Super Flumina: Angling Observations of a Coarse Fisherman.
London: John Lane, 1905. Hard Cover. 8vo, 225 pp. Green boards, gilt lettering, gte, ends of spine rubbed, corners worn, edges lightly worn, pages darkened at edges.
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Old Sword Play The System of Fence; In Vogue during the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. With lessons arranged fromt the works of various ancient masters.
H. .Grevel & Co, 1892. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. Black cloth with elaborate gilt design and lettering to cover and spine. 30pp of text and 57 beautiful black and white plates of typical examples and a portrait of the author. Limited to 300 copies. Ex-library copy with letters on...
Fifty years of golf: My memories.
United States Golf Association, 1993. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. octavo. 224pp. This facsimile edition is limited to 1500 copies of which this is copy number 721. A very nice copy in slipcase.
Wild Lone; The Story of a Pytchley Fox
New York: Scribners, 1938. Hard Cover. octavo. 268pp Lovely illustrations by Watkins-Pitchford. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket.
The Babe Ruth Story.
New York: Dutton, 1948. First edition. Hard Cover. 250pp A nice copy in a worn and chipped dust jacket. Profected in a brodart wrapper.
Non-Sporting Dogs; Their Points and Management in Health & Disease
New York: William R. Jenkins Co, no date- circa 1900. Hard Cover. Maroon decorated cloth. 251pp. Many photographs.Nice condiiton but a bit musty.
How to Tie Freshwater Flies.
New York: Winchester Press, 1974. sm4to, 151 pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. A step-by-step fully illustrated guide for the beginning fly-tier.
The Game One Man, Nine Innings, A Love Affair with Baseball.
New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2001. 8vo, 183 pp. A fine copy in an equally fine dust jacket.
1975 Official National Pictorial of the Irish Setter Club of America.
Irish Setter Club of America, 1975. Hard Cover. Quarto. (11 1/2" x 9"). 852pp. A massive work. Some light "spotting" to top fore-edges. In dust jacket.
O.J.; The Story of Football's Fabulous O.J. Simpson
Putnams, 1974. First edition. Hard Cover. There is a very small chip to front coverOtherwise a very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Jacket has some edge rubbing at top of spine. In a protective wrapper.
Baseball's Great Tragedy; The Story of Carl Mays Submarine Pttcher
Exposition Banner, 1972. First edition. Hard Cover. There is some toning to gutters of both front and rear. Otherwise, a very nice copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. On August 16, 1920, Mays accidentally struck Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians with a pitch. Chapman died the following morning...
The 500 Home Run Club From Aaron to Williams.
Sports Publishing, March 15, 1999. Hardcover. Signed by authors Bob Allen and Bill Gilbert. A very nice copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper.
The Angler's Guide.
New York: Nassau Press, 1908. Sm 8vo, 155 pp. Green boards, gilt logo, corners lightly bumped, previous owners' sticker and ink signature, pages fresh and clean.
Discovering Donald Ross The Architect and his Golf Courses.
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, August 29, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 29 x 26.5 cm. Quarto. 367 pages. Brown cloth in dust jacket. First edition with full number line. Light rubbing to the bottom of the cloth.
Breeding, Training Management, Diseases & c. of Dogs:; Together with an easy and agreeable method of instructing all Breeds of Dogs in a Variet of Amusing and Useful Performances
New York: Francis Butler, 1857. "Sterotype Edition" - 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo Brown cloth with gilt design of dog on front cover. Top 1" of spine loose. Back of spine cracked but repaired. Staining to first couple of pages. Scarce.
Holy Cow!
New York: Villard Books, 1989. First edition. 8vo, 246 pp. A fine first with embossed initials on ffep.
Wildfowling in the Mississippi Flyway.
New York: Van Nostrand, 1949. First edition. Hard Cover. 4to. 387pp.A couple of very small pieces out of dust jacket. SIGNED by one of the contributors of this volume, Walt Bush on front endpaper. Nice copy in dust jacket. A Van Nostrand Sporting Book.
A Fox-Hunting Anthology Selections from the Writers of the 18th,19th and 20th Centuries.
London: Cassell & Co, 1928. 8vo, 227 pp. Bound in red cloth with some wear to spine. Color frontispiece and 8 black and white illustrations. Bookplate. Foxing.
The Killers; The Story of a Fighting Cock and a Wild Hawk
Dutton, 1968. First edition. Hard Cover. octavo. 255pp A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper.
GOLF - WOODS, IRONS AND MEMORABILIA.
Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Limited to 5000 copies of which this is copy #607. Color illustrations. A beautiful copy of a beautiful book. In slipcase.
Trick and Fancy Riding.
California: Academy Guild Press, 1960. 1st printing. 4to. A nice hardcover copy in equally nice dust jacket SIGNED presentation copy from author on half-title.
The Art of Baseball The Great American Game in Painting, Sculpture and Folk Art.
New York: Harmony Books, 1990. First edition. 4to, 159 pp. A fine first.
Skating; With a Chapter for Ladies by Miss L. Cheetham and One one Speed Skating by N.G.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1890. Hard Cover. octavo. Green cloth. 135pp. Illustrated with diagrams. Wear at top and bottom of spine. Front endpaper loose. Back gutter cracked.
Seats and Saddles Bits and Bitting and the Prevention and Cure of Restiveness in Horses.
New York: John W.Lovell, nd. 12mo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 255pp.
Legacies of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders; Voiume 1
Eclipse Press, 2003-11. Hardcover. Quarto. 301pp A fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a mylar protective wrapper.