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83235SPORTS - BASEBALL. SPALDING'S "HOW TO BAT LIKE THE BIG LEAGUERS" FOLDING POSTER 16 1/2" SQUARE. n.p. A. G. Spalding & Brothers n.d. ca. late 1930's. Poster printed on one side 12 b/w photographs illustrating batting pointers with famous big league batters. Red Rolfe is in his New York Yankees uniform; probably dates to the late '30's. Poster graphics printed in red and black. Designed to accompany the 16mm Spalding film of the same name. Bottom of poster has "Tear out and post for study by players." Small 1/4 inch closed tear to one crease at edge else fine. unknown books
1920231791A.G. Spalding & Bros 1920. Illustrated; 104 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown printed wrappers with brass fasteners edges chipped; very good. Illustrated; 104 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Spalding's 1920 wholesale price list for dealers fully illustrated. Price. A.G. Spalding & Bros unknown books
1888311326Salt Lake City UT: Tribune Print 1888. 4pp. on one oblong folding sheet printed in blue and gold illustrated with a vignette of two oarsmen "Whitecar sculpt.". 5 x 8 inches. Minor wear. 4pp. on one oblong folding sheet printed in blue and gold illustrated with a vignette of two oarsmen "Whitecar sculpt.". 5 x 8 inches. NO COPY IN OCLC ROWING ON SALT LAKE. Printed program in blue and gold for the first rowing regatta held on the Great Salt Lake sponsored by the local Elks Lodge and organized by the Mississippi Valley Amateur Rowing Association. The 5 participating clubs came from Chicago St. Louis Moline and Grand Rapids. The saline water proved to be "the fastest in America for shell racing" and a new speed record was set by the St. Louis club Outing Magazine June 1889.<br/>Races in Senior Single Sculls Senior Double Sculls and Senior Four-Oared Shells. Clubs include O-Wash-ta-Nong of Grand Rapids Sylvan of Moline Farragut of Chicago Modoc of St. Louis Delaware of Chicago. No copy in OCLC Tribune Print unknown books
188632837New York: Privately Printed 1886. One of 25 copies. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed paper wrappers lacking rear cover disbound; with the NY Public Library stamp on front cover and title page. One of 25 copies. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. RARE. Bruns F-112 not seen but cited by him as seen by Wetzel; Wetzel p. 140 Privately Printed unknown books
1858259572Edinburgh: Privately Printed for Members of the Club 1858. First edition. 15 steel-engraved vignettes by William Forrest from drawings by George Simson R. Caunter W. Forrest A. Perigal and D. Simson. xv 88 pp. Printed by Neill & Company. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full green polished calf gilt a.e.g. by Seton & MacKenzie. First edition. 15 steel-engraved vignettes by William Forrest from drawings by George Simson R. Caunter W. Forrest A. Perigal and D. Simson. xv 88 pp. Printed by Neill & Company. 1 vols. 4to. Westwood & Satchell pp. 83-84 Privately Printed for Members of the Club unknown books
1839240323Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1839. First edition a large-paper copy. xv 216 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. Contemporary cloth with blindstamped floral design printed paper label on spine slight wear to covers but a VG uncut copy some pages loosened. Bookplate of W. Keith Rollo. First edition a large-paper copy. xv 216 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 22 x 14 cm. Dividing his work into the categories of Angling National Patriotic and Miscellaneous the poet author of several angling texts lays greatest emphasis on the first. "The angling songs are fifty-seven in number and some of them of great merit" -Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 203 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
19953830NY: Norton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0393034461 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Norton hardcover books
1955233936New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1928242434New York: Derrydale Press 1928. First edition no. 10 of 375 copies. Hand-colored frontispiece tipped in as issued of cougar. 41 3 3 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray paper with ivory printed paper label and lettering-piece. Fine copy. Bookplate of Alexander R.B. Drysdale with his signature. Half brown morocco drop box with gilt Derrydale logo on spine and in brown morocco inset on upper cover. First edition no. 10 of 375 copies. Hand-colored frontispiece tipped in as issued of cougar. 41 3 3 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A fine extract from a brief and now rare early sporting journal which contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Siegel 18; Frazier D-6-a Derrydale Press unknown books
198112395New York: Oxford University Press 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near Fine. 268 pp illustrated with color and b/w photographs.Slight softening to spine ends else a fine copy. Briefly inscribed and signed by Messner beneath the epigraph. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has just a touch of wear at the corners. Describes Messner's successful solo ascent of the Diamir Flank after three failed attempts on the mountain one of which killed his brother. Also includes a history of expeditions to and successful ascents of Nanga Parbat. Neat M91. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1866314319Philadelphia 1866. Broadside. Illus. 12 x 6-1/2. About fine. Broadside. Illus. 12 x 6-1/2 unknown books
