Search Results: Sports from Conover Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, no dj, corners are bumped and rubbed, some fraying in the top and base of the spine, rear hinge is cracked, lightly shelf worn, overall a clean used first edition (stated)! Green boards with black lettering and red illustrations on the front cover and black lettering on the spine. Deckle page edges. Black and white photographs on the endpapers. 256 unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 16 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs! "The 1956 Illustrated Mutual Baseball Yearbook is an exciting new departure for baseball annuals. It contains more pictures, more special features, more real down-to-earth fun and baseball lore in its pages than ever before." ---- from the Foreword. First Edition / First Printing. Green Boards. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Volleyball Association, 1980. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is creased, some shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used copy! Yellow wrapper with brown lettering and green illustration on the front. 170 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "300 Plus Volleyball Drills and Ideas was prepared in response to a need that had been expressed by numerous coaches, teachers, and students. They wanted an extensive resource file that would be clear and easy to use. The author and the Canadian Volleyball Association hope that we have succeeded in serving that need." ---- from the Preface.. Sixth Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

U.S.A.: The National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States , 1989. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used copy! Full-color illustrated green wrapper with red and black lettering. 96 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "We have just about completed our preparation for the 1989-90 Season and by the time you receive this bulletin some of our hopes for an undefeated season will be just a dream. After forty-three years, I find that I still believe in Santa Claus. Basketball has been my Santa......." ---- from the Introduction by C. E. Gaines, President National Association of Basketball Coaches.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: The National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States , 1989. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used copy! Full-color pictorial brown wrapper with red and black lettering. 96 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Before the storm clouds gather across the land, this is an excellent opportunity for us to be filled with optimism about the forthcoming 1989-1990 basketball season. Here's wishing you the best of luck in reaching that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! My travels and appearances for NABC this summer were: 1. Presentation of the Corinthian Award in Houston, Texas to the defensive college player of the year. 2. Meeting with the Division II Basketball Tournament Committee in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 3. Attending the NACDA Convention in Anaheim, California. I, along with the Board, met in Traverse… Read More

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Boston Braves , 1950. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find! Official unmarked scorecard is in the center of the souvenir program. Color illustrated wrapper with red, black, and white lettering. Extremely scarce! Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white! "When Vern Bickford stopped the Brooklyn Dodgers with his no hit-no run masterpiece at Braves Field on August 11th it marked a fitting award to a hard working young man who displayed a lot of perseverance both in the major and minor leagues before success was finally attained. His performance should serve as a great inspiration to the thousands of youngsters who experience disappointment in their early lives...." ---- from Bickford's No-Hitter Should Serve as Inspiration To All Youngsters. . First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Elmont, New York, U.S.A.: University Sports Publications, Co., Inc., 1999. A very crisp and clean used collectible first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! 120 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by full-color photographs! "The NBA is filled with historical snippets, brief images that collectively make up the 51-year history of the NBA. John Havlicek stealing the ball. Jerry West's 60-foot jumper. John Paxson's title-winning trey. Garfield Heard's buzzer-beater in the Suns' triple-OT classic against the Celtics. Larry Bird's steal of Isiah Thomas' in-bounds pass. Dr. J's behind-and-around-the-backboard reverse layup. Then there's Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Of course, his 'Airness' has a few of these images of his own that help make up the history of the NBA. Then there was Jordan's performance in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals....". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 4to - over… Read More

New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1942. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; no dj; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; lightly shelf worn; former owner's name and address in ink on the ffep; overall a clean used copy! Tan cloth with brown stamped lettering on the front cover and spine. 117 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and photographs! "With trepidation, indeed, is the subject of the zone defense ---- and all it involves ---- introduced; so delicate a subject is it. The reluctance of coaches to accept responsibility or credit for authoritative zone principles puts it in the class with a 'man without a country.' Before the recent surge of basketball to the present heights of great spectator interest, many coaches felt that continued use of the zone defense would cause a serious decrease of interest in the game and in attendance. Dr. Naismith opposed the zone defense… Read More

Marseilles, Illinois : Lifetime Sports Publications , 1979. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; spine is creased as well as the lower corner of the front of the wrapper; small tear (.5") in the tail of the spine; shelf worn; former owner's name and addres are written in red ink on the title page; overall a nice used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Brown and gray illustrated wrapper with black lettering. 82 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and fun-filled pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "For many years a debate has raged over whether bowling is truly a sporting event, an athletic event or a game of skill likened to playing a pin ball machine. Some have even maintained it is merely a recreational outlet ---- one major metropolitan newspaper carried bowling scores and activities on the entetainment page with theatre and stage play announcements, TV and radio logs and… Read More

Davenport, Iowa : Big Red Press, LLC, 2007. Brand new and unread signed first edition, very fresh and bright condition, gift quality! Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Inscribed by the author on the title page! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 385 new and unread historical and informative pages of text and 16 wonderful pages of historic black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "What started out as a personal diary has quickly become one of the most compellinjg and informative introspectives into big-time college football. David Kolowski joined the Husker football team in 1998, right after the Nebraska Cornhuskers had won three of the last four National Championships. With the hopes of giving Husker fans an inside look at life on a championship team, David kept this diary from day one.....". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition / First Printing. Red Boards. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, chipping at the tail of the spine, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a nice used first edition (second printing)! Black and green cloth with white lettering on the front board and spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 302 historical pages! "'The most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!' These headlines proclaiming the 1919 fix of the World Series startled millions of readers and focused the attention of the entire country on one of the most incredible episodes ever to be enacted in the public eye. Now, after painstaking research, Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of this fantastic scandal in which eight Chicago White Sox players arranged withe nation's leading gamblers to throw the series to… Read More

