I Had A Hammer The Hank Aaron Story
New York: Harper Collins, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvii, 333 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Hardcover with color photographic illustrated dust jacket. Signed by Hank Aaron on title page. More
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Golden Anniversary Amateur Athletic Union of the United States 1888-1938
Anniversary Number December 1938 The Amateur Athlete. n.p. The Amateur Athlete, 1938. First Edition. Periodical. Tall soft cover magazine. 67 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Contents cover boxing, wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, track and field, A.A.U. history and more. Light wear to the magazine. More
Croquet: Rules of the Game and Official Laws British Croquet Association
Spalding's Athletic Library. [Plus] Croquet Rules and Regulations With Instructions American Edition. Manufactured by Roy Bros., East Barnet, VT. 1914; [AND] Rules for Playing Field Croquet. Published by Roy Bros. East Barnet, VT. New York: American Sports Publishing, 1916. Later printing. Wraps. Wraps. Approx. 6.75" x 5" blue paper wraps..... More
Score Card Southern Association Ponce De Leon Park Home of the Crackers
Atlanta: Franklin Printing Corporation, n.d. Program. Vintage 11" x 7" folded, 14" x 7" unfolded Baseball score card for the Atlanta Crackers. No date provided. The Crackers were playing against "Little Rock" in the Southern Association. Part of the scorecard was used. Scorecard is faded in spots. More
Southern Association Scorecard Atlanta Baseball Corporation. Ponce De Leon Park Home of the Crackers.
Atlanta: Franklin Printing Company, ca. 1949. Paper. Approx. 14" x 11" unfolded scorecard. Thick card paper with one horizontal fold. Partially used. Illustrated advertisements including Coca-Cola. Some toning to the paper. This scorecard is not dated but likely 1949. The Crackers played Little Rock. More
atlanta 96 Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Atlanta, Georgia July 19-August 4, 1996. Marietta, Georgia: Inter-Sport Publications Corporation, [1996?]. Hardcover. Tall green quarto hardcover with gray slip case. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color. Medal results from the 1996 Olympics located in back. Very light shelf wear to the hardcover and slip case. More
The "Bull" Durham Baseball Guide
Vol. 2 1911. Published Annually by the Baseball Publishing Co. 2 Park Square, Boston, Mass. Second Year. Boston: Baseball Publishing Company, 1911. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo. 127pp., [1]. Illustrated. Color illustrated printed wraps with title on front cover and Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco advertisement on rear wrap. Bull Durham Tobacco..... More
Face to Face
Champaign, Il: Sports Publishing L.L.C., 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 229pp., [1] advertisement. Black hardcover with title on spine. Color photographic dust jacket with Furman Bisher portrait on front cover of dust jacket. Title on spine. Signed by author on title page. More
The H Book of Harvard Athletics 1852-1922
Cambridge, Mass. Printed at the Harvard University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xi, [1], 612 pages. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Red cloth hardcover with gilt title and College seal on the front cover. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Cloth binding has a few lightly rubbed spots. Top text edge..... More
Boston Braves 1948 Official Program and Scorecard. Sunday, August 15th.
Players included Jackie Robinson, Warren Spahn, Johnny Sain, Duke Snider, P. Reese, etc. Boston: Boston Braves, 1948. Paper. Approx. 10" x 7" stapled baseball scorecard. [16] pages including the covers. Unused. Illustrated advertisements. More
Boston Braves 1950 Official Program and Scorecard.
