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Good. 1864. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have edge wear, rubbing and toning / foxing. There is some fraying to the spine ends, corners and spine joints along with some edge tearing to the spine joints and cloth to the spine. The former owner has tried to glue the front hinge as a repair. The text pages are generally clean and bright though there are spots of foxing. The rear endpaper has been removed. This book includes an early description of the game of baseball. There are copies of the first edition which include the first color illustrations of the game and others which lack the plates -- this is one of the latter. There are black and white illustrations of the game, along with 10 pages of rules (including this: "If an adversary stops the ball with his hat or cap, or takes it from the hands of a party not engaged in the game, no player can be put out unless the ball shall first have been…
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The American Boy's Book of Sports and Games: A Repository of In-and-Out-Door Amusements
by Dick & Fitzgerald
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Barrel Racing for Fun and Fast Times Winning Tips for Horse and Rider
by Camarillo, Sharon
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New York, NY: Skyhorse. Near Fine. 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1602397848 . Color Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright.; Signed by Author .
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Discovery at the Rio Camuy The Finding and Exploring of one of the Largest Caves in the Western World
by Gurnee, Russell & Jeanne
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New York, NY: Crown Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition and has a Very Good+ to Near Fine- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's embossed name stamp on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is crisp and clean but does have wrinkling to the laminate that was done during the publishing process. "The Parque Nacional de las Cavernas del Río Camuy (English: Camuy River Cave National Park) is a cave system in Puerto Rico. It is located between the municipalities of Camuy, Hatillo, and Lares in northwestern Puerto Rico, but the main entrance to the park is located in Quebrada, Camuy. The caverns are part of a large network of natural limestone caves and underground waterways carved out by the third-largest underground river in the world, the Río Camuy…
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Fighting Bulls An Account of the Bullfight
by MacNab, Angus
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New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a strip of noticeable rubbing to the center of the spine, along with some light edge wear to the spine ends and corners. "Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations. There are several variations, including some forms which involve dancing around or leaping over a cow or bull or attempting to grasp an object tied to the animal's horns. The best-known form of bullfighting is Spanish-style bullfighting, practiced in Spain, Portugal, Southern France, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Peru. The…
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Group Of 7 Schedule Cards For The Southern Pacific (railroad) Club Softball League Which Notate Dates For Club Softball Games Dates Include: 1947, 1949, 1950 (Two Copies) , 1951 and 1954.
by [Ephemera] [Southern Pacific Club] [Softball League]
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San Francisco, CA: Southern Pacific Railroad. Very Good. 0. Hardcover. Seven small format cards (similar to 4" x 8" index cards) in various colors, with a vertical fold down the center. Each card includes the team departments, the calendar of the games and penciled or inked notations from the previous owner - some of which denote winners and scores. Several of the cards have punch marks similar to those used on passenger trains. .
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Inter-office Basketball Tournament Schedule Card For The Southern Pacific (railroad) Club Which Notate Dates For Games 1950
by [Ephemera] [Southern Pacific Club] [Inter-Office Basketball Tournament], Fred Windmuller
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San Francisco, CA: Southern Pacific Railroad. Very Good+. 1950. Ephemera. This is a small format card (similar to a 4" x 8" index card) , with a vertical fold down the center. The card includes a calendar of games and penciled or inked notations from the previous owner - some of which denote winners and scores. The card is in Very Good clean, condition. This card gives information on the games , times and teams playing in the Inter-Office Basketball tournament for the Southern-Pacific club (the employees stationed in San Francisco at the S&P main office) for the year 1950. .
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Jackson Hole Polo Club
by Jackson Hole Polo Club
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Jackson Hole, WY: Jackson Hole Polo Club. Very Good+. 1979. 1st Printing. Pamphlet. B&W Photographs; Published by the Jackson Hole (WY) Polo club, it gives a list of all tournaments for the year, some basic rules of the game, tips, a list of players (and a mini-bio of one referee) , along with horses names and numerous advertisements. This pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is one small edge tear to the rear cover and a couple of small spots of foxing to the front cover. "At the end of the war, polo was being revived in St. Louis. In 1948, Paul Von Gontard got invited to play, and it was love at first swing! Paul brought his newfound love of polo with him to Melody Ranch, the Von Gontards summer home in Jackson. There was already an abundance of horses and horsemen here, as well as some individuals with previous exposure to polo, such as; Skip Wright Clark who had…
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Nantional Better Billiards Program The Plan - it's Purpose (Series No. 10)
by National Billiard Association Of America
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Chicago, IL: National Billiard Association of America. Good. 1934. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a small format pamphlet with self covers and stapled spine. The pamphlet is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet cover has some light rippling, edge wear and small nicks. The covers have noticeable generalized toning. The text pages are generally clean and bright, and also have generalized toning. There is an ink stamped price on the front cover. " (Ruth) McGinnis stated playing pool at the aged 7 in her father's barbershop pool hall on South Main Street in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. She was a prodigious player at a young age, making a run of 47 at the age of about 10. She was the captain of the varsity basketball team that won the Pennsylvania state championship in 1928. McGinnis scored 36 points in one game, and 341 across the 15 games in the series. In 1943, she completed training as a physical education teacher at Teachers' College.…
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Training the Performance Horse From Western Pleasure to Reining
by Thompson, Terry & Jeanne O'Malley
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New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 039701371X . B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is clean and bright, but there is wrinkling to that happened during the publishing process. .
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Underwater Work A Manual of Scuba Commercial, Salvage, and Construction Operations
by Cayford, John E
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Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. Very Good+. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "During the Korean War, he served as an Armed Forces photojournalist, supplying articles for military and civilian newspapers throughout the United States and 26 allied nations. He was a master diver and associated with International Undersea Services, I. U. S. As president of I. U. S. , his underwater work was varied and complex, including the underwater work for the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge and the Bluenose Ferry docks in Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. He worked for Eastern Maine Medical Center for almost 30 years as a boiler engineer, until his retirement in January 2000. John was a Maine historian and authored many books on the…
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Win If You Will Thirteen Winners Show How
by Dunn, Paul H. (As Told by ) (with A Foreword by Harold B. Lee)
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Salt Lake City, UT: Bookcraft, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. 10th Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacke has several edge tears, nicks and spots of ground-in dirt. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the front endpaper. "Paul Harold Dunn (April 24, 1924 January 9, 1998) was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Dunn was widely considered one of the most dynamic speakers among the general authorities in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1991, Dunn stated that he had "not always been accurate" in his speeches and writings after it was reported that he "made up many of the stories about baseball and battle he told as personal experiences"." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author .
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