Search Results: Sports from Cinemage Books

New York: NewMarket Press, 2001. First edition/1st Printing . Oversize cloth with Dustjacket. SIGNED ON THE FRONT ENDSHEET BY MUHAMMAD ALI, WILL SMITH AND MICHAEL MANN. Lavish pictorial on the making of the movie along with the screenplay, + text, interviews and more. Well illustrated with 100's of color photos and stills along with historical photos. Light rippling to the edges of the pages, otherwise a vg+ copy in fine dustjacket. Uncommon signed by the three principals. Laid in is a rare 1 pg. program for the musical "Buck White" that starred Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay that ran for 7 performances in 1969. Knockout.

New York: Donruss Studio 97, 1997. 4196/5000 . Paper. SIGNED BY ANDY PETTITTE. Nice 8" x 10" artwork color portrait of the Yankee pitcher who has been in hot water of late. It looks like it was done in Photoshot and is printed on heavy stock paper. On the verso is a little bit of info. about Pettitte. Fine.

Boston: Branden Publishing Co., 1991. First Printing . Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TWICE BY ARCHIE MOORE. MR. MOORE HAS INSCRIBED THE BOOK ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN AND DATED IT 1991. ON THE FRONT ENDSHEET MOORE HAS WRITTEN; "LT HEAVY CHAMPION 1952 RETIRED UNDEFEATED 1962 STILL DIVISION CHAMPION ARCHIE MOORE 1992. ALSO LAID IN IS AN 8 X10" XEROX PORTRAIT OF MOORE FROM 1949 THAT HE RECENTLY SIGNED IN BLUE MARKER. THE BOOK IS ALSO SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.ERRATA SLIP LAID IN. The life story of the great boxer. Nicely illustrated with many in-text photos and memorabilia. Fine/fine.

New York: Viking Books., 1990. 2nd Printing . Bds & Cl.w.dj.. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DAVE PALLONE. Revealing autobio. of the National league umpire who came out of the closet to declear his homosexuality, not an easy thing to do in sports. 8pgs. of photos. Although a common book, inscribed copies are not. Fine/fine.

New York: Crown Pub., 1997. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. . Cl.w.dj.. Fine. SIGNED BY SPIKE LEE. The prolific director on his life & love of the game. 16pgs. of b&w & color photos. Although not an uncommon book, Lee's signature is, and is getting more so. Tiny nick to the top edge of the spine panel, otherwise fine/fine.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2005. First Edition . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. LAID IN THE BOOK IS A NICE 3 1/2" X 5 1/2" B&W PHOTO OF MAX SCHMELING THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY HIM. Well received recent book on the heavyfight fights between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling that galvanized the sport and its fans in 1936 and 1938 and the historical events that shaped and surrounded the two unique fighters. 24pgs. of photos. Fine/fine

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. Long inscription from the author to a bookdealer. In addition there is a postit note from the author also to the same book dealer. A novel about the great Negro League baseball teams set during the summer of 1939. Later made into a movie in 1976. Former owner's signature and date on top of front endsheet, a touch of very light wear to the dustjacket, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dustjacket.

New York: Watson-Guptill Pub., 1998. 1st American Edition . Oversize Paper. The first large survey of graphics and artwork that decorate surf, skate & snow boards. Illustrated with more than 400 beautiful full color examples along with text and info on the artists. Wow. Very minute tiny bumping to the bottom tip of the covers which is very lightly mirrored to a few pgs. and a thin sliver of a scrape to the lamination on the top edge. Vg+

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1962. First Edition . Boards with Dustjacket. SIGNED BY BOB FELLER. Young adult book on the life of the Hall of Fame pitcher. No photos. Very scarce signed. Price clipped. Near fine/near fine.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Large Glazed Bds. No Dj.. Terrific full color book on the history & pop culture of the game of bowling. Includes chapters on the history along with wonderful material on the architecture of bowling alleys, clothes, awards, artwork, kitsch, postcards and more. Illustrated with 100's of photos. The die cut bowling ball covers are a hoot. Fine.

