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New York: Derrydale, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. Paul Brown. First Edition, one of 850 copies; 4to, red cloth, no dj; good+ (dent to top edge of front board; rear board rubbed and lightly soiled; spine sunned with waterspot; corners worn to boards; faint foxing to side edge; very faint and very sporadic foxing to several pages; cracked at pp54-5, 68-9, 96-7, 108-9, 118-9, 128-9, ; spot of mold to top corner along gutters of plates opposite pp119, 127, and 132 plus those pages; pages toned); 191pp incl. index.

Chicago: Willett, Clark and Company, 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Irving K. Pond. First Edition, same date; 8vo, red cloth, no dj; vg (spine ends and top corners bumped and rubbed; top edge darkened; eps and pages toned); 229pp.

NY: Doubleday, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing, SIGNED by Martin on ffep; blue boards/maroon cloth spine, vg (yellowing to edges of boards; three sets of tiny holes to rfep from removed staples) in vg dj (edgewear; tiny nick to spine; rear panel yellowed).

NY: Doubleday, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition stated, no additional printings; 8vo, brown cloth, no dj; good (cocked; corners worn; spots on front board; two tears to spine head, one tear to tail; shaken and cracked throughout), 288 pp. A boxing novel.

London: Welbecson. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. W.A. Rouch photos. An incomplete ten volume set: includes 'special volume', covering the years 1919-1923, and Volumes I-IX, covering 1924-1932; MISSING Volume X, 1933. Folios, filled with biographies and fine photogravures of famous horses; uniform bindings, brown cloth with white cloth spines, top edge gilt; overall, good plus (all have lightly sunned spines and moderately foxed text and plates). Special Volume, 1919-1923: No. 198 of 600 copies, soiled and spotted spine, frayed at top. Vol. I, 1924: No. 716/1000. Vol. II, 1925: No. 583/1000, spots on spine, boards bowed. Vol. III, 1926: No. 423/1000, spots on spine, covers soiled, and brown cloth separating from white in rear. Vol. IV, 1927: No. 156/1000, spots on spine. Vol. V, 1928: No. 371/1000, both covers bowed, spots on front cover. Vol. VI, 1929: No. 124/1000, spots on spine, soiled covers, more foxing than others. Vol. VII, 1930: No. 274/1000, soiled front cover. Vol. VIII, 1931:… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Good+. SECOND Printing, date of 1912 stated on title page; ex-library (library stamp on title page, removal scars on rear pastedown); 8vo, green cloth, no dj; good+ (library stamp on title page, library card removal scars on rear pastedown; shelfworn; boards rubbed and soiled; spine ends bumped and worn; cloth on spine head chipped, cloth on tail worn off; corners bumped and worn to boards; stain spot to bottom edge; newspaper clips on the death of Parke Davis pasted to ffeps; broken at title page and 502-3, eps and pages toned); 504pp with newspaper clippings laid in.

El Paso, Tex.: Self Published, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised Edition stated; 8vo, blue cloth, no dj; vg (boards dustsoiled; tape residue on front joint and spine; smudge to spine and bottom edge of front board; edgeworn; spine ends bumped and worn; pages toning); 46pp incl. index.

U.S. Navy. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good-. Gib Crockett (covers). 4 magazine-like programs for the following games: Navy-Princeton, 10/1/49; Navy-Duke, 10/8/49; Navy-Northwestern, 10/7/50; and Navy-Notre Dame, 11/3/51. All are vg- with some wear and creasing to the covers, minimal foxing.

Toronto: Collins, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Arnold Roth (dj). First Canadian Edition, First published in Canada 1988 stated; SIGNED 'Best Wishes Bill Kinsella' on ffep. 8vo, red boards/blue cloth spine; very good (spine ends bumped; boards lightly bowed) in very good dj (edgeworn; spine faded). 179 pp.

NY: Universe, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover 1st, black boards, vg+ in dj w/ $45.00 price. 160 pp. This copy INSCRIBED by gymnast Bart Conner on p. 62.

