Sports from Old Bookshelf

New York: Blumenberg Press, 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 114pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Light wear and some soiling to cover, water staining to endpapers and upper margins of some pages, occasional foxing, some cracking to endpapers, binding holding tightly. A rare and highly entertaining book by an esteemed … Read more about this item

New York: Self-Published, 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 54pp. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover, gilt spine lettering. Sine is faded, corners lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned. Author has signed the half-title page, and dated it Sept. 19, 1933. .

New York and Philadelphia: Schermerhorn, Bancroft & Co., 1864. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 144pp +4pp ads. FIRST EDITION. Brown stamped cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed, text is moderately foxed, binding is tight. Exercises for all parts of the… Read more about this item

New York: The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 382 pp. Blue cloth, gilt billiards player on front cover, black border, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, numerous plates. Corners lightly rubbed, spine slightly darkened, contents are clean and binding is tight. A very well-preserved book.… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 219pp. Green cloth. Very sound condition, mild toning to endpapers. Dust jacket has chipping and tearing along edges, 1 1/2 inch fragment missing from foot of spine, now covered in clear jacket. Major League baseball stars of the 1940s and 50s… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 248pp. Grey cloth, blue spine lettering. Extremities lightly bumped, contents mildly age-toned, a 1945 inscription on front free endpaper Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped and missing several large pieces along edges and spine with some loss of text. Book… Read more about this item

Paris: Arthème Fayard et Cie., 1930. Audio Book (DVD). Fair. René Lelong. 125pp. Couverture souple. Snas date, c1930. Satisfaisant. Light wear. Illustrations de Lelong.

London: Thomas Hurst, 1837. Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. xxxvi, 306pp. Maroon cloth, gilt decoration and gilt lettering and decoration to spine, all edges gilt, 36 plates. Front board very loose, binding is tight, chipping to head and tail of spine, light foxing to preliminary pages, very occasional foxing to text.… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xii, 179pp. Tan and grey boards, unclipped dust jacket. Ex library, light rubbing to corners, text is clean, remnants of label removal on rear endpaper, dust jacket has been pasted to inside covers, light wear and… Read more about this item

New York: Vendome Press, 1956. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214pp. Green cloth, black spine lettering. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is sound and tight, slight fading along edges, contents clean, small rust spots from binding staples in front inner hinge, underlining… Read more about this item

London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1922. Second Impression . Hardcover. Fair/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 217pp. .Green cloth, black lettering. Corners very lightly rubbed, contents lightly age-toned, endpapers more heavily, some pages crudely opened causing margin tears not affecting text, oxcasional light foxing, binding is sound. Dust jacket is darkened… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1952. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312pp. Grey boards, black spine lettering. Spine ends lightly rubbed, boards sound, former owner's name on front free endpaper, bookseller's label on front pastedown, contents mildly age-toned. Unclipped dust jacket is worn and chipped along… Read more about this item

Stuttgart und Berlin: Deutsche Berlags-Anstalt, 1912. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 147pp. Green cloth over bevelled boards, top edge gilt. Cover is faded and dampstained, waterstaining to last half of text, mainly in lower margins; first half of text is quite clean, abrasion to front pastedown. … Read more about this item

London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1884. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. Bowers. 360pp. Red pictorial bevelled boards, black and gilt lettering and decoration, 22 colored plates. Spotting to front board, fading to rear board, some internal separation (no loose pages), text mildly age-toned. A fictional… Read more about this item

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1920. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 276pp. Green cloth. Very light wear, but lettering to cover and spine is worn away, and heavy staining to rear cover not affecting interior. Contents are surprisingly clean and unmarked, and binding is tight. In… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1923. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 279pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering, 32 illustrations in color and half-tone Light wear to covers, 2 small spots to front board, endpapers lightly foxed, text mildly toned but clean, binding is solid.

New York: Greenberg, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Laszlo Razel. 188pp. Tan linen cover, orange decoration, gilt spine lettering. Covers unworn and clean, contents age-toned, some darkening to endpapers, owner's name in pencil on front pastedown. Book is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is moderately soiled… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Haar & Steinert, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196pp. Pictorial wraps, quarter-bound, raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers. Moderate wear to cover, library stamps on title page, a few pencil underlinings, otherwise book is clean and sound, text mildly toned. Original paperback book bound in… Read more about this item

New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1924. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 68pp +14 pp ads and tennis wear advice. Light soil, moderate chipping to spine, light exterrnal wear, 1/2 inch ink spot near foredge of front cover, internally clean and sound, order blank at front still present. Tennis instructions and… Read more about this item

New York: Barse & Hopkins, 1914. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 311p. Green cloth, black lettering. LIght rubbing and soiling to covers. Contents have an occasional faint margin spot, otherwise very clean. A sound copy.