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Brewster, Benjamin The First Book of Baseball
New York Fanklin Watts, Inc. 1950 Ex-Library Edition Hardcover Very Good - Bendick, Jeanne
Indexed, b7w illustrations throughout, former school library copy with typical markings and sturdy liberary binding. Interior pages are clean, blue boards with baseball illustration on the cover. Light wear at corners and spine ends.
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10.00 USD
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Brown, Paul with Jack, Clary PB The Paul Brown Story
New York Atheneum 1979 0689109857 / 9780689109850 First printing Hardcover Fine near fine Jacket
338 pages with b&w illustrations. Crisp and unmarked, stated first edition. Red endpapers, bright yellow stain on top edge. Jacket is not price-clipped ($12.95). There is a newpaper article tucked inside from the 9-11-1999 edition of the Akron Beacon Journal. the article is about Paul Brown, written from an interview with his son Mike.
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30.00 USD
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Caldwell Jr., Charles W. Modern Single Wing Football
Philadelphia J. B. Loppincott Company 1951 Stated First Edition Hardcover Very Good
283 pages, glossary, illustrated with 109 diagrams and 32 pages of photographs. The word 'Football' is stamped on one of the blank endpapers, otherwise the book is unmarked. Light edgewear on the cover and corners and mild spotting, the spine is sunned. Ca;dwell served as the head football coach at Williams College for 15 seasons between 1928 and 1944 and at Princeton University from 1945 to 1956, compiling a career college football record of 146–67–9.
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70.00 USD
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Dilorenzo, Michael Adventures with Jonny Let's Go Fishing A Parent and Child Fishing Adventure and Guide
Clinton Township, MI Running Moose Pubns 2006 0977721000 / 9780977721009 First printing Hardcover New Signed
68 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Adventures with Jonnybrings family together again in a book that speaks to both children and parents. The three part book opens with a colorful fishing adventure to intrigue children. The second section educates parents on the introduction of children to the sport of fishing. The final section aids both children and parents on the identification of common game fish Entice Children, Educate Parents, Send them off fishing together Intrigue children with the wonders of fishing and aid parents in getting their children outdoors to share quality family time together. Give your children the gift of the outdoors and you give them a gift for life and that is what this book allows you to do.
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15.00 USD
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Gandal, Neil Coming Up Short
Wooster, OH Wooster Book Company 2009 9781590580484 Hard Cover Fine Fine Jacket
This book is a kind of report card on Cleveland sports teams from 1966 to 2007. While it doesn t provide detailed stories about individual players, it gives a thorough review of the Cleveland teams failures and successes since the Super Bowl era began in 1966. The book first paints the overall picture and provides the statistics underneath the scar tissue of some of Cleveland s stunning failures. Then the book probes deeper into the
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23.95 USD
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Harris, Mark Bang the Drum Slowly
Norwalk, Connecticut Easton Press 2003 Full-Leather Fine No Jacket Issued Jacket Signed
Signed by Mark Harris on the limitation page, certificate of authenticity is included, which is also signed by Harris. Bound in red leather with gold decoration on front and back covers and gold lettering and decoration on the spine. All edges gilt, moire silk end papers, satin ribbon marker, four raised bands, acid free paper. Also includes Easton Press bookplate (unmarked) and a card printed with information about the book.
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175.00 USD
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Hersey, John Blues
Knopf 1987 0394559606 / 9780394559605 Hardcover Very Good++ very good Jacket
205 pages, illustrations by James Baker, maps on endpapers. Small remainer mark on top edge, bound in deep blue cloth with fish illustration stamped onto the cloth. jacket has light wear on top edge The pleasures of a summer's bluefishing off Martha's Vineyard are marvelously evoked as John Hersey reflects upon the angler's art, wonders of the teeming oceans where fish and fisherman confront each other, and the web of interdependence they share. 14 drawings.
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12.00 USD
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Kline, Kathleen Schmitt; Bruch, Ronald M; Binkowski, Frederick P People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair with an Ancient Fish
Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2009 0870204319 / 9780870204319 First printing Hardcover New new Jacket Rashid, Bob Signed
292 pages, indexed, illustrated throughout with color photography. Signed by Ronald Bruch. Through a fascinating collection of images, stories and interviews, "People of the Sturgeon "chronicles the history of this remarkable fish and the cultural traditions it has spawned. The authors introduce a colorful cast of characters with a good fish tale to tell. Color photos by the late Bob Rashid and images from the Wisconsin Historical Society evoke both the magical and the mortal. Weaving together myriad voices and examining the sturgeon's profound cultural impact, the authors reveal how a diverse group of people are now joined together as "people of the sturgeon."
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35.00 USD
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Kurlansky, Mark Hank Greenberg
Yale University Press 2011 0300136609 / 9780300136609 Hardcover New new Jacket Signed
Signed by Mark Kurlansky. With his decision to sit out a 1934 game between his Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees because it fell on Yom Kippur, Hank Greenberg became a hero to Jews throughout America. In this work, Kurlansky explores the truth behind the slugger's legend.
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27.00 USD
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Kurlansky, Mark The Eastern Stars
New York Riverhead 2011 1594485054 / 9781594485053 Softcover New
In his distinctive style, bestselling author Kurlansky examines the staggering amount of baseball talent that has originated in the impoverished area of San Pedro, in the Dominican Republic, and discovers wider meanings about place, identity, and, above all, baseball.
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16.00 USD
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Laylander, O. J. The Perilous Adventure of Lewis Sweet
Privately Printed 1929 Hardcover Very Good +
5 1/8" x 7 3/8", 50 pages, b&w drawing of a lighthouse in the front of the book. Unmarked, binding firm. Paper over boards with white paper title block on the front cover. 1/2" split in the paper covering the board at the bottom front fold. This is the story of the ordeal of Mr. Sweet who was stranded on an ice floe while on a fishing trip off of Crane Island. Inside the front of the book are two photographs. One of a light house, presumably White Shoals Lighthouse where Mr. Sweet was able to find shelter and another picture of Mr. Sweet on a gurney with two nurses at his side and two men in the room, presumably at the Petosky hospital.
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50.00 USD
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Lewis, Franklin The Cleveland Indians
New York G. P. Punam's Sons 1949 Hardcover Very Good very good Jacket Signed
276 pages, illustrated with b&w photos, signed by Franklin Lewis on the ffep, otherwise unmarked. part of the Putnam Pennant Series - The Big League Library. Red boards with silver lettering on the spine. Jacket has wear at extremities, not price-clipped ($3.00), now protected in mylar.
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50.00 USD
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Lipsyte, Robert An Accidental Sportswriter
New York Ecco 2011 0061769134 / 9780061769139 First printing Hardcover New new Jacket Signed
Signed by Rober Lipsyte. The NYT lead sports columnist mines his long career to write a book that is more about relationships and culture than the athletes and teams he has covered.
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30.00 USD
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