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Annual Year Book; Trotting and Pacing in 1959 (Volume 72, Part I)

By: Adamkosky, Walter V. (Ed.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Columbus, Ohio, US Trotting Association: 1960

Seller ID: 007369

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original black cloth on boards. Quarter-size spot of white paint on upper right corner of cover. Very heavy book will need extra postage. World Championship Records, World Records and Other Interesting Performances, Index to Race Meetings, Summaries of Races at Meetings, Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events, Classification Schedule, Assignment of Eligibilities, and Index to Horses. Inquire for additional years 1960, 1970, 1972, and 1975.
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Mick Channon: The Authorised Biography

By: Batt, Peter

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, Highdown: 2004

Seller ID: 004652

ISBN: 1904317456

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original green cloth on boards. Small sticker with inscription stuck to front of DJ is the only fault. Mick Channon was widely known both as a football/soccer player and horse racer. 288 pp.
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Run for the Roses: 100 Years at the Kentucky Derby

By: Bolus, Jim

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Associated Features/ Hawthorn Books, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 007596

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth backed in white cloth on boards. Previous oewner's name and note. DJ price-clipped. A mix of history and personalities of the thoroughbred scene. Appendices of Derby summaries and career records of Derby winners. 209 pp. with index. Heavy book will need extra postage.
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Virgin Water; Thirty-five Years in Quest of the Squaretail Trout

By: Brewer, Leighton

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Coward-McCann, Inc.: 1941

Seller ID: 013001

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Beige cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Cover hand-soiled. Square and well-bound. Quebec. Adirondacks. 223 pp.
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The Pictorial History of Cricket

By: Brown, Ashley

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Bison Books Ltd.: 1988

Seller ID: 003012

ISBN: 0-86124-444-3

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original dark green cloth on boards. Colour photos of Ian Botham and Viv Richards on DJ. The Game Begins, Batsmen Supreme 1919-39, The Battle for the Ashes 1946-76, Quick Bowlers, One-day Cricket, Kerry Packer 1977-88, Modern Times, and Index. 208 big pages ! Weighs 1 3/4 Kg., so please email ahead for postage quote.
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Baseball Joe at Yale

By: Chadwick, Lester

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Cupples & Leon Company: 1913

Seller ID: 011309

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Blue cloth on boards. Libray bookplate and stamp. Tiny puncture to spine. Third title in the series lists to itself opposite Contents page. Alternate title is Pitching for the College Championship. As Joe gets settled in at Yale, he has his sights set on pitching. Will he get the chance? 248 pp.
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Six Salmon Rivers and Another

By: Clarke, George Frederick

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., Brunswick Press: 1977

Seller ID: 013421

ISBN: 0-88790-020-8

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original maroon cloth on boards with gilt lettering. DJ is worn and torn - someone has covered it in plastic and adhered it to the book. Map endpapers. Previous owner's name. This is Clarke's most popular book. 190 pp. including Index.
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The First Fifty Years; The Story of the New Brunswick Golf Association (Signed)

By: Costello, Ralph

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B, New Ireland Press: 1987

Seller ID: 007468

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original dark green cloth on boards. Inscribed and signed by the author. Who is the only golfer to represent four provinces in Willingdon Cup competition ? How long was the putt that cost Phil Farley the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1949 ? ISBN 0-920483-13-5 Heavy book might need extra postage. 214 pp.
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Fur, Feathers and Steel; Of Feathers, Hackles, Fishhooks and Other Materials Used in Tying Trout Flies

By: Cross, Reuben R.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Dodd, Mead & Company: 1946

Seller ID: 007106

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original grey cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. First free endpaper missing. Feathers, Hackle, Hair, Fur, Fishhooks, A Trick or Two, Types of Flies, Popular Flies, Favorite Patterns, Miscellaneous Hits and Misses. 78 pp.
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Sport Is Where You Find It

By: Crowe, Philip K.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.: 1953

Seller ID: 011189

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth on boards. Upper left corner of DJ torn. Dated in the sense that animals are hunted and killed for "sport" as opposed to diet. 189 pp.
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Herb Kent; West Point Fullback

By: Dean, Graham M.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Goldsmith Publishing Company: 1936

Seller ID: 010034

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth on boards. Brilliant DJ has tiny piece missing at lower corner where cover is dinged. Previous owner's name, address, and date (1936) in pencil, easily erased if desired. 250 pp.
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Sports People

By: Deford, Frank

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1988

Seller ID: 007444

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original black cloth on boards. First free endpaper removed. 104 colour photos of various sports. Approximately 125 unnumbered pages. IABN 0-8109-1520-0. This heavy book will need extra postage.
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Annual Year Book; Trotting and Pacing in 1946; Volume 59, Part 1

By: Duncan, Roger (Ed.)

