Search Results: Sports (hockey) from Augustine Funnell Books

Scholastic 71221, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Provides 1982-83 stats and highlights, hockey quizzes and "a close-up look at your favourite teams and superstars, including a special story about Wayne Gretzky." (What, what, what? He took a hit without looking for Semenko to defend him? Take a penalty and go to the box without complaining about it?) 126 pages, illustrated, cover photograph of Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer. A bit of sticker pull to bottom right corner of front cover..

Moncton: Privately published, 1983. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From basic requirements through to special situations, the author details "All you wanted to know about goaltending," and much more. Foreward (sic) by Jean Perron, then-coach of the University of Moncton hockey team. 109 pages, illustrated. Edgewear, corner creasing, sticker pull, impressions, general wear. Internally tight..

Moncton: Privately published, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. 2nd printing.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From basic requirements through to special situations, the author details "All you wanted to know about goaltending," and much more. Foreword (sic) by Jean Perron, then-coach of the University of Moncton hockey team. 128 pages, illustrated. A hint of general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Moncton: Privately published, 1984. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 2nd printing.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From basic requirements through to special situations, Bellefleur details "All you wanted to know about goaltending," and much more. Foreward (sic) by Jean Perron, then-coach of the University of Moncton hockey team. 109 pages, illustrated. Impressions/scratches, corner wear, some rubbing..

Toronto: St. Clair Group, 1997. Magazine. Good to Very Good. Magazine. Small quarto. The 1997-98 official magazine of Canada's national team, "containing a wealth of information on the men's and women's teams and the players/coaches comprising them. All articles in both English and French. Not an easily found publication. 118 pages, illustrated. Light soil, moderate handling wear..

Fredericton: Self-Published Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The first of four volumes in the author's comprehensive history of the greatest sport in the world, as played in New Brunswick's capital city. If there was a player or team in Fredericton that ever laced up skates, it's impossible to believe that Fitzsimmons didn't find out about it. 304 pages, illustrated. Inscription reads: "Bill:/Hope you enjoy & thanks for your help/with STU names/Ernie Fitzsimmons." A bit of surface/handling wear. Internally tight and clean..

St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1981. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A comprehensive guide containing a review of the previous NHL season, a wealth of statistics for players and teams from a variety of leagues and countries, records of trophy winners, rosters, and much else. Front cover photograph features Islanders star Mike Bossy, back cover photograph shows Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier and Bossy lifting the Stanley Cup, their second of four consecutive victories. 320 pagers, illustrated. Some rubbing, mild corner wear, half-a-dozen corner tips gently bent, light general wear. A nice copy, internally tight and clean..

St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1981. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Contains statistics and information for all players active in almost 40 professional and minor leagues during the 1981 season. Front cover photograph features Mike Liut. 464 pages, illustrated. Only mild general wear. Internally tight and clean..

Hartford: Hartford Whalers, 1980. Book. Very Good to Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. Small octavo. Contains information about the NHL team, its history, statistics, records, opponents, and much else, long before it moved to Carolina. 120 pages, illustrated. Small nick to top spine, light handling wear. A nice copy of an uncommon yearbook/guide..

New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A title from the Abelard Sports Library series, this one a look at the excitement and allure of hockey (immediately suspect, though, since it lists incorrectly the birth date of the game's best-ever player, Bobby Orr, who was born on March 20, 1948, but is listed here as having joined us on March 28, 1948). 128 pages (including index, illustrated. Some warp to boards, moderate general wear..

Toronto: Sun Media Corporation, 2003. Book. Illus. by The author. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st paperback edition.. Oblong octavo. With a fact or two about each Canadian province and territory, Pecota celebrates the sport of hockey with "15 full-page illustrations that have been digitally created, combining her oil painting with photography." Unpaginated (32). Moderate handling wear. .

Tempo 5577, 1973. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. Examining the history of hockey, the author looks at the early days, the older styles of play, expansion, the WHA, the international game, and such '70s superstars as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Bobby Hull, Marcel Dionne, Stan Mikita, and others. 150 pages. A very nice square copy, internally tight and clean. Difficult to find in this condition..