198237826n.p.:: EP Publishing Limited. Near Fine. 1982. Paperback. 0715807951 . First paperback edition. Previous owner's name on half-title page else near fine in pictorial wraps. . EP Publishing Limited, paperback books
1929240506N.p.: Printed for Private Distribution 1929. Illustrated with 6 drawings. 1 vols. 16mo. Original green cloth gilt fine. Illustrated with 6 drawings. 1 vols. 16mo. Rare. An entertaining Christmas keepsake including accounts of trout fishing partridge shooting and goose shooting on Shinnecock Bay otter trapping deer hunting in Georgia and more. Rare. Bruns W108 "Not seen"; Heller 1:654 Printed for Private Distribution unknown books
200634062NY: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0375830758 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Random House hardcover books
1988228928Chiloquin Oregon: Privately Printed 1988. First edition Number 27 of 110 copies signed. Frontispiece. 105 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown calf and cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton. First edition Number 27 of 110 copies signed. Frontispiece. 105 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Book design and art by Paul Pursell who is not given credit in this limited edition the first but is on title page of trade edition.<br/><br/>Handsome copy of a notable modern book sigend by the author; and with an autograph note signed from the designer to collector Jeffrey Norton. Privately Printed unknown books
1998228842New York: The Lyons Press 1998. First edition number 13 of 36 copies signed by the author and the publisher Nick Lyons. 150 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth leather label. In slipcase. Very fine. First edition number 13 of 36 copies signed by the author and the publisher Nick Lyons. 150 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ONE OF 36. Signed by the author before his death in 1996 and with a T.L.S. from Mele to Lyons laid in at back. <br/><br/>First published in 1988 as Small in the Eye of the River in an edition of 110 copies this beautifully produced memorial edition includes three additional essays and an appreciation of Mele by Tony Bonavist. The Lyons Press unknown books
1972200059Philadelphia: Lippincott 1972. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 93pp. 8vo pictorial boards. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1972. Very good<br/><br/> Lippincott unknown books
1903251300London: Longmans Green 1903. First edition. Title page vignette and 20 full page color plates by the author. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original colored pictorial cloth. Rebacked preserving original spine. First edition. Title page vignette and 20 full page color plates by the author. 1 vols. Large 4to. A delightful alphabet consisting of amusing illustrations partnered with Irish-patois verses bedraggled hunters going home in a downpour: "J is Jog Home / A dhry misht from the say / Very often comes on / Just to soften the way!" by the Somervill half of the great Irish writing team.<br/><br/>Uncommon. Hudson p. 70; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 338 Longmans, Green unknown books
1981249304Clinton New Jersey: Amwell Press 1981. First Edition Number 640 of 1000 copiessigned by Batten Allen and Jim Rikhoff. A High Country Heritage book. Color frontispiece by Carl Rungius. Color line drawings by Gordon Allen Jr. and with a special forty page photographic section from the author"s private collection. xiii i 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue leather a.e.g. Fine in slipcase. Allen Gordon Jr. First Edition Number 640 of 1000 copiessigned by Batten Allen and Jim Rikhoff. A High Country Heritage book. Color frontispiece by Carl Rungius. Color line drawings by Gordon Allen Jr. and with a special forty page photographic section from the author"s private collection. xiii i 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Amwell Press unknown books
1910309912New Haven: Skull and Bones 1910. 18 silver print photographs including all 15 members all but one signed two black attendant and the Skull and Bones. Bound in publisher's morocco all edges silver. Name "Edward H. Coy" on upper cover and "#22" on lower cover. "Club of 1910" on the spine. 18 silver print photographs including all 15 members all but one signed two black attendant and the Skull and Bones. SKULL AND BONES 1910. Edward Harris "Ted" Coy 1888 - 1935 was one of Yale's greatest football player and then coach. Coy was selected as a first-team All-American three straight years from 1907 to 1909 and was later selected as the fullback on Walter Camp's All-Time All-America team. He also served as Yale's head football coach in 1910 for only one year and only a year after graduation. In 1951 Coy was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class. <br/><br/>Each Spring in their Junior year 15 men are chosen to be initiated as members.<br/><br/>His photo appears first opposite one of 1910 President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York The last one is Albert DeSilver 1910 co-founder American Civil Liberties Union. Also signed photos of Stephen Philbin 1910 All-American football player lawyer & Robert Alphonso Taft 1910 US Senator from Ohio. Skull and Bones unknown books
