Sports from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Chicago: Windy City Publishing Co. Inc, 1986. Hardcover. 4to. Full black leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 352pp. Extensive illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight first edition of this chronicle of the Chicago hockey team's storied history -- and this exceptional, unique copy bears choice autograph additions: Tipped in are twenty-one -- that's right, 21 -- fine, matching… Read more about this item

Chicago: Blackhawks Publishing, 2015. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. 240pp. Extensive color illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Fine. Pristinely tight and handsome first edition of this lavish production celebrating the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup victory, with all inserts (ticket, DVD, sweepstakes ticket, centerfold poster, frig magnet, cloth pennant, postcard-size photos) present and immaculate. Best of all, this mint copy… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue buckram with green spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vii, 240pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, tables. Near fine/fair. Brodart-encased jacket is rather edgeworn, with a few small edge chips and paper loss at upper right of front panel and expert archival mends on verso, but is complete and overall decent. Attractive first… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and gilt/white pictorial front board stamping. xvii, 230pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous full-page illustrations, charts (some foldouts), line drawings, tables. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn and rear inner hinge a tad delicate but archivally strengthened, thus tight; text block bright and tight and near fine. Handsome… Read more about this item

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2008. Hardcover. Small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 244pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this study of how the nation's national sport contributed to the war effort during World War Two. Roster at rear lists all major league players who fought in the war, and tipped to the inner… Read more about this item

Carol Stream, IL: Creation House, 1971. Hardcover. Foreword by Don Shula. 8vo. Orange cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and pristine first edition of this "as told to" account, with fine autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly by Evans in blue ballpoint,… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Color pictorial cloth. 216pp. Fine. Superb, tight copy of this reissue of the 1969 "In the Pocket: My Life as a Quarterback," here with choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine, heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed boldly in black ballpoint by Morrall, who dates it… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Hardcover. 8vo. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight first edition of this life and defense of the famed footballer (born 1944) who quarterbacked for the St. Louis Cardinals (1966-83) and Washington Redskins (1984) -- and this exceptional copy bearing eight fine, matching, heavy stock 5"… Read more about this item

St. Charles, MO: Piraeus Publishers, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory paper over boards with burgundy lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 243pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. Minor jacket wear only. Tight and handsome first edition of this history of the first fifteen years of this football team that moved from Chicago to St. Louis in 1960, remaining there until 1987… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1987. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with lavender spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 191pp. Illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this inspiring tale of the Canadian teenager (born 1957) who became a Paralympic Games track and field athlete and prominent disabilities activist. On the front flyleaf, he inscribes and signs "Best Wishes / Rick… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Beige and brown cloth with brown spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 165pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Fine/near fine. Tight, superb first edition of this, as front jacket notes, guide to "How to watch the game the way the pros do," with primo autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine, heavy… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 119pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Lower right front board corner slightly bumped; jacket faintly edgeworn. Handsome, tight first edition of this surprisingly scarce how-to. Bauer (1922-2007) was the famed New York Yankees (1948-59) and Kansas City Athletics (1960-61) right fielder who… Read more about this item

Waco, TX: Word Books, Publisher, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 304pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Faint jacket wear only. Wonderfully tight and bright first edition of this "as told to" memoir, with front flyleaf bearing fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed large and bold by Staubach in black marker. Staubach (born… Read more about this item

New York: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1947. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering. xx, 275pp. Illustrations, line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear, with minor smudging to page edges. Tight and nice first edition of this hands-on how-to -- and with unique autograph twist: Tipped to front flyleaf is a fine, heavy stock 5" X 3" card signed by one… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1915. Hardcover. Illustrations by Charles Paxson Gray. Small 8vo. Mustard cloth with red and black lettering and red, black and ivory pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 270pp. Frontispiece, 3 full-page plates. Near fine/very good. Ownership signature/place on front pastedown; jacket rather edgeworn, with small chips at corners. Tight, quite attractive first edition of… Read more about this item

Kitchener, Canada: Trillium Printing, 2000. Hardcover. Edited by Ann-Marie Paulin. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 303pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), pictorial endpapers. Fine. Handsome, tight first edition of what the front board titles "Harness Racing Images through Postcards and Other Memorabilia.

Madison: Wisconsin House Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 308pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and rubbed, with a few tiny edge chips. Tight and attractive first edition of this university history by the prolific and versatile Wisconsin writer and historian. One of the largest chapters… Read more about this item

New York: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xx, 278pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, graphs. Very good. Faint edgewear. Tight, nice 6th printing of the only book penned by this early Major Leagues pitcher and later college baseball coach (1882-1957). Connie Mack and Grantland Rice each provide brief introductions. Portion of front jacket flap neatly tipped… Read more about this item

Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1942. Hardcover. 16mo. Tan blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering and rules, pictorial dust jacket. 155p. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and a tad rubbed. Quite tight and nice fourth printing of this well-illustrated how-to (part of their "Little Technical Library" series) from the legendary college basketball coach… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1931. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with black lettering and device.143pp. Frontispiece, full-page plates, line drawings. Very good. Mild binding egdewear. A tight and nice later printing of this 1926 text, a volume in this publisher's "Athletics for Women Series." Interestingly, this copy bears pencilled ownership signature on front flyleaf of appropriately-named Vivian… Read more about this item