Sports from Page 1 Books

Charlotte, N.C.: UMI Publications, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Maroon boards; folio; vg- (front board bowed; scrapes to bottom edges of boards; corners worn; spine tail bumped; two staples removed from rfep) in vg dj (toning to edges; edgewear); order form from publisher laid in; 159pp.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. First Edition stated, no additional printings; OU sticker laid in; 8vo; ruby red boards; b&w illustrations; vg (spine ends bumped; tiny spot on bottom edge) in good+ dj (edgeworn; light creasing in spots; chip and two tears to bottom edge of rear panel at corner);… Read more about this item

NY: Doubleday, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition stated, no additional printings; 8vo, brown cloth, no dj; good (cocked; corners worn; spots on front board; two tears to spine head, one tear to tail; shaken and cracked throughout), 288 pp. A boxing novel.

NY: Brookwood, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 1st, green cloth, vg (spine ends bumped, tail worn; two tiny spots to side edge) in good+ dj (edges chipped, torn, and worn; spine and edges toned), $3.00 price. 180 pp.

El Paso, Tex.: Self Published, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Revised Edition stated; 8vo, blue cloth, no dj; vg (boards dustsoiled; tape residue on front joint and spine; smudge to spine and bottom edge of front board; edgeworn; spine ends bumped and worn; pages toning); 46pp incl. index.

NY: Vantage, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd printing, black cloth, vg (spine ends lightly bumpd, bump to bottom edge of front board) in vg dj w/ $14.95 price. 218 pp. INSCRIBED on the ffep "To my coach, my principal and my friend.

NY: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Don Miller (dj). First Edition stated, no additional printings; INSCRIBED by McCormick on ffep. Vg+ (spine ends bumped) in vg- dj (price-clipped; worn at spine ends and corners; tear to top edge of front panel). 180 pp

Chicago: Willett, Clark and Company, 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Irving K. Pond. First Edition, same date; 8vo, red cloth, no dj; vg (spine ends and top corners bumped and rubbed; top edge darkened; eps and pages toned); 229pp.

NY: Universe, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover 1st, black boards, vg+ in dj w/ $45.00 price. 160 pp. This copy INSCRIBED by gymnast Bart Conner on p. 62.

Indianapolis: Indy 500, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover 1st, 4to in faux leather, nf in dj. INSCRIBED on the front pastedown by winner Al Unser Jr. 127 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. Good+. SECOND Printing, date of 1912 stated on title page; ex-library (library stamp on title page, removal scars on rear pastedown); 8vo, green cloth, no dj; good+ (library stamp on title page, library card removal scars on rear pastedown; shelfworn; boards rubbed and soiled; spine ends bumped and worn; cloth on… Read more about this item

California: Union Oil, 1982. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Nicholas Volpe. From the 2nd set of Dodgers portraits done by Volpe. Each is on an 8.5" x 11" loose sheet with a short biography and stats on the rear. (Vin Scully's portrait has the text of his speech upon induction into the Hall of Fame). Set includes Vin Scully… Read more about this item

Photograph. Very Good-. This is a 7" x 5" b&w photo of Smith in uniform, on one knee, holding a football as if for a kickoff. INSCRIBED in blue ink: "To Eric Eike: Best wishes, Jerry Smith". Smith was an outstanding player (for the Washington Redskins, 1965-77), but also the first major pro athlete to die of AIDS;… Read more about this item

London: Athletic Publications, Limited. Hardcover. Good+. Edition unknown; 12mo, blue boards, no dj; good+ (bowed; covers rubbed and soiled; tiny brown spots on front joint, side edge of spine, and spine head; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and worn; corners worn, bottom corners to boards; previous owner's name and information on front pastedown; eps and pages toning); 135pp. … Read more about this item

New York: Derrydale, 1930. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. Paul Brown. First Edition, one of 850 copies; 4to, red cloth, no dj; good+ (dent to top edge of front board; rear board rubbed and lightly soiled; spine sunned with waterspot; corners worn to boards; faint foxing to side edge; very faint and very sporadic foxing to several pages;… Read more about this item

London: Welbecson. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. W.A. Rouch photos. An incomplete ten volume set: includes 'special volume', covering the years 1919-1923, and Volumes I-IX, covering 1924-1932; MISSING Volume X, 1933. Folios, filled with biographies and fine photogravures of famous horses; uniform bindings, brown cloth with white cloth spines, top edge gilt; overall, good plus (all have lightly… Read more about this item

London: H. Virtue. Hardcover. Good+. Complete set of this major and beautifully illustrated work, 6 sm. folio volumes in green cloth. The set looks quite good though there are many small flaws. Spines are darkened somewhat, and spine ends crimped. The engraved plates (photos and art) are foxed, usually the frontispieces most heavily. All have a bookseller's sticker… Read more about this item

Toronto: Collins, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Arnold Roth (dj). First Canadian Edition, First published in Canada 1988 stated; SIGNED 'Best Wishes Bill Kinsella' on ffep. 8vo, red boards/blue cloth spine; very good (spine ends bumped; boards lightly bowed) in very good dj (edgeworn; spine faded). 179 pp.

NY: Doubleday, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing, SIGNED by Martin on ffep; blue boards/maroon cloth spine, vg (yellowing to edges of boards; three sets of tiny holes to rfep from removed staples) in vg dj (edgewear; tiny nick to spine; rear panel yellowed).

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1863. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. First Edition of the second part only in a later 3/4 leather binding; 12mo, vg- (spine scratched and rubbed; gift inscription on plain ffep; front hinge starting; spot of foxing from title page to p6; tear to side edge of first blank flyleaf and title page;… Read more about this item