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1953105080<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Slight edgewear covers bright and clean but some separation of cover from text body normal browning and aging; otherwise very good. Rocky Marciano who recently won the heavyweight crown is named fighter of the year. A few articles report on his ring performances. Other articles report on important fights in 1952. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1949105081<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Archival tape repair to top cover some spine and edgewear some margin tears normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. A feature article names Ike Williams as fighter of the year and Marcel Cerdan victory over Tong Zale is named fight of the year. Also another article names Rocky Castellani as rookie of the year. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1947105005<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Spine and edges with a few chips and tears contents browned and aged; otherwise good. This is a really great issue of Ring. The covers shows Zale knocking out Graziano for the middleweight crown in the first of three brutal fights. The issue is filled with pictures and short descriptions of some of the best fighter of the 1940s including Joe Louis Tippy Larkin Marcel Cerdan Willie Pep Ezzard Charles Sugar Ray Robinson Freddie Mills and Jake LaMotta. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1952105008<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers bright only a little darkening on back cover less aging and brown than usual; very good plus. Great issue that includes coverage of the Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Maxim light heavyweight title match. While ahead on points Robinson was felled by the heat and couldn't answer the bell in the 15th round. There is also an article on up and coming heavyweight Rocky Marciano after he defeated Joe Louis. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1956105076<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Spine small split on bottom slight darkening to covers but still bright and clean normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. This issue contains a feature article on the rumored fixed fight between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard. Many years after the fight Jonson claims he took a dive against Willard and this has been debated for decades. The issue also contains an article on newly elected boxing hall if famers. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105086<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Archival tape repair to spine some minor edgewear covers generally bright and clean letter A on front cover normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. This issue includes a feature article on how former champ Jack Dempsey feels about current heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. This issue also incudes an article on the Basilio – Saxton fight and a tribute to Sam Langford the legendary "Negro" fighter from the early days of the 20th century. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105085<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Old tape repairs to spine some edgewear and a few chips normal aging and browning; otherwise good. This issue includes a feature article on Floyd Patterson’s rise through the heavyweight ranks and his recent win over Hurricane Jackson. Another article covers the upcoming middleweight bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Fullmer.</p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105070<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Slight darkening to covers but are bright and clean normal aging and browning; otherwise very good plus. This issue includes an article on the film "The Harder They Fall" which is loosely based on the career of Primo Carnera. There are also a couple articles on corruption in boxing and another on boxing on TV. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1950105010<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers bright slight spine chip and a little edge foxing but still in really nice condition less usual aging and browning; very good plus. Veteran heavyweight Lee Savold is featured on the cover. He fought losing fights against Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano widely accepted as the best from that era. There is coverage of Jake LaMotta's winning middleweight title fight over Tiberio Mitri. Another article covers Sugar Ray Robinson's problems with the New York Boxing Commission. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1956105078<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Spine partially split some minor edgewear normal aging and browning otherwise very good. Includes a feature article on sports greats Marciano and DiMaggio which suggests they are the top Italian- American sports’ figures. Other articles report on Mexican Fighters and rookie of the year Bobby Murphy. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1956105077<p>4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 66 pp. Contents complete but missing back cover tape repairs to spine some margin tears minor edgewear normal aging and browning; otherwise good. The main feature article is about the retirement of heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano. Marciano is the only heavyweight champ that retired undefeated and never lost a professional fight. Other articles cover Marciano’s career. Anither article reports on Italian-American fights Also included as a rebuttal to communist group claims that Negro fighters are exploited. </p> The Ring Inc. books
1954105007<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Spine with a little split at the top otherwise covers in very nice shape. Contents with normal browning and aging; overall very good. This issue features Cuban heavyweight Nino Valdes. Valdes had mixed success in the U.S. losing to some top contenders and never earning a shot at the title. Included is an article by Ezzard Charles about an upcoming bout with Rocky Marciano. </p> The Ring Inc., books
1952biblio8<p> 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. 4to magazine glossy covers illustrated 64 pp. Covers with some chips and wear at extremities spine in good shape paper fragile a couple of margin tears browning and aging; about very good. The Zale and Graziano cover relates to coverage of the third and final bout between these two fights. Zale regained his middleweight title with a third round knockout of Graziano. All three of their fights were won inside the distance and have to be considered among the most brutal in boxing history. </p> The Ring Inc., books
191517094Canton Ohio: Roller Monthly. Very Good. 1915. Pamphlet. Light soil to wraps; text evenly toned; 58 pages; Good . Roller Monthly unknown books
191817093Canton Ohio: Roller Monthly. Very Good. 1918. Pamphlet. Vol. 34; January 1918; No. One. ; light soil to wraps; text evenly toned; 42 pages; Good . Roller Monthly unknown books
