Sports Biography
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Addicted to Danger - A Memoir About Affirming Life in the Face of Death
by Wickwire, Jim and Dorothy Bullitt
New York: Pocket Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by author and mountaineer Jim Wickwire. Blue hardcover, 1st edition, in dustjacket. A very good copy with bending at the spine tips and some fading along the board edges being the only flaws. Dustjacket is also very good with matching wear to the spine panel tips, corners not clipped. 322 pp., indexed, black and white photos throughout. Wickwire's autobiography of climbing peaks around the world.
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A$27.11
Bowerman and the Men of Oregon - The Story of Oregon's Legendary Coach and Nike's Cofounder
by Moore, Kenny
Rodale Books, 2006. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. Postcard laid in at front saying "Please accept...autographed copy of Kenny Moore's fantastic biography...." from a local Eugene, OR business. Black and cream hardcover, 5th printing in dustjacket. A very good copy with crimping at the spine tips and shallow bump to the rear joint. Clean, tight, and straight - as if unread. The dustjacket is also very good, unclipped with...
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A$42.61
The Best Of Sports Illustrated
by Chase, Carrie (editor)
New York, NY: Bishop Books, Inc.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket;. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - 11" to 13" tall; 192 pages; Clean, tight and bright. DJ with little wear to edges. Photo cover DJ of Muhannad Ali by Neil Leifer. Glossy paper. Color, black and white photos. List of phot credits. All areas of sports and sports figures from 1954 until 1995. .
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A$39.51
Intramural Sports
by Mitchell, Elmer D
New York: A. S. Barnes And Company. Fair/Deco Cover. 1939. Hardback. Tall 8vo some cover rubs/scuffs/etc. nice "time piece" item. .
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A$15.49
Inside the Astrodome Eighth Wonder of the World
by Association, Houston Sports
Houston, TX: Houston Sports Association. Fair with no dust jacket. 1965. Magazine. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages; Magazine size Paperback, Shows Wear, B&W and Color Illustrations, Text is clean no markings seen, No Dust Jacket; BX456 .
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A$58.83
The Mick
by Mantle, Mickey & Herb Gluck
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; Book Tight, Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Text is clean no markings seen Illustrated Black & White Photos; BX456 .
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A$30.21
Breaking The Surface.
by LOUGANIS, Greg
New York: Random House, 1995. Signed by Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist for Diving: Greg Louganis. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Louganis is the second individual and the only male to sweep diving events in consecutive Olympics. Five Gold Medals in World Championships, Six Gold Medals in the Pan-American Games.
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A$116.21
Time on the Grass : An Autobiography
by Robson, Bobby
London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1982. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 180pp. The story of football star and manager Bobby Robson from his beginnings in the North-East up to the his time at Ipswich Town when he turned the club around to be one of the most powerful in Europe and their UEFA Cup win... First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine....
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A$22.29
Real Book About Mountain Climbing
by McMorris, William B
New York, NY: Garden City Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Lib; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 217 pages; Green boards with blue titles and decorations. Edges lightly rubbed. Text pages clean and tight. Ex-library with usual markings. Illustrated by Albert Orbann. Index. .
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A$17.82
Andy Priaulx, Triple World Champion : The Autobiography
by Priaulx, Andy
London: Harper Sport, 2008. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 274pp. The story of the man from Guernsey who was dubbed 'Britain's Schumacher' and hailed as the greatest Touring Car driver of all time as he won the World Touring Car Championship three times. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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A$18.90
Jack Nicklaus : My Most Memorable Shots in the Majors
by Nicklaus, Jack with Bowden, Ken
London: Stanley Paul, 1988. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, no bumping to corners and tiny knock to spine. Dust jacket not price clipped with light creasing to edges and half-inch nick to top edge near spine. 126pp. The shots Jack Nicklaus has selected for replay in this book are in conditions every golfer has faced at some time on a golf course and he then tells you what you must learn - as he did - from the good and the...
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A$15.99
Cobb; A Biography
by Al Stump
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight shelfwear; soiling to textblock top and fore edge. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light top edge bumping; small closed tear at tail; small closed tear at head. Blue boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 436...
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A$11.62
Favre
by Favre, Brett (Author) / Favre, Bonita (Author) / Havell, Chris (Author) / Bowden, Mark (Contributor) / Bradshaw, Terry (Contributor) / King, Peter (Contributor)
Rugged Land. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 2004. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 246 pages: 9 x 10.25 in.: 3.4: KB#011476: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Original sealed DVD is included. Printing Number Line (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "[The included DVD] 'In Their Own Words: Brett Favre' reveals Favre's intensity, humor,...
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A$54.23
It's Only a Game
by Bradshaw, Terry with David Fisher
New York: Pocket Books, 2001. First printing. Unknown. Very Good/very good. Signed by Bradshaw with his number 12 under the signature across the title-page diagonally. Yellow and blue paper covered boards, stated first printing, in dustjacket. A very good copy, clean and tight, with minor wear at the board edges, more pronounced at the spine tips. Minor bend upward to the rear board. Interior is unmarked other than the author's signature. The unclipped jacket is bright and attractive with minor...
