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19668841Pensacola FL: Sunshine Publishing 1966. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 297 PP. First printing edition in original issue jacket. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. Light rubbing to boards. Jacket a bit scuffed with some minor wear to edges and folds. A scarce book in commerce. Sunshine Publishing hardcover
19752497Unknown: Bruce Christopher 1975. Paperback Original 1st. Original wraps. Good . 4 1/4 X 6 7/8 Inches. 80 PP. Fairly interesting self-promotion from the so-called "greatest hustler to ever stroke a ball." The GodPlayer Christopher tells his story of being a pool hustler. Photographs include Minnesota Fats Willie Mosconi and lots of scantily clad women hanging around the pool table. A few bumps to edges and one 1/4 inch closed tear to rear cover. A few creases. An appealing copy overall. Bruce Christopher unknown
19105689Manchester: Miller & Fazackerley 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 5 5/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 32 PP. "Furness was irrepressible. Even in this age of hyperbole he would have eaten any modern day promoter for breakfast." Denis Fleming author of the The Manchester Fighters<br /> <br /> Scarce original 1910 history of Prize Fighting by boxer turned promoter Harry "Kid" Furness. Original paper wraps bound in. PO note in ink on the title-page. Light wear at edges and a bit of foxing. OCLC locates only "ONE" copy Notre Dame. Miller & Fazackerley hardcover
19691769Macon GA: Southern Press 1969. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 127 PP. Stated "First Edition" copy with the $4.95 price on the front flap. Lengthy inscription from Jones. In part "Thanks for buying my book. This is the last of the first edition. Cordially Your friend and author Jimmy Jones." Noted biography of Macon Georgia boxer "Young" Stribling. Slight scuffing to boards. Light wear to DJ edges. A very nice copy overall. Southern Press hardcover
20083127Nashville TN: The Booksmith Group 2008. Signed Limited Edition. Full leather. Near Fine. 12 X 12 Inches. 160 PP. #942 of 1500 copies signed by Homer Jacobs and Rusty Burson. Book is bound in genuine leather and housed in original issue cloth clamshell box. AEG. Texas A&M print of Kyle Field that is signed by artist Benjamin Knox is still in original shrink. A beautiful book for the Texas A&M fan and/or graduate. Book and case are in AS NEW condition. The Booksmith Group unknown
19841435Atlanta GA: Ringsider Magazine Georgia Championship Wrestling Inc. 1984. First Edition First Printing. Original wraps. Very Good . 8 1/4 X 10 3/4 Inches. 6 PP. Original circa 1984 Georgia wrestling program featuring the National Heavyweight Champion "Super Destroyer" AKA The Spoiler and The Iron Shiek among others. Rare program with Johnny "Wildfire" Rich on the cover. Original price of $1.00 on front. Slight wear to egdes and corners but a clean copy overall. Ringsider Magazine (Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc.) unknown
1989965Jacksonville FL: Original Photographs 1989. Original Photograph. Photograph. Near Fine. 8X10 Inches. Lot of 21 original Jerry McGuffey photographs documenting the late 1980's at the now defunct JAX Raceway. The JAX Raceway complex ran it's 1/2 mile dirt track from 1973 to 2004. These photographs featuring the likes of Floyd Garrett Danny Lee Carl McCormick and Legends Tommy Riggins Kelly American Drivers Champion and 2003 Grand-Am GTX Driving Champ and Jim Britts represent a part of racing history in North Florida that is quite typical of the other NASCAR breeding grounds of the American South. The cars vary from Late Model to Stock but all capture a bit of "life" at the regional race-track in the early years of the late 20th Century NASCAR boom. <br /> <br /> Many of the high-gloss original photographs are marked and/or stamped on front or back by Jerry McGuffey "Wedding Photography" of Jacksonville Florida. Original Photographs unknown
19713958Chicago: Henry Regnery Company 1971. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8 5/8 X 11 1/4 Inches. 106 PP. "A step-by-step guide to hockey by the Chicago Black Hawks' star center. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams" from the front cover. Signed by Mikita directly on the title-page. Price-clipped. Book itself clean and extremely sharp. DJ exhibits a few closed tears at head and foot of spine. Henry Regnery Company hardcover