1946Embry 37016Random House 1946. 1st Edition. Near Fine with light wear to boards and previous owners name to front free endpaper in very good modestly rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Profuse B&W illustrations and photos with much on railroads. Random House, 1946. 1st Edition. hardcover books
1891146356New York.: Charler Scribner's Sons. 1891. Hardcover brown cloth gilt decorations top edge gilt. Very good. . 4to. Charler Scribner's Sons. hardcover books
1978138217Oklahoma City: Polyphony 1978. Later printing. A collection of patch charts for modular synthesizers originally published in "Polyphony" magazine. <br/><br/>About Near Fine in perfect bound wrappers. Polyphony unknown books
1862288307New York: Harper's 1862. unbound. very good. Woodcut. Sheet measures 15.75" x 11". Shows a small tear at left margin image unaffected. In very good condition.<br/><br/> Pages 371/372 of the June 14 1862 edition of Harper's Magazine. Images at top show Robert Smalls and the Confederate gun-boat "Planter". These images are accompanied by the initial six paragraphs of the article relating "one of the most daring and heroic adventures since the war commenced" in which Smalls a small crew and their family members escaped slavery in Charleston by commandeering the Confederate gun-boat and running it the safety of USS Wabash a US Navy steam ship at Port Royal SC. At the bottom of the sheet is an image titled "Feeding the Negro Children Under Charge of the Military Authorities at Hilton Head South Carolina". <br><br>Harper's Weekly was a New York-based illustrated political magazine published from 1857 until 1916. The magazine featured foreign and domestic news fiction essays on many subjects and humor. Its most well-known contributor was Thomas Nast who made his career doing political cartoons for the publication.<br/><br/> Harper's unknown books
198049901NY: Norton 1980. First edition. 288 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Introduction and afterword by Jay Neugeboren. NY: Norton unknown books
40651TRADE CATALOGUE SUNSET MAGAZINE. THE SUNSET CAMP AND CABIN BOOK. San Francisco: Lane Publ. Co. 1933. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. 63 pages. Rare trade catalogue with only two copies recorded on OCLC - California State Library and Stanford University. The book is a do-it-yourself guide to cabin camp buildings camp equipment and camp cooking and housekeeping with some miscellaneous travel tips thrown in at the end. Chapters tackle useful topic sich as "A Log House and How to Build it" "Sixteen Cabin Ideas" "Rustic Furniture and How to Make it" "Camp Stoves I have Used" etc. The photos of featured cabins are accompanied with floor plans. With age-toning on cover; small margin tears on the first page and the last two pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings and black-and-white photos. unknown books
1799WRCAM19979Philadelphia 1799. 161-416pp. lacks pp.163-166. Apparently also lacking titlepages with complete publication title. Contemporary half calf and plain boards. Spine worn front hinge cracked. First two leaves lightly dampstained. Lacks two leaves. Otherwise good untrimmed. A volume of ten complete issues of this early American magazine. This run includes various excerpts on natural history from Hearne's arctic voyage. THE WEEKLY. contains an eclectic selection of poems biographies political and natural historical articles as well as brief notices and excerpts from other publications. The magazine's young and ambitious editor James Watters died during the yellow fever epidemic and consequently THE WEEKLY. ceased publication between August 1798 and February 1799 at which point Ezekiel Forman dragged publication on through June. The present volume contains numbers 20 Vol. II and 31-39 Vol. III as well as an incomplete copy of number 19 Vol. II. A nice run of this short-lived early American periodical. "Another very interesting hebdomadal was the WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF ORIGINAL ESSAYS FUGITIVE PIECES AND INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE printed in Philadelphia from Feb. 3 1798 to June 1 1799" - Mott. EVANS 34992 34993 Vols. II & III. MOTT AMERICAN MAGAZINES I p.122. hardcover books
1985300398Farmingdale NY: Trans-High Corporation 1985. Map. Measures 10 7/8" x 16 1/8".<br/><br/> Published as the centerfold of High Times Magazine issue No. 121 September 1985 this unusual map shows the geography of the global drug trade in the 1980s. Distorting the size and scale of continents and oceans the map is naively drawn to show generalized information through icons and informally written text. Simple icons represent various parts of production and trade including growing refining and money laundering. The mapmaker uses slang terms and makes funny comments throughout the map. On the verso is a single page map centered on the North Pole showing the international trade routes of drugs.<br/><br/> Trans-High Corporation unknown books
198318324London: A5 Albany Piccadilly 1983. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. To her friend Isabel Leighton Bunker. Primarily concerning personal matters and opinions. The first responds to Mrs. Bunker's earlier letter congratulating her on her "brilliant son-in-law" hoping that Iran is not a powder keg and regretting that the Bunker's wouldn't be going to Europe for the summer. The second written while she is recovering from a leg injury "the cast is off and I'm left in bandages which replace it from toes to knee" and mentions a letter received "I went back to tears when I read the long and sorrowful letter sent me by Prince Ranier. The pain and anguish he feels is heartbreaking.I've alwas loved her but isn't it sad that I didn't know how much until she was gone After 30 years of close friendship sisterly this is a sad truth." And the last letter commences with business stating that she's fired her agent and was looking for another then describes how she snapped off four teeth biting on an English muffin and needed "pinning all together. 1 vols. 8vo and 4to. Fleur Cowles was the editor and publisher of the elaborate fashion magazine "Flair." Her husband Gardner Cowles was the editor of "Look." Isabel Leighton later Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bunker was a war correspondent playwright actress radio personality and author and very active with various social responsibilites. She was the author of "Where Away" and her short story "Fat Girl" was chosen for inclusion among the "100 Best Stories to Come of the War." Her theatrical successes include "Spring Again" and "Mercenary Mary" and as a war correspondent she covered both Asia and Europe with her articles appearing in most of the leading periodicals in the country. A5 Albany, Piccadilly unknown books
SKU1023683PAPERBACK. Good. B003KROLYG Good condition- clean has a good binding modest cover wear with rubbing to edges and spine no marks or notations. lz paperback books