Search Results: Basketball from Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Philadelphia: Gilbert & Bacon, 1918. Unbound. Very Good. An 14" x 10.75" Image of a basketball team, on photographer's mount that measures 20" x 15.75". Photo is fine, large piece of the mount is broken from top right corner, the corners of the mount are rounded, very good. Small pencil notes identify the team and date. Fourteen fine young men in uniform, two coaches, and a basketball.

[Hampton, Virginia]: The Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1947. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. 68pp. Illustrated from photographs. Printed wrappers. Dated "1946/1947" on the front cover, with proceedings of the thirty-third and thirty-fourth annual meetings. This copy lacks two leaves: (pp.37/38 and 47/48 have been excised), and over half of another leaf (pp.59/60) has been cut away, else very good or better: the articles and proceedings are complete. Staples are rusty, spine is nicked and rubbed. Founded in 1912 on the campus of Hampton Institute in Virginia, the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association is the oldest African-American athletic conference in the United States, consisting mostly of historically black colleges and universities on the east coast from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. This issue includes the article: "Basketball in the C. I. A. A." by John B. McClendon, Jr. (known today as "the father of black basketball"), and Football in the C. I. A. A. by E. P. Hurt.… Read More

[Hampton, Virginia]: The Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1949. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. 54, [2]pp. Cream yellow pictorial wrappers printed in dark blue and silver. Staples are rusty, spine is rubbed, very good or better. With proceedings of the thirty-sixth annual meeting. Founded in 1912 on the campus of Hampton Institute in Virginia, the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association is the oldest African-American athletic conference in the United States, consisting mostly of historically black colleges and universities on the east coast from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. This issue includes: "The President's Address" by John H. Burr; and the text of a panel discussion on the subject of "New Horizons in College Athletics" by the following college presidents and chairmen: Charles H. Williams (Hampton Institute), Dr. L. H. Foster (Virginia State), Dr. H. L. Dickason (Bluefield State), Alonzo G. Moron (Hampton Institute), Dr. Alfonso Elder (North Carolina College at Durham), and… Read More

[Hampton, Virginia]: The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, 1950. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. 43pp. Illustrated from photographs. Blue pictorial wrappers. Staples are rusty, spine is rubbed, very good or better. With proceedings of the thirty-seventh annual meeting. Founded in 1912 on the campus of Hampton Institute in Virginia, the Central (formerly "Colored") Intercollegiate Athletic Association is the oldest African-American athletic conference in the United States, consisting mostly of historically black colleges and universities on the east coast from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. In addition to the proceedings, this issue includes the "President's Address" by Paul J. Moore, "Reports of Vice Presidents," and committee reports for baseball, boxing, wrestling, tennis, track, soccer, swimming, etc. Scarce. An attractive, well-preserved copy.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance excerpt only. Stapled wrappers. 14pp. Pages lightly age-toned, near fine.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 248pp. Slightly bowed boards with toning and spotting on the page edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some toning and rubbing. Advance Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Terence Kilmartin. 437pp. Spotting on the page edges and staining on the boards thus very good in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine, edgewear, and a stain on the front panel.

Softcover. Very Good. Card wrappers brad bound at the top. File of correspondence covering the years between 1940 and 1942, including original correspondence, retained carbon copies, original responses, some early-format photocopied responses, telegrams, and mimeographed flyers. Nearly 40 separate items in total. Modest soiling on the wrappers, very good or better. Files for a fairly serious traveling basketball club sponsored by a YMCA. The correspondence includes details of the team's travels, arrangements for games, and responses from notables who have been made honorary members of the team. Included are photocopies of acceptances from Fierello LaGuardia, from an assistant to F.D.R., and a rejection from T.L. Rowan on 10 Downing Street stationery on behalf of Winston Churchill. This letter is dated November 1941 (when presumably he had other things to do) stating, in part: "While Mr. Churchill is grateful to you for your kindness in wishing to make him a member of your Club, he regrets that he… Read More

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1924. Unbound. Very Good. A collection of 8 framed and matted sepia-toned or black and white silver-gelatin photographs measuring between 10" x 14" and 15" x 13" and 1 certificate belonging to Murdo McKenzie while attending Bucknell University between 1921 and 1924. All items are very good or better, unexamined out of frame. A small archive of images and a certificate detailing the college athletic career of Murdo McKenzie while attending Bucknell University in Pennsylvania between 1921 and 1925. The collection includes group photos of the numerous teams that McKenzie played for including the basketball, baseball, and football teams. They are seen in full uniforms in most posed with their names handwritten on the matt below. One photo of the football team in 1922 shows the athletes well-dressed in suits and ties. McKenzie clearly showed an aptitude for sports and was made captain of the 1922 basketball team and the 1925 baseball team. One photo shows the 1922 "champs" posed… Read More

Dallas: Heritage Auctions, 2016. Softcover. Fine. Auction catalog. Memorabilia portion only. Quarto. 484pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Trifle worn else fine in glossy wrappers. This auction featured the Bobby Murcer collection, the Andy Leff hockey collection, the Walter Spitzmiller collection, and the David Fischer Dream Team collection.

Dallas: Heritage Auctions, 2016. Softcover. Fine. Auction catalog. Sports Cards portion only. Quarto. 506pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Front cover and first leaf with a small foredge crease else fine in glossy wrappers. With a computer printout of prices realized laid in. This auction featured the Bobby Murcer collection, the Andy Leff hockey collection, the Walter Spitzmiller collection, and the David Fischer Dream Team collection.

(New York): Delacorte Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Later printing. 259pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Slightly cocked spine and some toning else very good in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Boards slightly sprung, else fine, without dustwrapper as issued.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 227pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and toning.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with some wear at the corners of the spine, without dustwrapper as issued.

Annapolis MD: United States Naval Institute, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Revised edition, reprinted. 259pp., photographs. Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a few very small chips. A very attractive copy.

Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Front pastedown with small stamp and date, else fine in very good dustwrapper with internal dampstaining.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 522pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. History of Baseball, Football, and Basketball in America from the beginning to the present. Includes a chapter on the black ballplayer, going back to such unknown slave athletes as Preely Coleman and Green Cumby.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 522pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some fading on the spine and edgewear.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 310pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A remainder mark on the top page edge else fine in a fine dust jacket.