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26878n.p. n.p. Illustrated original paperwraps. 8vo. 15pp. Illus. A catalogue from the E. Kent Estate Tennis Racket Co. illustrating new rackets for 1931 and others in their line of rackets. Also includes rules for lawn tennis diagrams of singles and doubles tennis courts and advice on selecting a racket. Vertical crease the length of the catalogue else Very good. <br/><br/> paperback books
197012538Washington D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office 1970. First edition. Original illustrated paper wrappers bound in blue library cloth-covered boards. Original reports in decorated wraps are except for a single stamp in fine condition bound in tight; clean ex-lib cloth covered boards with call numbers and interior markings. V.1:95 pp.;V.2: 303 pp.; V.3: 330 pp.; V.4: 270 pp.; V.5: 220 pp.; V.6: 250 pp.; V.7: 200 pp. Illus. with 100 b/w photos 90 maps 20 large color foldouts 20 color 50 b/w charts drawings graphs and tables. Sm. 4to. The main report of which this is copy #192 is followed by Appendices A thru K covering specific estuaries biophysical profiles landscape surveys economic analyses technological impacts conflicts and evaluations of laws governmental bodies and public management schemes. Some of the estuaries covered are the Great Lakes Hawaii Alaska Gulf of Mexico Biscayne Bay Florida Bay and Chesapeake Bay as well as the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover books
20121325831Brasilia: Federative Republic of Brazil Ministry of Sport International Advisory 2012. 4th ed. 1st work. Hardcover. Octavo; 2 volumes in slipcase; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine green with black print; Slipcase in glossy illustrated paper light edgewear; DJs are clean and bright; Boards in blue paper with white print clean and strong; Text block clean and tight green and yellow ribbon markers; 2 volumes 1st work: 322 pages illustrated color; 2nd work: 135 pages illustrated color. 1325831. FP New Rockville Stock. Federative Republic of Brazil, Ministry of Sport, International Advisory hardcover books
1970RB1026Baltimore & Manchester:: University Park Press 1970. 1970. Series: Medicine and Sport 4. 8vo. x 315 pp. 98 figs. 71 tables index. Cloth dust-jacket. Very good. University Park Press, 1970. hardcover books
19552298819Ingram House 1955. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Wrappers intact. Quarter inch tear to top edge of front wrapper and to bottom edge of rear wrapper ink name on first page general wear. 1955 Stapled Binding. Color illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Articles and photographs include Beckoning Signs; Nature's Climatic Jokes Illustrated by J. E. Tickner; The Qualities of Charm by P. Stephens; The Royal Scots Greys by Major P. Pereira; A Tour of Hadrian's Wall; Newcastle and the Royal Shows by Sydney Moorhouse; A King's Travels by Gwyneth Pennethorne; Animal Innocence; Beyond the Wall by Hamish MacAlistair; Silhouettes Cut by H. L. Oakley; Under the Snow by J. F. Smith; The Key to Historyland; On the High Tops; and more. Ingram House unknown books
199182481991. Softcover. VG exlib w/minimal markings label on upper front cover. Wraps. 128 pp. 75 color plates. This catalogue constitutes the written record of the inaugural exhibition for the National Art Museum of Sport. Brief introductory essays are followed by a listing in appx. chronological order of the 68 works in the exhibition. Each large color illustration is accompanied by an essay. Some of these essays are quite long others fairly short. unknown books
50760Crimea 1855. Broadside 13 x 8 1/8 inches printed on blue paper. Folded; some soiling. Still very good. Apparently unrecorded and a rare survival possibly printed on a field press. Each of the ten races is named e.g. The Opening Stakes "Half-mile course"; The Winter Steeple Chase "for all horses that have been at the front before Sebastopol since 1st December 1854"; The Sebastopol Grand Military Steeple Chase "for all horses the property of Officers in the Allied Forces"; The Moke States "for all mules"; etc. and each entrant was charged a fee from five shillings to two pounds; second place would generally save his stake the balance to the winner. The second day was given over to the troops with a 25 pound purse for "Foot Races and other Sports for the men of the 3rd Division." Not located on OCLC RLIN or COPAC. <br/><br/> unknown books
14885Melbourne: Colorgravure Publications n. d. Maroon buckram with the olympic torch embossed on the front board. Dust jacket. VG/VG edgewear/spine sunned/spine panel chipped at ends. 144 pp. 200 illustrations from photographs many in color. 4to. <br/><br/> Colorgravure Publications hardcover books
189021271New York 1890. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong 24mo. black cloth scrapbook with compiler's intials printed in gilt on cover. Contains ~171 leaves with pasted cut-outs of photos and illustrated portraits of stars about 65 in total with orginal typewritten in blue ribbon but top copy biographical information for each. About near fine overall. Light soil to rear board. First leaf detached but otherwise sound throughout and clean with just a bit of wrinkling near glued portraits. <br/><br/>A carefully assembled and impressively detailed set of photos and bios of contemporary American and British actors singers and athletes about 42 of whom are men and 23 women. A few of their names include: Mittens Willett Katie Putnam Mollie Thompson Maude Wilson Hattie Delaro Captain Jack Crawford De Wolf Hopper Frederick Barham Warde William P. Davidge Frank Daniels and Matthew Kilroy. The theatre performers worked in a variety of styles including vaudeville opera and burlesque. Toward the end of the book the focus shifts to athletes all of whom are men: many baseball players in the National League as well as runners rowers and a bicyclist. The scrapbook's biographies are quite detailed some spanning as long as six pages with information presumably gathered from newspapers; likely also the source of the stars' portraits. An absorbing record compiled by an engaged fan during the embryonic stages of celebrity-focused media in the US. hardcover books