20056614New York: Harper Collins 2005. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. 370 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $25.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed "Ward - Thank you so much for your graciousness and help. Jeff MacGregor" directly on the title-page. Either signed to Ward Burton of Nascar fame or some other random Ward that helped MacGregor out. While MacGregor makes his living at writing and has worked for everyone from ESPN obviously to The Smithsonian Magazine his "Sunday Money" book documents NASCAR at it's height of commercial success. <br /> <br /> I cannot resist also putting out there that while cataloging this book I discovered that MacGregor was an actor as well. You know the 80's Gods are shining upon you when you find out the author was also "Snotty" from 1987's Spaceballs! Light reading wear to text. DJ has a small closed tear to top edge of rear fold. Harper Collins hardcover
19678831Denver CO: The Denver Rockets 1967. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 4 X 9 Inches. 16 PP. Original 1967-68 press guide to the inaugural season of the ABA Denver Rockets! Original orange stapled wraps. Handwritten ink note inside that Steve Chubin has been traded to Anaheim and that Ron Horn is no longer with team. Other handwritten notes include Willis Thomas "traded to Anaheim" and Gary Keller "traded to Minnesota." A rare ABA media guide from the inaugural season of the American Basketball Association and the Denver Rockets. The Denver Rockets unknown
19634126New York: The Ronald Press Company 1963. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 416 PP. Original aqua colored cloth binding with silver title to front panel. First printing copy with no additional dates on copyright page. Original price of $5.75 intact on front flap. Signed by both authors on the FFEP. Excellent coverage of the great College Football Bowl games from 1902 to 1963. Russell is well-known as a member of the Sportswriters Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. He was the most well-known sports writer in all of TN for much of the 20th Century. Leonard was a contributor to the Saturday Evening Post and Sports Illustrated. Both men were long-time writers at The Nashville Banner. Hint of wear to DJ edges and folds. A few spots to fore-edge. An exceptional copy overall. The Ronald Press Company hardcover
19688944Miami FL: The Miami Floridians 1968. First Edition. Original wraps. Near Fine. 5 X 8 Inches. 12 PP. Original 1968 press guide to the short-lived "Miami Floridians" basketball team in the short lived NBA rival association the American Basketball Association ABA. This was the first year the Floridians played in the league having just rebranded from the Minnesota Muskies. Original stapled binding clean and tight. The Miami Floridians unknown
20046428Boise ID: Archives of American Falconry 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 79 15 PP. Originally produced in a limited edition of 625 copies this particular one part of the publisher unnumbered volumes. Clean copy with all illustrations intact at rear. Archives of American Falconry hardcover
19927751New York: Simon and Schuster 1992. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 333 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.00 intact on front flap. Some wear to spine and gutters. Jacket rubbed and worn at spine ends. Simon and Schuster hardcover
19678945Oakland CA: Cardinal Company 1967. First Edition. Original wraps. Near Fine. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 40 PP. The California Golden Seals were a National Hockey League team from 1967 to 1976. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion. Initially named the California Seals the team was renamed the Oakland Seals during the 1967-68 season and then the Bay Area Seals in 1970 before becoming the California Golden Seals the same year. Includes team directory stadium information roster and schedule. A rare piece of NHL history. Accompanied by an original "Seals" souvenir price list. Cardinal Company unknown
