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AMERICAN HUNTING RIFLES, Their Application in the Field for Practical Shooting, with Notes on Handguns and Shotguns
Safari Press: Long Beach, CA, (1995). Hardcover. Photos, 9.25 x 6.25", gilt-dec leatherette, 446pp with index, a nice, clean, fresh copy of the FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO JUST 500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. In slipcase. More
WHEN BOXING WAS A JEWISH SPORT.
Praeger: Westport, CT, 1997. Photos, 9.5 x 6, boards, 207 pp, very minor wear else a very nice copy in dust jacket. FIRST ED, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
TINKER, EVERS AND CHANCE: A Triple Biography.
McFarland: Jefferson, NC, 2003. 9 x 6, softcover, 262 pp, illustrations, end notes, bib, index, fine clean and tight. FIRST ED. More
ANECDOTES OF FISH AND FISHING
Hamilton, Adams: London, 1887. Hardcover. Frontispiece, 8 x 5.5", half leather; marbled boards, 251pp with index, covers rubbed and scuffed, spine a bit sunned, bookplate of former owner inside front cover, pp edge-toned but still good. More
BOWLING: Knowledge is the Key
(Bowling Concepts: Akron, OH), (1986). Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict wraps, 138pp, covers a bit rubbed, light staining to rear cover, pp a bit used. A fairly common title, but with the ink name of "Bob Allison" on the front cover. Allison was the long-time host of Detroit's "Bowling..... More
HALL OF FAME CARD SIGNED.
Cooperstown, NY n.d. 3.5x5.5", minor edge wear else v.g., unused. SIGNED ON PHOTO OF PLAQUE BY BOUDREAU. More
WHISTLING WINGS
Live Oak Press: Columbia, SC, (1995). Photos, 10.25 x 8", gilt-dec leatherette; aeg, 162pp, covers with minor shelf wear, bookplate and blindstamp from former owner else a nice looking copy. LIMITED TO 2400 NUMBERED COPIES. More
WHISTLING WINGS
Doubleday: Garden City, NY, 1947. Hardcover. Photos by author and Martin Bovey, Jr.; illus. by Francis Lee Jaques, 10.5 x 8", gilt-pict green cloth, 162pp, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, minor finger soiling else a nice copy in a rubbed and edge-worn/torn/creased and lightly fraying, minor finger soiling else a...... More
PHOTO SIGNED BY BRANCA AND BOBBY THOMSON
np, nd. Paperback. Oblong 8 x 10", sepia-tone photo of Ralph Branca (in suit) pretending to strangle Bobby Thomson (in Giants uniform), SIGNED BY RALPH BRANCA AND BOBBY THOMSON. MLB logo in bottom left corner, TV Sports Mailback inkstamps on reverse. Branca surrendered the "Shot Heard Round the World" to..... More
SOURDOUGH AND SWAHILI, A Professional Hunter on Two Continents
The Amwell Press: Clifton, NJ, 1989. Hardcover. Illus. by Bob Kuhn; photos, 9.5 x 6", gilt-dec faux alligator, 224pp, former owner's bookplate on front fly else a nice copy in a rubbed slipcase. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #63), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BUD BRANHAM, AND JAMES..... More
WATERFOWL DECOYS OF SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO And the Men Who Made Them.
The Boston Mills Press: Erin, ON, 1986. Photos, 11.25 x 8.5, gilt lettered boards, 192 pp, covers a bit edge worn, hinges loose, spine a little cocked, contents a little edge toned but still a vg copy in rubbed and toned dust jacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP), INSCRIBED "Enjoy" AND SIGNED..... More
WATERFOWL DECOYS OF SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO, And the Men who Made Them.
The Boston Mills Press: Erin, ON, 1986. Photos by Cam Vassallo, 11.25 x 8.5, gilt lettered boards, 192 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and worn, hinges loose, ink inscription from former owner on title page, contents nice, in lightly worn and yellowed dust jacket. More
BOB BROEG'S REDBIRDS: A Century of Cardinals' Baseball, Introductions by Stan Musial [and] Jack Buck.