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A$54.23
Torvill & Dean
by Hennessy, John
NSW Australia: James Fraser Publishing. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. Biographer John Hennessy- former sports editor of The Times- shows Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean as they really are: quiet, unassuming young people with a tremendous talent for ice skating that has taken them all the way to the top, from world-famous sports arenas...
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A$14.00
Favre: For the Record
by Favre, Brett; Havel, Chris
New York: Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 288 pages. Superstar Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre has the arm of Dan Marino, the agility of Steve Young, the field presence of Joe Montana and the brashness of Jim McMahon. Born the son of an indomitable high school football coach in hardscrabble Kiln, Mississippi, Favre has gone on to become the NFL's most valuable player two years running (a feat equaled only...
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A$46.40
Torchy! The Biography and Reminiscences of Roscoe C. Torrance
by Torrance, Roscoe C., with Bob Karolevitz
South Dakota: Dakota Homestead Publishers, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Signed by Torchy on the facing page without inscription. 1st printing hardcover in jacket. A clean, beautiful copy in yellow cloth. Minor edgewear and some crimping at the spine tips. A solid copy with some light bumping to the top corners of the textblock. Dustjacket is not as good, with two tears (one to the head of the spine and one to the bottom of the front panel), and overall scuffing. 298 pp.,...
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A$23.24
2006-07 Texas A & M Women's Basketball: Raising the Bar
by Navor, Marlene
College Station: Texas A & M University, 2007. 1st ed. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 208 pages. 2007 recruitment guide for Texas A & M women's basketball. Brown hardcover with framed team photo on front. Color photos on endpapers, b/w photos throughout. Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear, unmarked. Item #: E4099. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.
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A$30.21
Coach Wooden - The 7 Principles that Shaped His Life and Will Change Yours
by Williams, Pat with Jim Denney
Michigan: Revell, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed by the author on the free-endpaper in silver pen, "All the best, Pat Williams 2011." A very good hardcover, 1st edition, in dust jacket. Some bending at the corner and spine tips, otherwise a clean, tight copy in like dustjacket.. Bright and attractive. 186 pp., bibliography. Pat Williams, of Orlando Magic fame, provides his insights into the life principles and character of legendary coach John Wooden.
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A$23.24
The Worst Call Ever! The Most Infamous Calls Ever Blown by Referees, Umpires, and Other Blind Officials
by Garlett, Kyle & Patrick O'Neal
New York, NY: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 230 pages; Book Tight, Dust Jacket shows little sign of usage, With Clipped Corner; BX121 .
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A$14.72
Forever Two as One
by Babilonia, Tai and Randy Gardner with Martha Lowder Kimball
New York: Millpond Press, 2002. Hardcover. Good/good. Red hardcover with gilt titles in dustjacket. A good+ copy with some wear to the cover edges and bending at the lower corners. Bumping to the front edge of the front cover. Pages are clean and binding is solid. Unclipped dustjacket is also good but with some minor staining spineward, and crinkling along the panel edges. 186 pp., indexed, color and b/w photos throughout. A history of Babilonia and Gardner's 30 years as skating partners.
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A$46.48
Earl Campbell The Driving Force
by Blair, Sam
Waco, TX: Word Books. Good in Good dust jacket;. 1980. First Edtion. Hardcover. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 175 pages; DJ edges lightly rubbed. Price clipped corner otherwise complete. Mylar cover. Text pages clean and tight. Photos illustrate. .
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A$19.37
When Life Gets you Down, Rise Up!
by McCallister, Kacey
Utah: Covenant Communications, Inc., 2019. First printing. paperback. Very Good. Signed with a small drawing in red ink on the half title, simply "Kacey" - trade paperback 1st edition. A very good copy - bright and clean with some shelf-wear to the bottom edge of the front cover. 250 pp., black and white photos throughout. The inspiring story of a young man's determination to excel in spite of a debilitating injury in his youth.
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A$27.11
Made in America His Own Story
by Ueberroth, Peter
New York, NY: William , Morrow and Company Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket;. 1985. First Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 401 pages; First Edition. Mylar Cover on dust jacket. Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage. Book Tight. B&W with Color Photographs. Text is clean no markings seen .
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A$44.47
Boitano's Edge : Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating
by Boitano, Brian (Author) / Harper, Suzanne (Author) / Fleming, Peggy (Introduction By)
New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1997. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 144 pages: 9.25 x 12.25 in.: 2.6: KB#007325: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Stated First Edition. Printing Number Line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This large format, full-color photo essay is the ultimate skating book for fans ages 8 and up. In an accessible and conversational tone Brian Boitano reveals what it is like to move...
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A$38.74
