Sports from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1973). Third printing, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Arnold Palmer at the second blank page. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 252 pages, illustrated. Publisher's white cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Previous owner's small name & address label at the front pastedown, unobtrusive brief stain at the front edge… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1945). Early printing. Octavo (8.25 x 5.25"), 209 pages. Publisher's gray cloth lettered & ruled in maroon in pictorial dust jacket. Moderate foxing/ offsetting at pastedowns, first & last blank pages & edges of the text block, otherwise very good in very good corner-clipped dust jacket, a bit faded at the spine, lightly rubbed &… Read more about this item

Havana, San Juan de Dios y Villegas: Impresos Martin, no date (ca. 1949). Illustrated brochure, bifolium (9.5" x 6.25"), 4 pages, with photographic illustration depicting General Wood, who founded the Fronton, & teammates at page 4. Removed from a scrapbook leaving glue staining & scuffing at the upper margin of the last page, old folds, creasing, edge wear including a… Read more about this item

Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee, (1984). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 135, ii, & 178 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of plates Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth. Lightly rubbed, slightly soiled, sporadic minor foxing, previous owner's name in ink at first blank page, otherwise Very Good. Built in 1745 in Bowie, Belair Mansion was the home… Read more about this item

Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers, (1977) First edition Octavo (9.25" x 6"), 436 pp., profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's orange fabricoid lettered in Black, in pictorial dust jacket Covers with brief wear at corners & edges, previous owner's name in ink at front pastedown, offsetting at pastedown & ffep from news clipping, otherwise very good in moderately soiled & rubbed dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: H. & D. Folsom Arms Co., no date (ca. 1920). Quarto (11" x 9"), 152 pages, profusely illustrated, some in color. Original pictorial printed paper wraps, stapled, backed in black-lettered blue cloth. Worn: Covers with edge wear including tears & creasing, rear cover with loss & tears now repaired with archival tissue on the recto, last leaf of text… Read more about this item

[Marathon County, Wisconsin ?]: unpublished, various photographers, compiler unknown, 1882 - 1929 Approximately 279 mostly silver gelatin photographs (some albumen & other types) housed in 3 folio "scrapbook" albums, heavily annotated in manuscript & occasionally typed throughout. No doubt compiled later, the photos vary in size from approximately 1.25 inches by 1.25 inches to 10 inches by 13 inches &… Read more about this item

Charlestown, West Virginia: Shenandoah Country Estate, no date [1919]. First edition. Narrow octavo (9" x 3.75"), 8 pages, illustrated, in original textured green card covers lettered & decorated in gilt. Additionally included is a promotional brochure for the club (dated 1924 in ink) comprising a single sheet measuring 7" x 6.25" folded once to form 4 pages. Worn: newly stapled… Read more about this item

[Bethesda, Maryland: published by the club], printed in Baltimore by Wolk Press, no date [1984]. Tall 4to, 108 pp, profusely illustrated mostly from photographs, many in color. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & decorated with the crest of the club on the upper cover, in printed dust jacket. A fine copy in very good dust… Read more about this item

Aldershot, [England]: printed by Gale & Polden, Wellington Works, 1918. Two leaves (7.75" by 10") folded once vertically forming 8 pages (2 blank), printed on card stock, with original mounted photograph depicting Welbeck Abbey on the front cover and, internally, a baseball scorecard and diagram for the match between Mansfield & Worksop from the Canadian Forestry Camps. Folded once vertically… Read more about this item

Chicago, New York, Toronto, Mexico City: Wilcox & Follett Company, (1949) First Edition. 8vo, [8], 236 pp, with illustrations in text by Bob Meyers. Publisher's red cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacket A fine copy in very good dust jacket, lightly rubbed & slightly soiled The author was a football star at the University of Chicago and athletic… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949. First edition. 8vo, 192 pp. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket, lightly soiled, with trace edge wear The seventh title (of eight) in The Kid from Tomkinsville Brooklyn Dodgers series. Author Tunis is characterized as "the 'inventor' of the modern sports… Read more about this item

Lake Champlain, Vermont: Young Men's Christian Association of Vermont, volume xiv, numbers 1 to 16, 1924. Octavo (9" x 6"), 109 pages, occasional illustration from photographs & art work by F. Harrison Stafford & Robert E. Allen. Original stapled paper wraps. Moderately soiled, light edge wear including a closed tear (about 1.25") at rear cover, staples rusted causing minor staining,… Read more about this item

New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1920. First edition. 8vo, 240 pp. including 82 illustrations from photographs. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth with a mounted half tone illustration depicting a golfer who has just completed his swing on the upper cover. Donovan & Murdoch/ Game of Golf & the Printed Word, 15530. Binding lightly rubbed & soiled, upper cover a bit splayed,… Read more about this item

New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, and dated in ink by Corbett on the recto of the frontis. 8vo, xiv & 329 pp. plus 16 plates. Publishers gilt-lettered green cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Page 329 roughly opened causing small losses in the margin (text unaffected), otherwise fine in moderately edge worn… Read more about this item

New York: Pach Bros, No date [1899] First edition Commercially published photo album, oblong folio (10.5" x 14") containing 19 thick card leaves (38 pp), with photos (7.75" x 10.5" & smaller) mounted recto & verso. Original half pigskin & cloth. Presents small oval portraits (14 to a page) of 42 administrators & faculty on 3 pages, 224 students in… Read more about this item