Random House. N.Y. 1995. 1st ed. 1st print. Bds.& cl.w.dj.. SIGNED BY GREG LOUGANIS. Autiobio. of the great gay olympic gold medalist & his battle with AIDS and homophobia. Made into an ok tv movie. Illus. w. 32pgs. of photos. Jacket photo by Annie Leibovitz. Near fine/near fine

New York: A.S. Barnes, 1952. First Edition . Sm. Illus. Bds. W. Dustjacket. Baseball as seen thorugh some very nice b&w cartoons by Taylor whose work looks like it could show up in Blab. Also includes actual meanings for baseball slang on the verso of each drawing. Nice illus. bds. and dustjacket are near fine.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First Printing . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ROD CAREW. Candid autobio. by one of the top hitters in baseball who was a member of the Minnesota Twins and California Angels. 16pgs. of photos. Price clipped. Light soiling to the white back panel. Fine/near fine.

New York: McGraw-Hill Pub., 1988. 1st Printing . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. SIGNED BY CATFISH HUNTER ON THE HALF TITLE PG. Autobiography of the legendary pitcher who played ball for the Oakland A's and The New York Yankees. 16pgs. of photos. Light browning to the cheap paper used. Fine/fine.

New York: Bantam Books, 1997. First Printing . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. SIGNED BY JOE TORRE. 10 year old memoir by the former manager of The New York Yankees. 24pgs. of photos. Fine/fine

Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1986. Paper Original . Oversize Paper. SIGNED BY DARRYL STRAWBERRY. Uncommon magazine like book on the troubled baseball player.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. First edition/1st Printing . Boards & Cloth with Dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GARY CARTER. The former New York Mets baseball star tells about the victorious 1986 baseball season for the Mets. Illustrated with photos. Laid in is a small photo of Carter celebrating the final out of the 1986 World Series. Fine/fine

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. 1st Printing . Cloth with Dustjacket. The autobiography of the late great Yankee. This was Mantle's first book and he includes lessons on the art and techniques of playing baseball. 16pgs. of photos. Owner signature on front endsheet, price clipped, light rubbing to the lettering on the spine panel, soft corner fold to the table of contents page, soft fold to the back corner of the flap, and minute ink mark and edge wear to the back dj. panel and light chipp to the top edge of the front dj. panel. Vg/vg. LAID IN THE BOOK IS A LOVELY SMALL CARD PORTRAIT OF MICKEY MANTLE PAINTED BY ROBERT STEPHEN SIMON THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED IN BLUE INK BY MICKEY MANTLE. THE CARD WAS PART OF SIMON'S SUPER STAR CARD SET AND WAS PUBLISHED IN 1986. THE VERSO OF THE CARD HAS BIO. AND CAREER INFORMATION ON MANTLE AND WAS THIS CARD WAS NO. 11 IN THE SET. Fine.

J. Lowell Pratt & Co. NY. 1962. 1st pb. printing.. Paperback. Novel by the pitcher & Hall Of Famer along with pitching tips. Very minute wear to corners. Vg+

New York: Gene Ward, 1974. Original Manuscript . Paper. A rare archive of material from Gene Ward who was a sports writer and boxing editor for The New York Daily News for over 50 years. Included in the archive is a large color photo portrait of Mr. Ward with Muhammad Ali that ALI HAS INSCRIBED,SIGNED AND DATED TO MR. WARD IN 1980. Also included in the archive are 14 different press releases for the Joe Frazier Vs Ali fight #2 that was held at Madison Square Garden in 1974. The press releases are illustrated with small photos of the two fighters. The press releases also contain general info. about boxing and about some of the other fighters on the card. There are also 11 extra press releases from the Garden about the Joe Frazier vs Manuel Ramos fight. There are also 8 handwritten in ink pages by Ward in which he documents each round of the Ali-Frazier fight. In these pages Ward mentions the winner of each round along with notes and handwritten corrections about the punches thrown. Also included are… Read More