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17115turn of the century Championship Women's Baseball Team Photo Postcard. "The Western Bloomer Girls-Ladies Champion Base Ball Club-Watervliet Mich." Vintage photo-illustrated postcard of the girls baseball team. No date c. 1911. Eleven uniformed girls pose for a team photograph. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. The Western Bloomer Girls were founded in 1911 by Maud Nelson a renowned pitcher in her own right. "Bloomer Girl" baseball teams of women were formed starting in the 1890s taking their name from Amelia Bloomer who designed loose fitting trousers that women wore while playing sports. Bloomer Girls teams rarely played each other but traveled across America challenging local amateur and minor league men's teams. Bloomer Girls were disciplined sportswomen and frequently won games with their solid skills and competitive spirits. Interestingly these "Boomer Girl" teams were integrated when it came to gender; while most of the players were women each roster had at least one male player. In this image two male players pose in the second row. Verso is blank with space for message and address. Light crease to bottom left corner. In very good condition. unknown books
16662Women Sports Education Women's Athletic Council secretary's handwritten minutes written in many hands concerning school teams and fundraisers for basketball soccer volleyball and other sports from academic years 1938-1947. Original boards. 8.5 x 6.5 in. Title on front cover" Composition Book Property of Women's Athletic Council Secretary's Book" . 90 pages. Includes additional loose papers related to the council. "Each W.A.C. girl who fulfills her obligations in officiating and playing during the year 2 semesters in which she plays in two sports and coaches one or vice versa is given an additional star for her council work. If she does not fulfill this she is dropped from the council."<br/><br/>Handwritten entries spanning almost a decade of council business relating to managing and promoting Sports for Women. "The first meeting of the Women's Athletic council was called to order by Miss Helen Wily on September 27. Nominations were opened for new president. Eva Murdock was formally elected to the office. The question of . a coach for freshman hockey was introduced and Wasdine Freedline was appointed to this position. The president made a request of new business and in response to the request freshmen practice days were set for Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sophomore practice days were set for Wednesdays and Fridays. A motion was properly moved and seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Respectfully submitted Anita Brown Sec."<br/><br/>In addition to coaches and rosters for Varsity Freshman and Sophomore teams in basketball volleyball softball and soccer; the council organized various social functions. "New business. There was a discussion of the possibility of a social function before the term ends but nothing definite was decided." "After debating over several different types of social function It was decided that we have a Weiner Roast down by the river Friday Sept. 20. Ruth Barr and Marylou Gourley were appointed by the president to buy the food." They also oversaw tournaments and games for students. "Plans were discussed for the Speedball Tournament." "An intramural tournament including ping-pong shuffleboard badminton to be healed between the five sororities and a team of non-sorority girls." Some wear and loss to lower portion of spine. In very good condition. unknown books
1880257893Merrimac Mass: H.C. & H.W. Stevens Co 1880. mounted on cards. 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches Image. Fine. mounted on cards. 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches Image. The Massachusetts Gazetteer of 1890 said of the town: "Merrimac is a thrifty and attractive manufacturing town situated on the north bank of the Merrimack River. The principle business is carriage making in the different departments of which in numerous shops some 500 men are engaged."<br/>The mid 1800s marked the peak of Merrimac's carriage-making and by 1888 there were nineteen carriage-making shops as well as other companies related to the carriage-making industry. Between 1881 and 1889 Merrimac's carriage factories were making 1500 quality carriages per year. Companies such as J.B. Judkins and Company Loud Brothers and H.G. & H.W. Stevens Carriage Works were just a few of those bringing prosperity and fame to this small town. H.C. & H.W. Stevens Co unknown books
1895317739Boston: Hearn 392 Boylston Street and Old Orchard Me 1895. Ivoryette 1884. Fine. Ivoryette 1884. Tennis. Signed and adted on back "1895 Frances E. Haynes." Frances Haynes was a student at Mt. Holyoke in 1895. Hearn 392 Boylston Street and Old Orchard, Me unknown books
