STAN MUSIAL: The Man.
Thomas Nelson and Sons: NY, 1961. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5, blue boards, 140pp + photos, covers worn, extremities bumped, hinges loose, eps toned and spotted, text block edges soiled, in worn dust jacket. SIGNED BY STAN MUSIAL. More
Thomas Nelson and Sons: NY, 1961. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5, blue boards, 140pp + photos, covers worn, extremities bumped, hinges loose, eps toned and spotted, text block edges soiled, in worn dust jacket. SIGNED BY STAN MUSIAL. More
Houghton Mifflin: Boston and Cambridge Press, 1939. Hardcover. Illus., 10.5 x 7.5", blue cloth, leather spine label and leather label on front cover both with gilt lettering, 380pp. Covers have light wear, spine sunned, spine label scuffed, ink name (George R. Fink, Jr.), an edge tear else very good to..... More
Edmonston & Douglas: Edinburgh. 1871. Illustr by Col R Baigrie and others, 9 x 6.25, gilt decorated green cloth, 351 pp, covers worn, extremities bumped, hinges loose, eps browned, ex-lib with usual markings, contents edge-toned with scattered soil and spotting. Second ed. More
The Diamond Press: Port Huron, MI, 1935. Paperback. Photos, 9 x 6", pict stapled wraps, (16)pp, cover rubbed and darkened, extremities a bit worn, foredge corners bumped, contents a bit used, with pencil inscription ("To Charlotte from Your Admirer the 'Goose'"), but not in the hand of Goose Goslin. More
G.P. Putnam's: NY, (1942). Hardcover. Photos, 7.5 x 5", cloth, 250pp, minor bumping to spine ends, endpapers unevenly toned, a very nice copy in a rubbed, spine sunned (with pencil "x" on spine), edge-worn but very nice dustjacket. Fourteenth printing. More
Ray Riling Arms Books Co: Philadelphia, PA, 1965. Photos, 47 illustr plates, pict boards, 96 pp + plates, covers a bit worn, spine sunned, extremities bumped, hinges loose but still a nice copy. More
Scribers: NY, 1938. Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.5", vellum backed cloth, 198pp, minor cover wear else very good condition in splitting and chipped box. Tipped-in at rear is a copy of a 2p typed letter sent to Gordon Grand from James V. Stewart, dated March 1, 1939 in which he congratulates..... More
Published by author: Millbrook, NY, 1939. 9 X 6, printed stapled wraps, 48 pp, just minor wear to this little Christmas booklet, but former owner has used cello tape to hold on clear plastic cover, and the cello tape has turned brown and stained the covers and endpapers (title page)..... More
Published by author: Millbrook, NY, 1948. Illustr by Paul Brown, 9 x 6, illustr wraps, 36 pp,this little Christmas booklet has just minor wear, but former owner has used cello tape to hold on clear plastic cover, and the cello tape has browned causing stains to covers and endpapers (and..... More
Published by author: Millbrook, NY, 1945. 7.5 x 5, printed wraps, 13 pp, just minor wear to this little Christmas booklet, but former owner has used cello tape to hold on clear plastic cover, and the cello tape has turned brown and stained the covers and endpapers. SIGNED BY AUTHOR..... More
Putnam's: NY, 1953. Hardcover. Photos, 8 x 5.5", blue boards, red spine lettering, 180pp. Edgewear to spine else good to very good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "SINCERELY TO MY GOOD FRIEND KEN MANUEL. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK FOR YOU- THANKS- 'RED GRANGE'". FIRST EDITION. SCARCE signed copy..... More
William Morrow: NY, 1959. Photos, 9.5 x 6.25, cloth, 322 pp with index, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned and used, but still a decent, usable copy. FIRST ED (NAP), SIGNED BY ATHOR ON FRONT FREE END PAPER. More
Wolfe Publishing Co: Prescott, AZ, 1992. Photos, 9.5 x 6.5, gilt lettered boards, 133 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents nice, in lightly worn, edge worn dust jacket with small edge-tear and abrasion on front cover. January 1992 ed. Scarce. More
Nicholas Kaye: London, 1957. 8.5 x 5.5, cloth, 199 pp, 16 plates, small chips to spine ends of jacket, creasing to rear jacket panel, clean and sound, nice copy. FIRST ED. More
np (Detroit?), nd (1951). 7.75 x 8.25, magazine illustr showing images of Graziano punching surrounding large head shot, mounted on oblong 8 x 10 stiff card, with former owner's ink ident on reverse, image with horizontal fold, mount toned else a nice item. INSCRIBED "To Louie / keep punching /..... More
Coward-McCann: NY, 1969. 10.75 x 6, wraps with paper labels on front cover, 146 pp, covers worn and soiled with one paper label badly chipped at bottom right corner, text block edges spotted and soiled else an unusual copy of this scarce book. 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers! More
The Easton Press: Norwalk, CT, 1998. 9 x 6, gilt decorated red leather, aeg, STILL IN ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. The Baseball Hall of Fame Series. More
S.O. Beeton: London, 1862. Hardcover. 10/10 color plates (including frontis), 6/6 foldout maps, numerous woodcuts. 8.5 x 5.5", blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering and dec, aeg, 426pp. Covers sunned, especially spine, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, soiling, inner hinges cracked, light soiling, foxing, ribbon frayed, a few creased corners..... More
McFarland: (Jefferson, NC), (1984). Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 196pp, minor shelf wear, ink notes to front fly and title page; scattered color pencil underlining/highlighting throughout else a good, usable copy of this SCARCE reference book. Michigan, Auburn, Notre Dame....FIRST EDITION (NAP). More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, 1924. Illustr, photos, 9.25 x 6.25, cloth, 249 pp, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, a decent copy in edge-torn, worn dw w/ couple tears at folds. Reprint. More
Royal Publications: Detroit, 1955. 7.75 x 5.75, blue cloth, 147 pp, covers a bit edge worn, hinges loose, top edge of text block a bit spotted else a decent copy in worn, edge chipped and badly spotted dust jacket. THIRD PRINTING, BUT BOLDL INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, NAT GURSTEN..... More
American Golf Classic: Akron, OH 1978. 11 x 8.5", softcover, 254pp, well illustrated, fold-out map, ads, magazine design, wrappers lightly rubbed. First edition. More
Printed for the Author at the Artists Press: London 1906. 94 plates; 102 text illu, 13.25 x 10.5", elaborate blind-tooled oasis morocco, ribbed spine with wooden boards and engraved clasps, teg, subscribers' list, a bit worn with scribbled-out name on fep. LIMITED TO 270 NUMBERED COPIES ON HAND-MADE PAPER... More
Gummersbach, Germany, 1972. 10 x 6.5, wrappers, unpag, illustrated, fold out leaves illustr various products, related letters and price lists laid in. Moderate wear, lower corner bumped. Vintage illustrated catalog of leather cartridge vests and belts, gun cases, holsters and pouches. FIRST ED. More
(Skagit River Press: LaConner, WA), (2008). Illus., oblong 9 x 11", gilt-lettered and gilt-dec green leatherette, 176pp with Index To the Art, former owner's bookplate on front fly, hinges a little loose else a nice copy of Volume I only. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY JOHN ORRELLE. THIS..... More