Sports from Midway Used and Rare Books

Northern Illinois University Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. 396pp. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1996. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 244 pages. Bound in blue leather with gilt foredges and design. 4 raised bands to spine. Scratch to gilt foredge.

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. 24 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 353 pages. Bound in dark green leather, 4 raised bands to spine. Gilt foredges. Laid-in unused bookplate. The Baseball Hall of Fame Leather-bound Library. A few small scratches to the gilt foredges.

Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 246 pages. Green cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Small mark to back cover.

Chelsea, Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 22 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 145 pages. Green cloth in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the editor, Sid Mathews, on the front free endpaper.

Wellington, Florida: Edgeworth editions, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 31 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. Red cloth in dust jacket. 416 pages. Filled with full color photographs of golf courses by Anthony Edgeworth. Beautiful copy.

Taylor Pub. Co, 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. near fine. Bound in green boards with gilt lettering and medal to front cover. This is copy #2026 of 3000 copies and is signed by Mark Clayton number 83.

New York: Jonathan Cape & Robert Ballou, 1932. leather. very good. Bound in 3/4 red leather over cloth boards. Gilt lettering and design to spine. Five raised bands. Illustrated with sixteen coloured engravings. 326pp. Some light wear to spine.

London: George Routledge & Sons. New Edition. Full Leather. very good. Bound in full red leather iwth gilt design to front cover and design and lettering to spine. Signed Riviere & Sons binding. With 16 coloured illustrations by Henry Alken. Some wear along spine.

London: T. Bensley for White and Co., 1810. Second Edition. 1/4 leather. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. 357 pages. 59 sepia plates. Contemporary brown quarter calf with 5 raised bands to spine. Marble boards, endpapers and foredges. Fairly extensive foxing to the plates. Expert mending to front and rear joint. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Binding is tight.… Read more about this item

New York: Country Life Ltd, 1937. Hardcover. good. Quarto. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 17 full page color sporting prints mounted on linen stock paper. Rubbing to head and tail of spine. There is some light scattered soiling to front cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Octavo. 154 pages. Red and light tan cloth in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Former owner's name on front endpaper. There is some darkening to the top of the cloth.

S. Krasauskas, 2002. Hardcover. fine/fine. 326pp. A very nice copy in dust jacket. (Lithuanian/English text).

Irish Setter Club of America, 1975. Hard Cover. good/good. Quarto. (11 1/2" x 9"). 852pp. A massive work. Some light "spotting" to top fore-edges. In dust jacket.

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1881. new revised and enlarged edition. Hard Cover. good. Two volume set. 12mo. 7:" x 5". Red cloth with gilt lettering and design to covers and spines. Illustrated. Tender at middle section of Volume one but signature still intact. Sunning to spines. Bottom edges of spines frayed. Corners bumped. Name of previous owner… Read more about this item

Exposition Banner, 1972. First edition. Hard Cover. very good/very good. There is some toning to gutters of both front and rear. Otherwise, a very nice copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. On August 16, 1920, Mays accidentally struck Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians with a pitch. Chapman died the following morning. Many fans and players demanded… Read more about this item

Northumberland Press Ltd, 1955. First edition. Hard Cover. very good. Green cloth. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. 287pp. Frontispiece a bit loose. Name of preivous owner on front free endpaper.

New York: The Jockey Club, 1980. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. near fine. Folio. Brown buckram cloth. Title label to spine. This edition is limited to 2000 copies of which this is copy number 653. A massive work.

London: G. Routledge and Co., 1858. Hard Cover. good. 16mo. 63pp. Black leather spine. Wear at spine. Foxing.

Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine. Quarto. Limited to 5000 copies of which this is copy #607. Color illustrations. A beautiful copy of a beautiful book. In slipcase.