232391Illus. 1 vols. 52 x 11 cm. Fine. Illus. 1 vols. 52 x 11 cm. unknown books
1898317390Boston: The Stillings Press 1898. Illustrated. 32 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green wrappers. Old fold at center else very good. Illustrated. 32 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A rare illustrated guide to a large sporting show that featured exhibitions of live wild game from Canada and the American West; an Indian camp with bird bark teepees; an aviary of American game birds and exotic pheasants; displays of sporting camps from Florida Maine and New Brunswick; a fish hatchery; a canoe pond; and swimming competitions and shooting matches. [The Stillings Press] unknown books
1940301721New York: H. DuBois Plummer Inc. 1940. Hand-colored decorative half title. Text printed in black within red borders. 57 3 blank pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Dark brown cloth a.e.g. Fine. Hand-colored decorative half title. Text printed in black within red borders. 57 3 blank pp. 1 vols. 12mo. "The uniform of the Club shall be a dark green cutaway coat with regulation buttons of the Club and a yellow striped waistcoat"<br/><br/>Printed guide for members of the Coaching Club founded in New York City in 1875 with a roster of present and past members very distinguished names. Institutional holding are restricted to a handful of copies from turn of the century. Rare. OCLC: 475955995 & 50393703 NYHS & NYPL only H. DuBois Plummer, Inc.] unknown books
1893237400Poughkeepsie: Privately Printed 1893. First edition. Frontispiece portrait five plates from photographs. 182 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original burgundy cloth spine titled in gilt upper board stamped in silver. Some spotting to spine else very good plus. First edition. Frontispiece portrait five plates from photographs. 182 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The Adirondacks in the 1850s. The first half of the book contains a memoir or collection of letters on deer hunting fishing and outdoor life in the Adirondacks Michigan and Canada in the 1950 and 1860s. Phillips p. 282; Plum 1047; Bruns O-21 "important and rare work"; Heller 1:708 [Privately Printed] unknown books
1860240351London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1860. First edition. Illustrated. xiv ii 350 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Half green polished calf spine with red leather lettering-piece label chipped spine faded to brown. First edition. Illustrated. xiv ii 350 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Bruns A-65; Westwood & Satchell p. 3 Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown books
1860250902London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1860. First Edition. Illustrated. xiv i 350 24 ads pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original purple cloth spine very faded cocked else Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. xiv i 350 24 ads pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. A lighthearted look at sport and camping in the Canadian wilds. Westwood & Satchell p. 3; Bruns A 65; Lande 1528; TPL 3949; Waterston p. 113 Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown books
1866314319Philadelphia 1866. Broadside. Illus. 12 x 6-1/2. About fine. Broadside. Illus. 12 x 6-1/2 unknown books
57462No. 26 of 100 copies. 8 x 11 inches sight. Signed by the artist in pencil "Alan J. Robinson" on the mount. Matted. Fine. No. 26 of 100 copies. 8 x 11 inches sight. unknown books
1971244262Southbury CT: Gretchen E. Engel 1971. First Edition. Illustrated. xxiv 75 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth stamped in red with the paper illus. wrappers bound in. First Edition. Illustrated. xxiv 75 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Very unusual in hardcover.<br/><br/>Inscribed to Bill Wigton by the author. Gretchen E. Engel] unknown books
1848231908Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1848. Third edition. Illustrated with engravings by Alken Cooper Ferneley and Barenger. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth-century green morocco richly gilt borders and spine a.e.g. Third edition. Illustrated with engravings by Alken Cooper Ferneley and Barenger. 1 vols. 8vo. Schwerdt Vol. I p.36; Podeschi 166; Gee p.6 Adam and Charles Black unknown books