183925746Bridlington Yorkshire: Robert Johnson Printer Binder and Stationer 1839. Woodcut of horse and handler at top of page image torn. 1 vols. 8 1/4 x 13 inches. Broadside. Some folds marginal tears loss in upper margin affecting woodcut creases in upper portion else very good. Woodcut of horse and handler at top of page image torn. 1 vols. 8 1/4 x 13 inches. The poster lists the blood lines of "Tiger" who was "bred by Captain Mathers of Masham he was got by Lion dam by Comus the dam of Virgil and Hackfall grandam Delpini great grandam Miss Muston by King Fergus her dam Columbine by Espersykes Barbraham Blank Lonsdale Arabian Cyprus Arabian Crab's dam by Basto &c". Robert Johnson, Printer, Binder and Stationer unknown
305290Vintage. 10 x 8 inches. Fine. Vintage. 10 x 8 inches. Signed on the back "Property of John J. Kerwin Jr" who had founded the Hermosa Beach Surfing Club in 1934 and was the older brother of famous surfer Ted Kerwin. unknown
1975307782San Onofre California 1975. Fine. Bruce Brown born December 1 1937 an American documentary film director known as an early pioneer of the surf film. unknown
245898vp vd. 8vo. FINE. 8vo. 1. Surfing in Ancient Hawaii. By Ben R. Finney. Offprint from Journal of Polynesian Society. Extract from Vol 68 No. 4 December 1959. Wellington NZ<br /> 2.Bulletin de la Societe des Etude Océaniennes. Nos. 127 & 128<br /> 3. Surfboarding in Ocerania: Its Pre-European Distribution<br /> 4. The Surfing Community: Contrasting Values.By Ben Finney. 4pp. unknown
1973245899Santa Cruz 1973. 1 pp. On "Olympic Club" San Francisco stationery. Fine. 1 pp. On "Olympic Club" San Francisco stationery. Reid with Tom Blake was the first to surf Malibu in 1926. Here he writes to Tom Zahn also a surfing pioneer and one of Blake's early disciples. Zahn was born and raised in Santa Monica where he lived most of his life and where he was known as a legendary surfer paddle-board champion and longtime captain of the Baywatch lifeguard unit. <br /> Reid makes mention of the Carmel Hotel changes in Santa Monica his "grim grim winter" which included his house being broken into a lot of rain and a run of murders committed by "one man 25 and an LSD addict whom it turned out lived just a block from my quiet little place on Beach Hill by the sea" this would have been Herbert Mullin. In closing he notes that he was "frightened at the new high rises on Adelaide Drive at what used to be Inspiration Point" in Santa Monica-- "such bad taste to ruin what had been a beauty spot! unknown
1967245897City of Huntington Beach 1967. Official Program. Illustrated. 20 pp. 4to. Fine. Official Program. Illustrated. 20 pp. 4to. RARE. unknown
1898262275London: Rowland Ward 1898. First edition. With numerous illustrations. xii 125 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later half black calf and cloth. Bookplate. Fine. First edition. With numerous illustrations. xii 125 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 256; Bruns W33; Callahan p. xx; Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 289; Heller 2:867 Rowland Ward unknown
1870315110New York: George Blackie & Co 1870. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Publishers pink pictorial wrappers. Woodcut illustrations throughout. 12mo. Includes marked playing cards gambling and magic books magic tricks novelties and all sorts of curiosities and miscellany such as "False Moustaches that cannot be detected when worn" offered by New York wholesale agents George Blackie & Co. George Blackie & Co unknown
181211727London: Printed for J. Walker 1812. Fourth edition. 7 copper-engraved plates of traps their construction and use. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern quarter calf and boards new endpapers. Fourth edition. 7 copper-engraved plates of traps their construction and use. 1 vols. 12mo. A curious and unusual subject written by the "Late Rat-Catcher to the Princess Amelia". Printed for J. Walker unknown
2001246035Privately printed at the Paraclete Press Orleans Massachusetts 2001. First edition One of 212 copies signed by the author and artist on an inserted limitation leaf. Color frontispiece of the Upper Falls after Peter Corbin numerous illustrations. xvii 198 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt. As new. First edition One of 212 copies signed by the author and artist on an inserted limitation leaf. Color frontispiece of the Upper Falls after Peter Corbin numerous illustrations. xvii 198 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The One Hundred Year History of the Tuscarora Club on the Millbrook near Margaretsville in the Catskills of Delaware County New York. Privately printed at the Paraclete Press, Orleans, Massachusetts] unknown
