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
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 darkened. 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
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
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
Modern Achievement: Health and Recreation
Modern Achievement Part III. With an Introduction by William Blaikie. New York: The University Society, 1902. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xix, 419 pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with color facsimiles, diagrams, photographs. Restored: Three-quarter red binding with marbled paper covered boards. Original red leather corners with new red faux leather spine... More
Where Bobby Learned to Play
Atlanta: McGuire Publishing Company, Inc., 1998. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 200 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover and illustrated dust jacket in very good condition. Golf Course illustrated end sheets. Inscribed by author on title page. More
Bobby Jones and the Quest for the Grand Slam
Forewords by Jack Nicklaus and Dr. Robert Tyre Jones IV. Official 75th Anniversary Commerative Book. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Square quarto (11" x 11"). 160 pages. Hardcover with photographic illustrated dust jacket. Black and white photographic end papers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. DVD included inside front cover. More
Wembley presents 25 Years of Sport 1923-1948
Wembley: Wembley Stadium Limited, 1948. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 105 pages. Illustrated. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. Two loose items laid inside the book: a 1952 Oympic Games supplement and a Wembley table menu included. More
The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and The Golden Age of Golf
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. vi, 345 pages. More
Die Olympischen Spiele 1936
Olympia 1936. Complete in 2 Volumes. [Berlin]: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quartos. 2 volumes: 128pp; 169pp. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt Olympic illustration and black title on front covers. Black titles on spines. Light shelf and edge wear to cloth volumes. Illustrated with black and white tipped in... More
Quoits and Horseshoe Pitching, Lawn Bowls Also the Italian Game of "Boccie" and Rules For Shuffleboard
Spalding "Red Cover" Series of Athletic Handbooks No. 86R. New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1925. Wraps. Stapled wraps. Approx. 7" x 5". [3] pages of advertisements, frontispiece illustration, [58] pages, [2] pages advertisements. Illustrations. Red, white and blue pictorial front cover. Spalding advertisement on the rear cover. More
Daguerreo-Types of Great Stars of Baseball
St. Louis: C. C. Spink and Son, 1934. Wraps. Stapled wraps. 96 pages. Illustrated with small photograph portraits. Illustrated covers with title and illustration on the front cover. An advertisement for the "Louisville Slugger baseball bats on the rear wrap. Light edge and creases to the covers. More
The Ghosts of Herty Field Early Days on a Southern Gridiron
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 147 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Red cloth hardcover with title on spine. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Light edge wear and creases to the jacket and a small chip on the rear dust jacket. Previous owner blind stamp on right... More