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Roberts Peter
Better Cycling
London: Kaye & Ward Ltd. 1969. Something of a period artifact; many black and white diagrams photographs of cheerful cyclists. 'Learn The New Traffic Signs' pamphlet pasted on BEP. Ex-library copy: return slip card wallet barcode on FEP; ink stamps on FEP copyright; plastic cover on dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped and a little faded. Occasional marks in text but generally clean and sound; good condition. hardcover. Good/Good. Ex-Library. Kaye & Ward Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 187466 ISBN : 0718201531 9780718201531
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Roberts Peter
Racing Cars and the History of Motor Sport
London: Octopus Books Ltd. 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Tan cloth-effect illus. paper covered boards. Slightly rubbed spine extremities and corners slight nick along bottom front edge otherwise as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows light surface rubbing now in archival mylar. 144 pp. illus. in color b&w. A notably well prerserved copy of a book usually found with condition issues. Octopus Books Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026670 ISBN : 0706402286 9780706402285
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Roberts Peter
Racing Cars and the History of Motor Sport
London: Octopus Books 1973. 1st edition. VG/Good dust jacket light wear to bottom of spine and corners. 144 p. color/bw photos illustrated endpapers index 4to; Octopus Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16164 ISBN : 0706402286 9780706402285
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Roberts Peter editor
The Moss Bros Book of Horses and Riding
London: Nicholas Vane Publishers. 1965. sm4to. Near Very Good conditon in Good DJ now protected. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Spine very slightly cocked. Contains b/w photographs. DJ has a few small nicks to edges. The back is tanned and has a small 1 cm tear to bottom edge. Folds are rubbed. 128 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. Nicholas Vane Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : BIB186595
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Roberts Richard
FISCHER/SPASSKY: The New York Times Report on the Chess Match of the Century
New York: Bantam Books 1972. Vintage paperback Bantam YZ7667; The New York Times account of the World Chess Championship Match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky held in Reykjavik Iceland in 1972 with the complete record of each game and a game-by-game analysis; faint remainder mark on top edge o/w text is clean and tight with very slight spine lean; white pictorial wrappers show two small stains on spine o/w only minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable. First Printing First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Bantam Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002789
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ROBERTS RA. R. A.
The Fight for the Ashes 1961.
London: Harrap 1961. First edition. Harrap's accounts of the Tests between England and Australia are considered to be authoritative and comprehensive. Endpapers lightly browned lower corners slightly bumped else near fine in a very good dust jacket. London: Harrap, (1961). First edition. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2009
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Roberts Robin and C. Paul Rogers III; James A. Michener tribute
The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant
Philadelphia PA: Temple University Press 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. As issued. Pictorial dust jacket as issued. xvi390 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Temple University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043641 ISBN : 156639466X 9781566394666
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Roberts Robin and C. Paul Rogers III and Michener James A.
The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant
Philadelphia: Temple Univ Pr 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unused copy. The book includes a special tribute by James A. Michener. The book has been signed by Robin. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Temple Univ Pr Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034542 ISBN : 156639466x 9781566394666
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Roberts Selena
A-Rod : The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez
New York: Harper 2009. Near Fine in hardcover in Near Fine dustjacket. 24 by 16 cm. 255 pages. Stated first edition. Pictorial dustjacket. Contains glossy section of color illustrations from photographs. Red remainder mark along bottom page edges. Bright clean. First Edition. Harper hardcover
Bookseller reference : ROOMI06 ISBN : 0061791644 9780061791642
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Roberts Selena
A-ROD The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez
NY: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061791642; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Front hinge crackles. Contents are almost as new with no writing or other entries on the text. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 2009. 9-1/4" Tall 255pp black boards blue spine bright silver spine lettering. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. "In the first definitive biography of Alex Rodriguez Roberts assembles the strands of a bizarre and extraordinary life: from his boyhood in New York and the Dominican Republic through his near-mythic high school career and fast track to the big leagues the whole of A-Rod's career mirrors the rise and fall of the steroid generation. Roberts goes beyond the sensational headlines probing A-Rod's childhood to reveal a man torn by obligation to his family and the pull of his insatiable hedonism a conflict - epitomized by his relationship with Madonna and devotion to Kabbalah - that led to the end of his six-year marriage. " . Notes on Sources. 8-page color photo portfolio. . Harpercollins hardcover
Bookseller reference : 45541 ISBN : 0061791644 9780061791642
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Roberts James and Alexander G Skutt
The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book
London: Robson Books. This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publisher's soft cover as issued packed full of statsboxer's profiles.In depth and comprehensive guide to the sport.Uncommon title in great condition.Thick 8vo 527pp First Edition . Fine. Card Covers. First Edition. 1998. Robson Books unknown
Bookseller reference : 14223 ISBN : 1861052154 9781861052155
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Roberts John