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Hartford, Conn., The United States Trotting Association: 1947

Seller ID: 005403

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Pencilled notes confined to inside covers and endpapers. Balance clean and easily readable, although print is very small. World championship records, World records and other interesting performances, Index to race meetings, Summaries of races at meetings, Classification schedule, Index to horses, Assignment of eligibilities. Back cover repaired. 778 pp.
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Annual Year Book Trotting and Pacing in 1945; Volume 58, Part 1

By: Duncan, Roger (Ed.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Bellefontaine, Ohio, The United States Trotting Association: 1946

Seller ID: 006216

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black pebble grain leatherette on boards. No writing or damage. As a native of the area of Bellefontaine, Ohio, I was curious as to its importance in connection with horse racing. I well remember watching races there during the Logan County Fair in the 1940's. I was pleased to learn that it was the original seat of the United Trotting Association, incorporated in 1932. In 1938 the word, "States", was added to the title, and in 1951 the head office was moved to Columbus. The title page lists Hartford, Conn. and Goshen, N.Y. as Executive Offices as well as Bellefontaine. Co...
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Play Ball, Son

By: Dunne, Bert V.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Dearborn, MI, Ford Motor Company:

Seller ID: 010035

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good Minus

Original blue and yellow paperback booklet (stapled). No DJ. Cover statement by Joe Cronin, Boston Red Sox, " Play Ball, Son!, written by Bert V. Dunne, is the best technical book on baseball ever written for boys." 64 pp, many with small instructive photos. Covers every aspect of playing the game. Ca. 1953?
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Ferrari; Dream Machines

By: Eaton, Godfrey

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Bison Books: 1989

Seller ID: 002090

ISBN: 0-86124-572-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Colour photo DJ has small tear bottom of front fold and small piece missing at bottom of back. Number line ends in "1", so believed First Edition. The Prancing Horse Emblem, Sports Cars and Sport Racers, Competition Berlinettas, Formula I Racing Cars, The GT Road Cars, Index. Large format with large photos - some double page. 128 pp. with index.
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Saint John; A Sporting Tradition(1785-1985); Signed Copy

By: Flood, Brian

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Saint John, Neptune: 1985

Seller ID: 013436

ISBN: 0-9692218-0-0

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good

The author and his brother, Henry Flood, won the pair-oared event at the 1982 Canadian National Rowing Championship in St. Catharines, Ontario. In this book, Brian records the history of rowing, harness racing, skating, baseball, hockey, bicycling, boxing, curling, golf, bowling, basketball, and track/field. Covers the sports story of Saint John from ice skating by Demont's crew in 1604 to the Jeux Canada Games of 1985. Many photos and drawings, Original brown cloth with pictorial DJ. One inch repaired tear at top of front of DJ. 256 pp.
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Anglers and Muscleheads

By: Gifford, Tom

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.: 1960

Seller ID: 010910

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Blue cloth on boards. Library stamps. Muscleheads defined as anglers who don't appreciate using light tackle. Photos of several 500 lb. marlin and tuna. Shows a rig using a kite to skip the bait for swordfish. 186 pp.
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Ready...Set...Go ! A St. John's Sports Pictorial

By: Graham, Frank W.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Creative Publishers: 1988

Seller ID: 003292

ISBN: 0-920021-54-9

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original black cloth on boards. Colour photo DJ has short head tears taped inside. Inscription with no other writing. Many photos, including several full-page. Issued in conjunction with the city's Centennial. 260 pp. with index.
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The Cruise of the "Fisherman" ; Adventures in Southern Seas

By: Grey, Romer

Price: $200.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Harper & Brothers: 1929

Seller ID: 004340

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original red cloth lettered in yellow on boards. An authentic tale of deep-sea fishing from a 3-masted schooner from Nova Scotia, as told by a California boy. Many photos of big fish, including the author's 77 pound world record Rock Bass. Starting at Panama, they sail to the Cocos, Galapagos, Perlas Islands, and up the Pacific coast of Mexico to Los Angeles. Pranks, fights, and fishing entertainingly described. You'll think you are there ! In this, his first book, the author is appropriately grateful for his good fortune - missing school to go fishing ! 268 pp.
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