Search Results: the book of sports and games

Checkmark Books, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Checkmark Books, 1998-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Lyons Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Globe Pequot Press, The, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lyons Pr. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

The Lyons Press, 2000-09-01. Paperback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: George Allen Unwin, 1952. 2nd Imp. . Paperback. Good+. 16mo Landscape. Light soiling/tanning to covers.

Oak Tree Press, 1964. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1964. First Published. 158 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

The Lyons Press 0-09. First edition thus. . Paperback. As New. First Thus. As New! Sec 60B1

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1st Penguin edition, 203 pages, illustrated, statistics, appendix, light wear to covers, bookshop stamp on front endpaper. . Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1972.

A great primer on pastime pre-radio and TV---what people used to do for fun 135 years ago!  There are sections on card games anf tricks, forgotten parlor games, various sports, even a boxing chapter.

New York: Albert Sibley & Co., 1884. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 128pp. Printed wraps. Spine missing, old tape repair to cover and inner margin, text is toned, but clean and unworn. An abundance of practical how-to instructions for boys during the 19th century. Illustrated.

Checkmark Books, 1998-10-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

The K. G. Guinness Book of World Records, Olympic Games – 1896-1956, history, sport, Sydney, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Authors' preface, two appendices. The text is illustrated with historical black-and-white photographs. Photographic paperback binding with black, red and white coloured titles to the front panel and black white coloured titles to the back strip. Published just prior to the 1964 Olympics, and, gives the complete rollcall of previous Olympic medal winners of the 20 sports that were going to be contested in the '64 Olympics. Also included is a small history of the Olympics – both ancient and modern. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with vague reading creases to the back strip. Sunning of the panels with very noticeable tanning of the text block edges, along with foxing, and lighter tanning of the pages. Some foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. This is the first Australian… Read More

Arco Publishing, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. 1981 FIRST PRINTING hardcover with dust jacket. APPEARS UNREAD with unmarked, crisp-edged, well-bound pages. Jacket shows minor shelf-rubbing and minor edge wear only. This is NOT an ex-library book. A very good, collectible First Edition copy! Black and white photo illustrations.

Albert Sibley & Co. NY, 1884. No additional printings listed. Softcover. good. NOT an ex library book. Book with brown cover has 1" paper loss on spine ends, chips on corners. 128 clean pages.

Chicago: Popular Mechanics, 1954. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 189 pages, extensively illustrated by drawings throughout; book gently used, covers very lightly worn and bumped, text pages very clean and unmarked, but a previous owner has protected the DJ with a plastic sheet and clear taped it to the covers so that there are now four pale brown stains to the endpapers from the tape (and this appears to have been done after the DJ was already chipped and torn). See also our listings for Helen Joseph's The Family Book of Games and Sports: A Treasury of Fun for All Ages - Rules, Strategy for Card Games and Board Games (A Popular Mechanics Book), and for The Second Book of Hundreds of Things a Boy Can Make : A Hobby Book for Boys of all Ages, and for J. B. Pick's The Phoenix Dictionary of Games: Outdoor, Covered Court and Gymnasium, Indoor: How to Play 501 Games (buy both and save on postage!).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Murphy, Frank C..

Chicago: Encyclopaedi Britannica, Inc., 1957. Edition Not Stated . Stapled. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Six book set. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

London: Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1952. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fair+/No Jacket. Macgillivray, R.. Scarce. Ex-library copy. Boards very worn, torn at the spine with a small "L" shaped cut-out on rear board. Inside is clean. Well illustrated book. In those days, "hockey" for girls meant grass hockey.