River City Publishers: St. Louis, MO, 1987. Photos, 10 x 8.25, pict wraps, 252 pp, covers a bit edgeworn, whole book is wavy from poor storage, contents nice. Revised Edition, but INSCRIBED ("To Morry: Very Best, Sincerely . . . " AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, BOB BROEG. ALSO SIGNED BY..... More
WORLD'S CHAMPS.
Retail Distributors, 1958. 6.5 x 4.25, pict wraps, 253 pp, text toned, bookplate, ink name, covers show creases, spine has horizontal one but basically a good copy. FIRST ED, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY AUTHOR. More
GEOFF BROOM, A LIFE ON SAFARI
Mission Trail Media: Atascadero, CA, (2004). Hardcover. Photos, 9.25 x 6.25", gilt-lettered and gilt-pict cloth, 234pp, spine a little cocked, former owner's bookplate on front fly else nice in a rubbed and edge-worn/torn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, GEOFF BROOM AND CRAIG BODDINGTON. With related loose..... More
YOUR KIDS AND MINE.
Doubleday, Doran and Co.: Garden City, NY, 1944. Illustr by Capt Raymond Creekmore, 7.5 x 5, blue cloth, 192 pp, cover a bit worn, hinges loose, bookplate with former owner's signature, else a decent copy in price-clipped dust jacket. FIRST ED, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED (AS USUAL) BY JOE E. BROWN..... More
AMERICAN ANGLER'S GUIDE; Or, Complete Fisher's Manual for The United States...Fifth Edition...
D. Appleton: NY, 1876. Hardcover. Illus., 8.25 x 5.5", gilt-pict green cloth, 428pp with index, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, bookplate and inkstamp of former owners, pp toned; a good used copy with a great cover illus. in gilt of a landed fish, with a gilt fly-fisherman..... More
THE PAUL BROWN CALENDAR 1954.
Brooks Brothers: np, 1954. Oblong 11 x 14.25, plastic comb bound pict boards with orange silk ties, covers worn and spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, contents with some finger soil else a decent copy of this very scarce item. WITH 13 COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS OF PEOPLE ON HORSES (STEEPLE CHASE, HARNESS..... More
ROCKNE
Reilly and Lee: Chicago, 1931. Hardcover. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 234pp, spine ends bumped, extremities with minor wear, pp (especially endpapers) toned but still a nice, clean copy in a rubbed, lightly abraded, edge-worn dustjacket with minor chipping to spine ends. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Dustjacket is NOT price-clipped. More
WIN, LOST, OR DRAW ["Thirty years behind the sports scene"]
G.P. Putnam's Sons: NY, (1947). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.75", cloth, 274pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn and fraying, pp toned with some finger soiling, in a very worn, toned, edge-torn, price-clipped dustjacket with duct tape (!), repairs to the back side. FIRST EDITION (NAP), INSCRIBED "To the Boss..." AND..... More
THE CHICAGO CUBS.
GP Putnam's Sons: NY, 1946. Photos, 8.25 x 5.5, cloth, 248 pp, bookplate, ink name, top of back cover at spine bumped else ok except for toning to r.e.p. from newspaper clippings (present). FIRST ED, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. More
DESIGN FOR TENNIS.
A. S. Barnes: NY (1949). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 216 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, extremities frayed, covers well worn. More
THE GUNSMITHS MART.
Brownell Industries: Montezuma, Iowa. No. 2. 1949-1950. Illus, 10.5 x 8", wraps, 303pp, 3 x 1.5" corner piece of front page lacking, spine stained, covers worn. More
CHILDREN OF OLD MAN RIVER, The Life and Times of a Show-Boat Trouper.
Lee Furman, Inc: NY, 1936. Photos, folding facsimile poster, red cloth, 303 pp, covers worn and faded, extremities bumped, ex-lib with usual markings, inner hinges cracked, hinges loose, blue pencil name. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CAPT. BILLY BRYANT, ALSO SIGNED BY BETTY, JOSEPHINE, SAM, VIOLET AND FLORENCE BRYANT, all in..... More