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1922014067George H. Doran 1922. Book. Illus. by Robinson Gordon. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition Doran 1922. Fine hardcover in a very good plus Brodart protected dust jacket. Pictorial paste-on to front cover in fine condition. Binding firm and square. Interior clean no writings. The adventures told in verse of a terrier named Tim with cats bears and other animals. 6 great color plates line illustrations on text pages and pictorial endpapers. . George H. Doran Hardcover
19519721New York: Al Munro Elias Baseball Bureau Inc 1951. Twenty-Sixth Annual Edition. Very good . 8vo. Maroon cloth covers lettered in gold and Stamped: Compliments of National and American Leagues of Baseball with Hal Schumacher's name in caps at he center of the front cover in gilt. -- Little of the gilt worn off to the title on the front cover. Very minor edgewear to the extremities. A couple tiny ink spots to both sides of the spine. -- Overall a clean tight sound copy. Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "Prince Hal" during his career he played Major League Baseball as a pitcher for thirteen seasons 1931 to 1942 1946 with the New York Giants. He was selected to National League All-Star teams 1933 and 1935 played in three World Series 1933 against the Washington Senators 1936 and 1937 both against the New York Yankees and won 23 games in 1934. His career record was 158 wins 121 losses 906 strikeouts and a career 3.36 earned run average. Al Munro Elias Baseball Bureau, Inc hardcover
1958020655New York: Al Munro Elias Baseball Bureau Inc. 1958. This is a HARDCOVER presentation copy from Major League Baseball to legendary sportscaster Bob Wolff with his name and "Compliments of National and American Leagues of Baseball" imprinted in gold on the front cover. Not signed by anyone but a presenation copy from Major League Baseball to Wolff as indicated by the cover imprint. Wolff was the radio and TV voice of the Washington Senators from 1947 to 1960 and then for the Minnesota Twins when the team was renamed and relocated in 1961. He then joined NBC as the play-by-play man on the TV Baseball Game-of-the-Week in 1962. Wolff was selected to be a World Series broadcaster in 1956 and that year called Don Larsen's perfect game across the country on the Mutual Broadcast System and around the world on Armed Forces radio. He also was on NBC Radio for the 1958 and 1961 World Series. It was Wolff who called Jackie Robinson's last major league hit which won game six of the World Series in 1956. Wolff was also the TV voice of the New York Knicks' championships in 1970 and 1973. Bob Wolff is the longest running broadcaster in television and radio history. He and Curt Gowdy are the only two broadcasters to be honored by both the Baseball and Basketball Halls of Fame. Very Good condition. 1958. 33th Annual Edition. Stats galore. Well illustrated with old equipment ads and photos of Ted Williams Hank Aaron Stan Musial Mickey Mantle Johnny Podres Warren Spahn and many more. This special presentation copy is bound by the publisher in gilt-stamped maroon cloth. Bound-in are the original pictorial covers from the softcover trade edition. 5.5" wide by 8.25" tall. Not signed. 33th Annual Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. x 164pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Al Munro Elias Baseball Bureau, Inc. Hardcover
192759005683NY: American Sports Publishing 1927. Bound in red wraps stamped in black and white. An early edition of this rather scarce baseball magazine. 124 pp. ads. Part of the Spalding's Athletic Library. In well above average condition. Full page picture of Babe Ruth on p. 116. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. American Sports Publishing Paperback
1924000008Aberdeen University Press: Aberdeen Natural History and Antiquarian Society 1924 with an introduction by Professor J Arthur Thomson 4to xvi56xvii plates with captioned tissue guards quarter-cloth over papered boards in original dustwrapper with photograph of a salmon on upper panel DUSTWRAPPER; worn to corners and spine ends with minor chipping and small tears some light soiling and faint remains of a title that has been written on the blank spine of the wrapper dustwrapper is fully intact apart fom the very minor corner chipping Minor soiling on reverse of dw from the mottled spine cloth. BOARDS; quarter brown cloth over buff papered boards titled in brown on upper panel Corners lightly bumped the edges of the boards have been lightly worn away probably by silverfish the cloth of the upper board is mottled but dry On the lower panel the paper has been worn away somewhat at the bottom edge near the spine cloth Spine is titled in black INSCRIPTIONS; front pastedown has ink inscription Wm Cobeldick F R G S Govt Acclimatization Ranger Curator for Tourist Dept Rotorua 1925 page 1 of text has this repeated PLATES; the plates at the rear are slightly warped by once having been in a damp environment but are not watermarked in any way CONTENTS; Salmon Industry in Britain/Salmon scalescolouration/Life of salmon migration/spawning/parr/smolt/sea-life of salmon/wye salmon/grilse/races of salmon/parasites/management of rivers OVERALL a tidy copy in the original dustwrapper William Cobeldick was a Ranger in the Rotorua area and one of the last to have sighted Huia he also seems to have been embroiled in a bigamy trial when his estranged wife married a younger man. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Aberdeen Natural History and Antiquarian Society hardcover
