southwestern and Pacific. Other articles..... More
Three Photographs (plus one duplicate) of men and women standing next to their swordfish catch in 1940s Acapulco, Mexico; a sign in the background of two photographs reads "Maria Cristina."
Acapulco, 1943 and 1947. 1943: oblong 4.5 x 2.75 b&w. 1947: 7 x 5, b&w, with duplicate that has margins cropped and 3.5 x 2.5, color. Light wear, removal marks on back of one, ink names on backs of three of the photos else very good. The earlier one, from..... More
Tintype showing three young women named Nellie, Nettie and Ida Littleton posing in a horse-drawn buggy in the country.
np, nd (1880s? 1890. No photog listed. 3.5 x 4.25. Light scratches, dark areas around the edges, names of the women are on a label affixed to the back. The young ladies are nicely dressed with attractive hats. More
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS 1946 BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Globe and Mail: Toronto, 1946. Paperback. 3.75 x 2.5", one stiff sheet folded, with ad on back panel. Very good condition. More
A Treatise On Greyhounds With Observations on the Treatment and Disorders of them
Lackington et al: London, 1819. Color frontis & title page vignette, 7 x 4.5", one cover mottled calf, one cover half leather, teg, xiii, 122pp. Disbound, two different covers, replacement endpapers, "Bound for C.S. Lauriat Boston", frontis dethatched and toned, title page toned with some offsetting, slightly torn page, scattered..... More