Moab, Utah: Real People Press, 1973. Minor edge and corner wear, no dj, lightly scuffed, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used first edition! Very very scarce title! Red cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. 188 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "There are no beginnings and no endings. The universe is process and the process is in me. When I fight this process or ignore it, I am in trouble. When I move with it, something happens ---- like this book. My part in it is small. That doesn't make it unimportant. Arbitrarily, I choose a beginning for the process of this book.". First Edition. Red Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Matteson, Illinois : Greatlakes Living Press, Ltd., 1977. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, missing the rear-free-endpaper, rear of the wrapper has been detached and repaired, some shelf wear, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean readable used first edition! Color pictorial wrapper with black and blue lettering. 166 informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "An illustrated guide to getting the most out of snow and ice, with where-to-and how-to tips on wintertime fun, from building a backyard skating rink to making your own snowshoes.....". First Edition / First Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Columbus, OH, U.S.A.: The Grow Ahead Press, Incorporated , 1969. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; overall a very crisp and clean used collectible copy! Extremely rare and hard-to-find title! Full-color illustrated (Bart Starr) wrapper with yellow and white lettering. 12 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Here's a Cleaning Tip For Mom" (Tide XK) is written on an illustration of a football on the rear of the wrapper. Very very scarce and out-of-print first edition! "Suppose you call an end sweep in a huddle. At the last second the defense stacks up on that side. That's when you go to audible or automatic signaling on the line. Call an audible this way. First, pick out a color, say, Red, as the audible for a change in signals. If you decide to change the play at the line of scrimmage, simply call out 'Red,' then the new… Read More

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Windsor Press , 1954. Edge and corner wear to the dj; chipping at the head and tail of the spine of the dj; 4" split in the tail of the spine of the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Green boards quarterbound by black cloth with a silver golf club hitting a white ball on the front board and silver lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 112 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "This is a publishing milestone....the first definitive book on golf for boys and girls from 12 to 18 years. It will be welcomed by parents and relatives faced with the rather bewildering problem of introducing their favorite youngsters to a game these oldsters have… Read More

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. small tear in dust jacket, otherwise great copy. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Illus. by Melissa Lotfy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Champaign, IL, U.S.A.: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. , 1987. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; former owner's name is in ink on the ffep; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Yellow wrapper with white and black lettering. 101 (pages number 315-416) very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! Contents include: "Expert-Novice Differences in an Applied Selective Attention Task by Bruce Abernethy and David G. Russell / Exercise by Mail: A Mediated Behavior-Change Program for Aerobic Exercise by Neville Owen, Christina Lee, Lucio Naccarella, and Kevin Haag / The Relationship Between Performance, Intention to Drop Out, and Intrapersonal Conflict in Swimmers by Andreas Volp and Udo Keil / Perceived Role Characteristics and Executive Satisfaction in Voluntary Sport Associations by Genevieve Rail / Efficacy Expectations and Perceptions of Causality in Motor Performance by Terry Duncan and Edwar… Read More

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology , 1990. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Blue wrapper with white and blue lettering. 91 (pages number 99-190) very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Contents include: "AAASP: A Vision for the 1990's by Daniel Gould / Social Support, Personality, and Performance by Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason and Gregory R. Pierce / Perceived Self-Efficacy in the Exercise of Personal Agency by Albert Bandura / Building Self-Efficacy in Tennis Players: A Coach's Perspective by Robert Weinberg and Allen Jackson / Still Searching for Effective Criticism Inoculation Procedures: An Example of the Value of Replication and Process Analysis in Applied Sport Psychology Research by Daniel R. Kirschenbaum and David A.… Read More

New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1953. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, no dj, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used first edition! 95 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "The extent to which man has conquered the air has brought him to a point where those who enter the field of aviation and its related activities require more and more technical training and education. Radio, radar, guided missiles, rockets, jet planes ---- all are complicated and highly specialized developments. We have barely crossed the threshold of practical application of the laws of aeronautics.". First Edition. Brown Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Francis A. Williams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Henry Regnery Company, 1973. A hint of shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! White boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! 217 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 16 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs! "Ferguson Jenkins has shattered all recent pitching records to become the most consistent winner in baseball. The 1971 Cy Young award winner, with six consecutive twenty-game seasons behind him, Fergie now finds his equals only among the near-legendary pitchers of the past. Yet this extraordinary achievement has not ended Fergie's toughest battle: his struggle to be recognized, to be known as himself...........". First Edition / First Printing. White Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over… Read More

New York, New York: Warner Books, 1986. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED COPY! Flatsigned by Jim McMahon in blue marker on the ffep! Blue boards quarterbound by dark blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 223 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages of text and 8 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs and illustrations! "When I first encountered Jim McMahon, I didn't especially like him. I definitely felt the same way the second time, and probably the third, too. I was, and still am, a sports columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He was ----- and of course, is still very much so ------ quarterback for the Chicago Bears. The prospect of us collaborating on one interview ---- let alone several interviews ---- for the purposes of producing the book you now hold in your hands seemed remote........." ---------- from… Read More