1914301017London: Kegan Paul 1914. With 36 colored plates after the original illustrations by Henry Alken. 401 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco and cloth spine gilt t.e.g. Near fine front joint a little rubbed. With 36 colored plates after the original illustrations by Henry Alken. 401 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsome standard edition of this classic sporting work with the small engraved card of Prince Dimitri de Russie 1901-1980 nephew of tsar Nicholas II and his handwritten birthday wishes "Many happy returns of the day and best wishes Dimitri" with a flourish. Tooley 65 1st edition 1842; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 18 Kegan Paul unknown
1949063164Los Angeles CA: Floyd Clymer 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth-effect boards lettered in olive. Mildly tanned text block edges flyleaves showing partial tanning and a tape ghost from old mylar otherwise as issued appears unread. Blue illus. dust jacket shows minor chipping along front panel edges and shallow loss along bottom front flap edge very minor shelf wear now in mylar. Scarce. Floyd Clymer Hardcover
23431Ward and Lock London 1861. First edition. Frontispiece title vignette and plates. 8vo 7 1/2 x 5 inches 112-pages original red grained cloth pictorially blocked in gilt. Armorial bookplate of Daniel Cooper on front pastedown. A very good copy. Ward and Lock, London, 1861. hardcover
18685221London: Longman Green. Good with no dust jacket. 1868. Original Cloth. new ep's maroon tape over spine. Gilt on cover very nice. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR dated 1868. ; Signed by Inscribed By the Author . Longman, Green... hardcover
29609LONDON ROUTLEDGE 1870. FIFTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED. WITH FULL COLOUR PLATES BY ALKEN AND RAWLINGS. RECENT HALF LEATHER BINDING RAISED BANDS NEW ENDPAPERS RED AND GILT LABEL. FINE BINDING. SOME MINOR WATER MARKS TO THE EDGE OF SOME PLATES. VERY GOOD. LONDON, ROUTLEDGE, 1870 hardcover
1903010095New York: D. Appleton & Company 1903. Inner hinges are sound. Occasional foxing to text pages. Printed paper spine label is a bit soiled. Light fraying at spine ends. Illustrated by Henry Alken with 36 full-color plates that are entirely free of foxing. All plates are clean and bright having been printed on a different paper than the text. Reprint of this famous book of hounds and fox-hunting first published by Rudolph Ackerman in England in 1842. As with all books written by Charles James Apperley 1778-1843 The Life of a Sportsman was published under the nom-de-plume "Nimrod." According to Higginson p.52 Apperley was "unquestionably the greatest hunting correspondent of all time." Hand N87. See Higginson/Smith 400. See Hardie 186. Top edge gilt. Original maroon cloth. "New Edition". Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Alken Henry . 12mo. 396pp . D. Appleton & Company Hardcover
191976550London: Vinton & Company. Written By His Sister Mary E Richardson: This is a Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue coloured cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover with further gilt embossed design to upper cover.There is some evidence of previous mottled stain bleaching to the outer edges of the upper cover and with some smaller marks to the rear cover.One plate looks to have been removed from the front endpaper.Top edge of the book is in gilt with other page edges untrimmed.Comprehensive work with over 100 illustrations and plates.This copy is a rare signed and has been inscribed by the Author and reads. '' RSV Swinley her name written above by the Author of this book ----- by request Nov 1919 Mary E. Richardson '' with name of Casper Swinley present on same page.The binding remains firm with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.Internal text block is pleasantly clean and fresh and all the plates are in excellent order.There are over 100 full page plates.A comprehensive work on John Maunsell Richardson Known to his friends as ''The Cat'' he was a cricketer who played First Class Cricket for Cambridge UniversityA Steeplechase Jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870's and a Member of Parliament He was educated at Harrow and Cambridge University.A Rare SIGNED title by his sister Mary E. RichardsonLarge 4to 282pp First Edition 1919 . Good . Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1919. Vinton & Company hardcover
1811313460Trenton: Published by D. Fenton 1811. First edition. 226 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Late nineteenth century half morocco. Title page toned Life in title overwritten in ink; occasional soiling and foxing. Very good. First edition. 226 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Remarkable picaresque history with many travels through the South between 1800 and 1808. Born in Germany in 1781 Oehler claimed he arrived in Baltimore in 1800 as a bound tailor; escaped to become a dancing master in Alexandria and then a fencing master in Port Tobacco Maryland; then went to Santo Domingo where he says he served with Toussaint; Egypt; China; Charleston South Carolina in 1802; then Columbia Augusta and Nashville. In 1805 and 1806 he experimented with ballooning in Nashville and Natchez an ad in a Natchez newspaper for 1806 corroborates this part of the sometimes incredible tale. In New Orleans he claims to have learned "Legerdemain" by which he paid his debts but which got him thrown in jail in Mexico. He gives a long account of his sojourn in and out of jail in Mexico. Returning to the U.S. he made two trading expeditions to the west of the Mississippi one to Natchitoches in 1807. He returned overland to Georgia in 1808 and later settled in New Jersey. Felcone records two issues printed in 1811 the other issue published by the Author. Felcone 1188; Howes O25; Shaw & Shoemaker 51124; Kaplan 4310; Sabin 56732; Clark II:110; Toole Stott 869 "First known autobiography of a performer of magic in America" Published by D. Fenton unknown