1937249515New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. One of 950 copies. With 275 illustrations by Jacques Charmoz Carl von Diebitsch W. Russell Flint Edwin Henel Max Martens A. Sheldon Pennoyer Toni Schoenecker Dwight Shepler Frederick B. Taylor etchings by Wayne Davis and from photographs. xxiv 328 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth t.e.g. Fine in original printed dust jacket spine panel toned some minor chipping at margins short split along one fold. One of 950 copies. With 275 illustrations by Jacques Charmoz Carl von Diebitsch W. Russell Flint Edwin Henel Max Martens A. Sheldon Pennoyer Toni Schoenecker Dwight Shepler Frederick B. Taylor etchings by Wayne Davis and from photographs. xxiv 328 pp. 1 vols. Folio. In Dust Jacket. An authoritative compilation of words and pictures and an imposing attractive volume. <br/><br/>Rare in the dust jacket. Siegel 124; Frazier P-3-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
182031662London: William Daniell 1820. From Drawings Made by the Late Mr. Samuel Daniell. 40 of 48 plates of soft-ground etching. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Blue buckram black spine label some discoloration; foxing to a few plates mostly marginal heavy to plate 48 slight waterstaining to lower outside corners. From Drawings Made by the Late Mr. Samuel Daniell. 40 of 48 plates of soft-ground etching. 1 vols. Oblong folio. 40 Plates of Southern Africa 1820. William Daniell in his preface states with regard to his brother Samuel's drawings "He was indefatigable in the pursuit of the various subjects he has delineated; and it was his constant care to see the animals alive that he might make himself master of their actions and habits. To the knowledge acquired in this way he added all that could be obtained.by conversation with the peasants and natives." The letterpress descriptions accompanying the plates were the work of Dr. Somerville and John Barrow.<br/><br/>"A most beautiful and sensitive work." Abbey. Abbey Travel I 326; Mendelssohn Vol. I pp. 412-13 William Daniell unknown books
1796310532London: printed for J. Bell Oxford-street 1796. First edition. xii 285 1pp. 8vo. Half nineteenth century calf. Text toned. Bookplate of Sir John Smith Bart. First edition. xii 285 1pp. 8vo. Pye 1744-1814 was Poet Laureate from 1790 -1814 and is considered with Alfred Austin as one of the worst versifiers to hold that title. This collection of sketches has chapters on gaming archery avarice etc. ESTC T107765 BL Bodleian Folger Kansas State Queen's College U of Chicago Yale printed for J. Bell, Oxford-street unknown books
33051N.p. n.d. Engraved title and 96 full page humorous engraved plates with captions. 1 vols. 8vo. Full tree calf a.e.g. rebacked; some cover wear plates fine. From the library of sportsman and collector Robert Winthrop with his amorial bookplate on front pastedown. Engraved title and 96 full page humorous engraved plates with captions. 1 vols. 8vo. 96 Humorous Engravings by Seymour. An amusing collection concerning the angling shooting riding and social misadventures of a varied series of hapless individuals by an illustrator of Dickens. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 323 for original edition in 5 vols. unknown books
1907313787N.p. Minneapolis 1907. Illustrated with 12 plates from photographs. Unpaginated 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers title page verso with repair at spine new blank lower wrapper. Morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Illustrated with 12 plates from photographs. Unpaginated 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Privately printed account of a Texas hunt in late December 1906 and early January 1907 out of Houston organized by oilman John S. Bonner dedicatee of the book; J.D. Fry B. & O. railroad; J.C. Weaver Dallas engineer & "machinery man"; J.F. McDonough Murray Manufacturing Dallas; R.H. Nevitt trusted lieutenant of McDonough. The guest Platt B. Walker was a Minneapolis lumberman and businessman. The party travelled by rail from Houston to Victoria and thence by wagon and pony towards the coast to the lands of the "Rathbone Sporting Club". This was the fourth annual outing of the club formed by Capt. Harry Rathbone Bonner Weaver Fry and friends including Henry Crawford and Billy Lanier who were already at the tent camp. They hunted deer prairie chicken duck and geese with incidental forays after squirrel and fishing for crab for the pot.<br/>The seventh member of the club Joe Johnson southwestern representative of Westinghouse joined the party for a time. They met with rancher T.P. Traynor and one of the duck shoots occurred at his pond; the goose hunt took place at Green Lake.<br/>Lanier was official toddy maker and all told stories of alligators stampedes and other matters.Weaver was official photographer and one of the plates captures the author Walker among the camp tents with Spanish moss hanging in heavy clusters from the trees. The narrative is clearly written and engaging.<br/>RARE. OCLC: 48707632 Yale. Not in Heller unknown books