Players included Jackie Robinson, Warren Spahn, Johnny Sain, Duke Snider, P. Reese, Roy Campanella, etc. Boston: Boston Braves, 1948. Paper. Approx. 11" x 9" stapled baseball scorecard. Color illustrated front cover. [16] pages including the covers. Unused. Illustrated advertisements. Some damp staining to the edges of the first 6 pages..... More
How to Play Golf; Golf Lessons and Comment; How I play Golf
Spalding's Athletic Library No. 224. New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1940. Later printing. Soft cover. 12mo. 158 pages. 2 pages of advertisements in back. Bound, photographic illustrated soft covers with dual titles and pictures on front cover and a photograph of Bobby Jones in action on rear cover. Bobby..... More
How To Play Golf
Spalding's Athletic Library No. 4B. Illustrated with specially posed photographs and from motion picture films. New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1930. Wraps. 12mo. (approx. 6.75" x 5"). 128pp., [16]pp. Illustrated with photographs. Illustrated wraps with title on front cover and advertisement on rear cover. Previous owner's name on front..... More
Handbook of the National Association of Approved Basketball Officials
The Official whose name is stamped on the cover of this rule book has registered through a Chartered Board or individually through the National Office in New York and is accredited as an Approved Official by the National Board of Basketball Officials. New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1941..... More
Indian News Vol. 2, No. 6 August, 1948. With Scorecard Philadelphia A's vs. Cleveland Indians
Cleveland: Cleveland Indians, 1948. Wraps. Satpled soft cover. 16 pages. Contents includes a two page score card of the Philadelphia A's vs. Cleveland Indians; an article with photograph of Leroy Stachel Paige; photographs of Hall of Fame Trio of Don Black, Bob Lemon, and Bob Feller, and several advertisements. From..... More
Martha Doyle and Other Sporting Memories
Illustrated by Edwin Megargee. New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xviii, [2], 152 pages. Illustrated. Red cloth hardcover with pasted down title label on the front cover. Title label on the spine. The front cover has a slight shadow on the front cover. The back cover has..... More
The Greatest of Them All: The Legend of Bobby Jones
Signed copy. Greenwich, CT: The American Golfer, Inc., 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio. 200 pages. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Autograph sticker on the dust jacket. Another autograph sticker on the plastic mylar protecting the dust jacket. More
A Decade of American Sporting Books & Prints
A complete bibliography of the books and prints published including the privately printed items. New York: Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxiv, [2], 71 pages, [1] page blank, [1]. Red cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated publisher's seal on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Glassine jacket..... More
Dooley's Dawgs: 25 Years of Winning Football at the University of Georgia
Foreword by Lewis Grizzard. Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto. Hardcover with color pictorial dust jacket. viii, 184 pages. Hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket is creased in the middle of the front cover. More
Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball
With Introduction by Walter Camp Yale 1880. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. xx, 463 pages. Frontispiece and numerous photograph illustrations. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title and football illustration on the front cover. Untrimmed edges. Some fading to the title letters on the spine. A...... More
The Spirit of Golf
Introduction by Herbert Warren Wind. Marietta, Ga. Longstreet Press, 1996. First paperback printing. Paperback. Oblong quarto. [5], 117 pages. Illustrated. Soft pictorial cover with tile on front cover and spine. Light shelf wear to soft cover. More
Take Me Out to the Crowd: Ted Turner and the Atlanta Braves
Signed by Ted Turner. Huntsville, Alabama: The Strode Publishers, Inc., 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 256 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Blue hardcover with gold stamped title on the front cover and spine. Color pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket is shelf and edge worn. Light foxing to the..... More
Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide Thirty-fourth Year 1910
Spalding's Athletic Library Group I. No. 1. New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1910. Wraps. 12mo. Pictorial color wraps. [20]pp list of "Spaldings Athletic Library", 389pp., [7]pp Base Ball season schedules; [32]pp illustrated advertisements. Illustrated with photographs of several players and base ball teams. Covers are lightly worn with small..... More
The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf
New York: Hyperion, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xvi, [1], 493 pages. Previous owner bookplate and gift inscription on the front paste down. Light foxing to the foredge. Light shelf wear to the dust jacket. More
English Hunting Journal Season 1917-1918. From Weeclon
United Kingdom: 1917-1918. Full leather. Oblong soft black leather journal (8" x 5") with gilt lettered title "Hunting Journal" stamped on the front cover. Reddish marbled end papers and edges. Gilt lined borders on covers. Flexible covers. Front cover has a light creased area. Dates for the entries commence "Oct..... More