1937228888New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition one of 950 copies this copy unnumbered "FOR REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 1 vols. 8vo. Original leather-grained brown cloth gilt a little dulled as usual light rubbing to spine tips near fine. Ripley Aiden. First edition one of 950 copies this copy unnumbered "FOR REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY" Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 115; Frazier B-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1939313422New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. First edition one of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 222 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original light green cloth gilt marlin device on upper cover. Very Good. First edition one of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 222 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 155; Frazier B-4-a; Bruns B38 The Derrydale Press unknown books
183213809Philadelphia: Uria Hunt 1832. Second issue with new wording on verso of title page. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers lacks frontispiece else very good. Second issue with new wording on verso of title page. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. S&S 11210; Henderson 3rd Edn. pp. 48-49 Uria Hunt unknown books
1925238731Montreal: Canadian Sporting Publishing Company 269 Sty. Catherine Street West 1925. Illustrated. 177 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. Illustrated. 177 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Canadian Sporting Publishing Company 269 Sty. Catherine Street, West unknown books
197532240Montreal Canada: Privately printed by The Atlantic Salmon Association 1975. First edition No. 51 of 1000 Deluxe copies SIGNED BY BATES and with a color print by Charles DeFeo. An Anthology of Selections from the First Quarter-century of THE ATLANTIC SALMON JOURNAL 1948-1974. With illustrations by Charles DeFeo Milton C. Weiler and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Full blue leatherette gilt. As new in box. First edition No. 51 of 1000 Deluxe copies SIGNED BY BATES and with a color print by Charles DeFeo. An Anthology of Selections from the First Quarter-century of THE ATLANTIC SALMON JOURNAL 1948-1974. With illustrations by Charles DeFeo Milton C. Weiler and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Privately printed by The Atlantic Salmon Association unknown books
317827London: George Newnes nd. New and Enlarged Edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Bound in three quarters green morocco and marbled boards red leather title label. Fine. New and Enlarged Edition. Illustrated. 8vo. George Newnes unknown books
1892245071New York 1892. Frontispiece photogravure by Goupil of August Belmont. 200 p. 8 leaves of plates in photogravure of horses by Goupil. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in original half morocco. Bound in original pebbled half morocco and pebbled cloth; crimson diagonal leather strip with gilt-stamped cover title front and back hinges off else very good. Frontispiece photogravure by Goupil of August Belmont. 200 p. 8 leaves of plates in photogravure of horses by Goupil. 1 vols. 8vo. Dates of sale: Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 1891; sold by Tattersall's New York. unknown books
18755706New York: Jas. L. Black 1875. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers. Wrapper has been reinforced at its edges with cellophane tape very minor soiling; otherwise fine in a cloth slipcase with chemise. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce in Wrappers. Bruns B137 & V27 [Jas. L. Black] unknown books
184141565London: John Van Voorst 1841. First edition. Title page vignette. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green silk grain cloth with printed label on upper cover. Inscribed on the half-title "With the author's best regards to Josiah Parkes Esqr." Shaken spine perished and crudely repaired with cellotape. First edition. Title page vignette. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the Author Litchfield Copy. Includes 23 German recipes for cooking fresh-water fish. Book plate of Edward Sands Litchfield and letter laid in to him from a friend on the occasion of him being given the book 1966. Autograph verse on free front endpaper:<br/><br/><br/><br/>"If your dear fishes belies<br/><br/>Suffer cramps and creeps and colitees<br/><br/>Just take this tome of ancient lore<br/><br/>To ease your mind of baneful chore" 1961. Westwood & Satchell p. 333 John Van Voorst unknown books
1990257515South Hamilton Mass.; Lyme N.H.: GSJ Press 1990. 2 vols. 4to. Red cloth titled in gilt pictorial endsheets. Fine in natural linen slipcase. 2 vols. 4to. GSJ Press unknown books
1835255473London: William Pickering 1835. First edition. Illustrated. vii 255 40 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Full modern morocco. First edition. Illustrated. vii 255 40 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. More "the result of paste and scissors" Westwood & Satchell than a coherent text but redeemed by a bibliography of angling books contributed by Pickering. Westwood & Satchell P. 19-20; Keynes William Pickering p. 54 William Pickering unknown books