Toronto: Toronto Star, 1963. Book. Very Good. Wraps. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. An uncommon booklet featuring three members of the Stanley Cup-winning 1963 Toronto Maple Leafs offering advice to young boys wishing to play better hockey. Johnny Bower, naturally, offers advice on the various aspects of successful goaltending; Dave Keon explains proper play for forwards; and Tim Horton concentrates on defence. 24 pages, including 1 page for autographs (blank). Moderate general wear..

Don Mills: Longmans, 1969. Book. About Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of the best centres in NHL history tells his story, from his birth in the Slovak Republic until about the mid-point of his career as a member of the Chicago Black Hawks (that was how it was spelled back then, so don't be sending me any letters -- oh, wait, nobody knows what a letter is any more). Mikita, with Glenn Hall and Bobby Hull, led the Hawks to the Stanley Cup in 1961. Brick cloth w/black spine lettering, 223 pages. Top corners bumped/crinkled, gently bumped spine ends, a few turned page tips, in rubbed dust jacket w/some impressions, edgewear, edge tears, subsequent creases, chipping to corners, small ink x to Y of "My" in title, ugly triangular tear to top spine (stretches down about an inch and a half). Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve to protect against further damage..

Toronto: Viking/Penguin, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A book about the greatness of hockey. Russell travelled across Canada searching out "those people whose devotion to the game epitomizes what's best about it, whose passion for the game fuels our own, whose pure and simple love of the game makes possible everything that is truly great about it." Charcoal boards w/gilt spine lettering, 334 pages, illustrated. Light wear to corners/spine ends, a hint of cocking, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light rubbing, mild surface wear..

Don Mills: Longmans Canada, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A book of essays about hockey winners, including Bobby Orr (the best player in the history of ice), Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Ted Lindsay, Red Kelly, and others, with a chapter on three-decades-later-to-be-convicted criminal R. Alan Eagleson (who had just organized the player's association), and an article on why NHL goaltenders sometimes get a little goofy (it's the pressure, y'know). Green cloth, 157 pages, illustrated. Dust jacket has 1" diagonal tear to top right of rear panel, moderate edgewear, a few short (1/4") tears, light corner wear..

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of a key contributor to a pair of Stanley Cup championships for the Boston Bruins, published between the first (1970) and second (1972), a long time before he was diagnosed as an alcoholic and a drug addict. Black cloth w/gold spine lettering 240 pages, illustrated. Mildly cocked w/light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a bit of chipping to corners/spine ends, light edgewear..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. MacGregor tells the sometimes suspenseful, sometimes humourous story of ice maker Trent Evans, who was invited to assist with the Salt Lake City Olympics, and who buried a loonie (a Canadian one-dollar coin, for those unfamiliar with Canada's goofy coinage--although the nickname could as easily apply to any Canadian politician) at centre ice of the E Center, where Canadian hockey teams subsequently won two gold medals. This copy signed by MacGregor, on title page. Foreword by Wayne Gretzky. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 95 pages (plus Acknowledgements). An unread copy. Size: Duodecimo -- from 6.75" to 7.75" tall.

Canada Hockey, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. Small quarto. The playoff story of Brad Richards and his Conn Smythe Trophy-winning playoffs during the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup win, told through feature articles originally published in The New York Times, Stanley Cup Final stories originally published in USA Today, and the whole copiously illustrated w/photographs from Reuters. The Lightning had some impressive performances in their run to the Cup, none more outstanding than their four-game second-round sweep of the montreal canadiens by a combined score of 14-5. The Lightning also defeated the New York Islanders (first round), the Philadelphia Flyers (third round, conference championship), and the Calgary Flames (the final). 112 pages. Impressions to bottom left corner of back cover (sticker removal), some thin scratching, light general wear..

Canada Hockey, 2004. Book. Very Good to Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. Small quarto. The playoff story of Brad Richards and his Conn Smythe Trophy-winning playoffs during the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup win, told through feature articles originally published in The New York Times, Stanley Cup Final stories originally published in USA Today, and the whole copiously illustrated w/photographs from Reuters. The Lightning had some impressive performances in their run to the Cup, none more outstanding than their four-game second-round sweep of the montreal canadiens by a combined score of 14-5. The Lightning also defeated the New York Islanders (first round), the Philadelphia Flyers (third round, conference championship), and the Calgary Flames (the final). 112 pages. Impressions to bottom left corner of back cover (sticker removal), some thin scratching, light edge/corner wear, a little handling wear..