19958196Klamath Falls: Cole Dynamics and Company 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Special printing of 1000 copies. -- Size: Quarto. 94 pages. Black wraps with title & illustration of an appaloosa horse in gilt. Many black and white photos maps tables of foundation horses advertisers. Cover Art by John L. Baker. -- Signed by Charles Cole with an inscription to Jenna. -- Minor edge wear to the covers else very good condition. "Evidence points to the fact that the true Appaloosa of the 20th century is the current expression of the spotted horse that appears throughout art and history. This history also points to the long relationship of the appaloosa and the Spotline Arabian horse. Therefore we have addressed certain aspects of this relationship and the similarities they share. Many of the early foundation breeders were aware of these this and some may be surprised at the number of Foundation horses that were actually Appaloosas."-preface. Cole Dynamics and Company paperback
2008025504Self Published 2008. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. 608 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Loose addendum enclosed. . SIGNED. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Self Published Hardcover
189458126New York: Field and Stream Publishing Co. 318 Broadway 1894. First edition. Illustrated. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial printed wrappers spine and covers repaired else fine. First edition. Illustrated. 66 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare because of its fragility" Bruns. Bruns M98 Field and Stream Publishing Co., 318 Broadway unknown
189658125New York: Field and Stream Publishing Co. 318 Broadway 1896. Second edition. Illustrated. 57 pp. with a small broadsheet tipped in advertising Chamber's Book "The Ouananiche and its Canadian Environment.". 1 vols. 12mo. Printed pictorial wrappers. Very good. Second edition. Illustrated. 57 pp. with a small broadsheet tipped in advertising Chamber's Book "The Ouananiche and its Canadian Environment.". 1 vols. 12mo. Rare because of its fragility" Bruns. Bruns M98 Field and Stream Publishing Co., 318 Broadway unknown
1995154a5280Toronto: Stoddart Publishing 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 207 pages. Includes black and white photographs. On February 14 1927 Conn Smythe led a group of investors to purchase the National Hockey League's struggling St. Patricks franchise. The new team would be called the Toronto Maple Leafs and over the next seven decades the Leafs would delight their fans with countless displays of the sort of hockey excellence that wins eleven league championships. Author has mined the rich past of one of the NHL's most interesting and colourful clubs. The result is a glorious tribute to Maple Leaf history. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper else clean bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket protected by clear archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Stoddart Publishing Hardcover
1958237062N.p.: Commonwealth Press-New England Offset Co. Inc 1958. First edition no. 29 of 150 copies signed by the authors additionally inscribed to member Clifford H. Byrnes. Illustrated with full color frontispiece by Ripley and other drawings by him photos. 63 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth with maps as endpapers. With Club blind stamp on title page as issued. About fine. Ripley A. Lassell. First edition no. 29 of 150 copies signed by the authors additionally inscribed to member Clifford H. Byrnes. Illustrated with full color frontispiece by Ripley and other drawings by him photos. 63 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The history of this private fishing club in Uxbridge Mass. with membership lists and fine illustrations by Ripley a member from 1944 on. Heller 1:740 "Rare"; not in Bruns or Thacher Commonwealth Press-New England Offset Co. Inc unknown
19472082402113509975Mainichishinbunsha 1947. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Mainichishinbunsha paperback
195937540Chatto & Windus 1959. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and plates neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter with small loss at rear panel and two short closed tears. The story of the ill-fated 1957 expedition on Haramosh in the Karakorum. SCARCE. Neate 58. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
19849477Place of publication not identified: Lasma Corp 1984. Edition Not Stated. Fine. Includes folio size catalog bound in white cloth with color illustrations Oblong octavo size catalog bound in stiff wrappers with color illustrations. Also a copy of the "Lasma Chronicle Vol. 1 No. 4. All three items laid in a White Box with Gilt Title "The Lasma Sale. -- The box has damage to the bottom corners which are scotch taped. -- Condition of the three aforementioned items inside the box Is. "The Lasma Invitational is the gathering of six breeding farms top production. Consignors invited to participate are Aries Arabians Inc. Ginger Blue Farms and Crown point Arabians Hickory Lane Farms Klee Arabians Olympia Farms and and Vanier."-lasma chronicle. -- Beautifiul large color photos plus pedigrees and farm information. Great for a research tool and historical records of some of the most famous Polish and Russian Arabian horses. The color photography is awesome. Lasma Corp unknown
1983013457Johannesburg: Ravan Press 1983. The original 1983 First Edition. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards tanning to pages signs of storage and no bumping to corners. 278pp. The history of the Pedi less well known but of similar imprtance to the Zulus according Transvaal Africans who were also bludgeoned into submission by the British in the 1870s. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Ravan Press Paperback
1915013937Harper & Brothers 1915. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Harper & Brothers 1915. Near fine blue hardcover. No writings. Slight shelf slant. . Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1886749396.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback