Sports & Fitness from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 1947. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG-/G+/Good. Author's second book, a novel set in the world of prize fighting. Basis for the 1956 movie starring Humphrey Bogart & Rod Steiger. A true FIRST EDITION, First Printing (with statement) from 1947, this hardcover small octavo has black cloth-over-boards with… Read more about this item

Santa Monica, California: General Publishing Group, Inc., 1997. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. So rad! This is an insider's look at the evolution of modern beach culture & the sport that gave rise to it, in 216 pages with Index, lavishly illustrated on nearly every page with full-color & black-and-white photos. Foreword by Bruce Brown,… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1971. First Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Originally published in 1953, this is the first mass market paperback edition (Vintage, V-663). Translated by R. F. C. Hull from the original German, "Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschiessens." The author was a German philosopher who came to Japan & took up… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Book #4 in the 27-book YA series, published 1948-1967, featuring 16-year-old star athlete Bronc Burnett, with "a world of how-to-play tips interwoven with the exciting yarns themselves." Providing "a stadium full of thrills,'' this series was set in Sonora, New Mexico,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. Book #18 of 23 in the original series published 1948-1966 in the popular YA boys' series featuring freshman sports hero, Chip Hilton, & his understanding coach, Hank Rockwell, both based on the author's real life & experiences. Reissued in the late 1990s,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/G-. Book #4 in the 27-book YA series, published 1948-1967, featuring 16-year-old star athlete Bronc Burnett, with "a world of how-to-play tips interwoven with the exciting yarns themselves." Providing "a stadium full of thrills,'' this series was set in Sonora, New Mexico,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Book #4 in the 27-book YA series, published 1948-1967, featuring 16-year-old star athlete Bronc Burnett, with "a world of how-to-play tips interwoven with the exciting yarns themselves." Providing "a stadium full of thrills,'' this series was set in Sonora, New Mexico,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1949. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. Book #3 in the 27-book YA series featuring 16-year-old star athlete Bronc Burnett, with "a world of how-to-play tips interwoven with the exciting yarns themselves." Providing "a stadium full of thrills,'' this series was set in Sonora, New Mexico, & offered… Read more about this item

San Diego, California: San Diego Chapter of the Sierra Club, 1972. Third Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Everything you need to know to head out on a mountain adventure, from map reading to essential equipment, alpine camping & cooking, planning trips, navigating trails & rock climbing, desert & alpine treks, & "climbing miseries" & first aid treatment… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Sequel to the author's popular first book, "Play Ball, Son!", in 274 pages with profuse black-and-white photos on glossy paper throughout text. Dunne (1903-1966) has SIGNED this copy with a personalized inscription on the ffep to a youngster, Al Benton, followed… Read more about this item

National Geographic, 2015. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Compilation of photographs in both color & black-and-white from around the world by a photographer named "one the ten most influential people in skateboarding by ESPN & the X Games. Foreword by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. 239 pp. A FIRST EDITION from 2015, this hardcover small… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1957. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A member of the renowned French climbing team that conquered Annapurna in Nepal in 1950 recalls his most thrilling mountain climbing adventures on 6 classic Alpine peaks, & offers suggestions of technique for other climbers. Translated from the original… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1979. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. More than a biography of the boxing phenomenon from the 1920s, this book offers "a case study of the development of a mass-media image in the day of media ballyhoo & of the growth of the professional sports business." Scandals that clouded… Read more about this item

London, England: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1948. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The founder & first president of the Oxford University Mountaineering Club offers this guide to the Alps, designed to appeal "to all mountaineers to whom mountains are something more than a mere arena for athletic feats." Hardcover 8vo has light blue cloth-covered boards with… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Cutler, Merritt D.. Author of the classic "How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time" (see our listing #021975) shows you "how to cut strokes from your score by thinking your way around a golf course," using your brain at least… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. The leader of the Swiss team of mountaineers who, in 1952, had been the first team to lay out a route to within a few hundred feet of the top of Mount Everest (with the Brits making the first ever summit there… Read more about this item

London, England: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1950. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/Fair-Good. Comprehensive guide to the sport of rock-climbing long before it became popular in this FIRST EDITION, first printing, from 1950, in 128 pages with 97 black-and-white photos by the author throughout text. The climbs described are exclusively European, including crags in the British Lake… Read more about this item

New York, New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1964. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. The captain of Great Britain's Ryder Cup Team offers this comprehensive collection of lectures he has delivered on all aspects of golf. From a single sportsman's library, this hardcover 8vo has blue cloth-covered boards with in 127 pages with Glossary… Read more about this item

New York, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. True account of the next mountain adventure taken by Hillary & Lowe--both of whom has been members of Sir John Hunt's victorious conquest of Mt. Everest in 1953--their exploration of the Barun Valley in the Himalayas with the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Dodd, Meas & Company, 1954. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+. Collection of thrilling, inspirational, true stories of men who climbed the world's greatest mountain peaks over a 200-year period, by a writer who is himself an "enthusiastic climber." Hardcover small 8vo has bright teal-blue cloth-covered boards with white lettering & design to… Read more about this item