London: H. Virtue. Hardcover. Good+. Complete set of this major and beautifully illustrated work, 6 sm. folio volumes in green cloth. The set looks quite good though there are many small flaws. Spines are darkened somewhat, and spine ends crimped. The engraved plates (photos and art) are foxed, usually the frontispieces most heavily. All have a bookseller's sticker from William Potter, Liverpool, on the front pastedown. Vol. 1, Division 1; has date of 1901 on title page (the rest have no date). Vol. 1 Div. 2 has the front hinge starting, and a red stain near the bottom of the rear board. Vol. 2 Div. 1 has the front hinge starting. Vol. 2 Div. 2 has the front hinge broken, and the title page loose. Vol. 3 Div. 1 has a scar in the cloth of the front cover, front hinge starting and rear hinge weak. Vol. 3 Div. 2 is the worst shaken, with the front hinge broken so that the ffep, frontis and title page have come loose together; also a loose plate ('Sceptre') at p. 700. Good plus overall.

Indianapolis: Indy 500, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover 1st, 4to in faux leather, nf in dj. INSCRIBED on the front pastedown by winner Al Unser Jr. 127 pp.

Photograph. Very Good-. This is a 7" x 5" b&w photo of Smith in uniform, on one knee, holding a football as if for a kickoff. INSCRIBED in blue ink: "To Eric Eike: Best wishes, Jerry Smith". Smith was an outstanding player (for the Washington Redskins, 1965-77), but also the first major pro athlete to die of AIDS; it is supposed that prejudice concerning this has prevented his induction into the Hall of Fame. The photo is vg-; has 3 sm. holes near the top as if it was pinned to something.

Munich: Braun & Schneider. Hardcover. Good+. Third Edition, no printing date but 1923 owner's name on obverse of ffep; 8vo, red cloth, no dj; good+ (boards bowed; front board scraped and soiled; rear board stained and soiled; spine faded; soiled, and scraped; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; front hinge starting; owner's name on obverse of ffep; pages toned); 200pp. A compilation of cartoons by many artists.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First Edition stated, no additional printings; OU sticker laid in; 8vo; ruby red boards; b&w illustrations; vg (spine ends bumped; tiny spot on bottom edge) in good+ dj (edgeworn; light creasing in spots; chip and two tears to bottom edge of rear panel at corner); 384pp.

NY: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Don Miller (dj). First Edition stated, no additional printings; INSCRIBED by McCormick on ffep. Vg+ (spine ends bumped) in vg- dj (price-clipped; worn at spine ends and corners; tear to top edge of front panel). 180 pp

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1863. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition of the second part only in a later 3/4 leather binding; 12mo, vg- (spine scratched and rubbed; gift inscription on plain ffep; front hinge starting; spot of foxing from title page to p6; tear to side edge of first blank flyleaf and title page; edges browned, pages toned); 232pp. Note: this First Edition has no illustrations.

California: Union Oil, 1982. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Nicholas Volpe. From the 2nd set of Dodgers portraits done by Volpe. Each is on an 8.5" x 11" loose sheet with a short biography and stats on the rear. (Vin Scully's portrait has the text of his speech upon induction into the Hall of Fame). Set includes Vin Scully (who was the announcer for both the Brooklyn and L.A. Dodgers for 58 years) and the following players: Jose Morales, Ron Cey, Jerry Reuss, Mark Belanger, Rick Monday, Tom Lasorda (manager), Derrel Thomas, Bob Welch, Steve Yeager, Burt Hooton, Steve Garvey, Ken Landreaux, Tom Niedenfuer, Terry Forster, Dave Stewart, Jorge Orta, Ron Roenicke, Mike Marshall, Mike Scioscia, Steve Howe, Bill Russell, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Sax, Dusty Baker, Fernando Valenzuela. Overall, vg (thumprint at bottom of portrait of Dave Stewart; long crease to left side edge of Mike Marshall's portrait; edges of several other portraits worn).

London: Athletic Publications, Limited. Hardcover. Good+. Edition unknown; 12mo, blue boards, no dj; good+ (bowed; covers rubbed and soiled; tiny brown spots on front joint, side edge of spine, and spine head; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and worn; corners worn, bottom corners to boards; previous owner's name and information on front pastedown; eps and pages toning); 135pp.

NFL, 2004. Photograph. Very Good. SIGNED glossy 8" x 10" official NFL photo, vg; some insignificant dents in the upper right corner.