The Team That Wouldn't Die: The Story of the Busby Babes
London: Arthur Barker. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Price clipped with NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with No hinge weakness.Nice clean bright copy 8vo 180pp First Edition 1st Impression Size: 8vo - over 6 �" - 9�" Tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1975. Arthur Barker hardcover
Bookseller reference : 70987 ISBN : 0213165309 9780213165307
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Roberts John Edited By
The World's Best Trout Flies
London: Tiger Books International. This is a Very Good Copy of this Hardcover Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous ownership inscriptions present.Clean copy internally.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and their is no leaning or rolling to spine.Illustrated throughout in colour4to 182pp First Edition 1st Impression . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1995. Tiger Books International hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28661 ISBN : 185501730X 9781855017306
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Roberts Peter Edited By
Competitive Driving
London: Motoraces Book Club. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's green coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Their are no previous ownership inscriptions present.Well illustrated with a total of 24 b&w photographs.Light foxing to the fore-edge of the book.8vo 142pp Size: 8vo - over 6 �" - 9�" Tall . Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club. 1967. Motoraces Book Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14452
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Roberts, Daniel
Archery for All (David & Charles Leisure & Travel Series)
Hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket. Spine is sunned, corners lighlty rubbed, light scuff to front paste down near FEP. Pages are clean, images and text are clear. AD Used
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Roberts, Peter
Any Color So Long as It's Black: The First Fifty Years of Automobile Advertising
Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is sunned at spine and edgeworn with a scuff and a taped repair tear to spine head and a bump to spine foot. Boards are bumped along edges and spine ends. Page block very lightly tanned and old price label on jacket inner front flap. No other notable flaws. AD Used
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Robertson Morgan
"Where angels Fear to Tread and Other Tales of the Sea"
McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine 1899 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Autograph Edition. Lat 19th century stories of the sea. Minor exterior marks previous owner's name on flyleaf. McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine hardcover
Bookseller reference : 082763
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Robertson Janet Neuhoff; Fell Jr. James E.; Hite David; Case J. Christopher; Borneman Walter R.
100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers
Golden: The Colorado Mountain Club Press 2011. Brand new gift quality copy; Gorgeous Colorado photographs. 176p. including index. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Paperback. The Colorado Mountain Club Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : SB324C ISBN : 0984221395 9780984221394
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Robertson Janet Neuhoff; Fell Jr. James E.; Hite David; Case J. Christopher; Borneman Walter R
100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers
Golden: The Colorado Mountain Club Press 2011. Brand new gift quality copy; Gorgeous Colorado photographs. 176p. including index. First Edition. Wraps. As New. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Paperback. The Colorado Mountain Club Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SB324B ISBN : 0984221395 9780984221394
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Robertson Martin
A Shorter History of Greek Art
Cambridge University Press 1981. Wraps have light wear spine is unbent. Pages are clean with small amount of highlighting in text. . Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 135432 ISBN : 0521280842 9780521280846
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Robertson George. Edited and with introduction by Oliver Warner.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF TAHITI FROM THE JOURNAL OF GEORGE ROBERTSON MASTER OF H.M.S. DOLPHIN.
London: Folio Society 1992. 127 pp 8vo 9"H. Bound in quarter dark red cloth yellow paper boards with repeat pattern in dark red by Robert Gibbings; dark red endpapers. Yellow slipcase. 10 wood-engravings of various sizes including the frontispiece map of Tahiti and the title-page vignette. "For this impression the wood-engravings were printed lithograpically from good pulls rather than from the poor impressions found in the earlier printings." "The text was drawn from a volume published by the Hakluyt Society in 1948 with the addition of extracts from diaries kept by others aboard H.M.S. Dolphin between 19 June and 27 July 1767." In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Reissue. Hard Cover. Fine. Illus. by Robert Gibbings. Folio Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29067
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Robertson John
Arsenal
London: Hamlyn. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's pictorial laminated boardsin a Fine Dust-Jacketwith NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the d/j.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous owner's inscription presents.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Illustrated throughout in black and white4to 123pp First Edition 1st Impression . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1985. Hamlyn hardcover
Bookseller reference : 43306 ISBN : 0600501787 9780600501787
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Robertson Janet
Betsy Cowles Partridge: Mountaineer
Univ. Press of Colorado 1998. . Hardback. Fine/Fine. Univ. Press of Colorado hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013280 ISBN : 087081480X 9780870814808
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Robertson William
Forest Sketches. Deer Stalking and Other Sports in the Highland Fifty Years Ago
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1865. First edition. Title page vignette 4 engraved plates after Gourlay Steele. 38 352 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown pebbled cloth gilt monument with Stag antlers on front cover. Very good spine rubbed and worn. H.L. Tilney stamp on title page. First edition. Title page vignette 4 engraved plates after Gourlay Steele. 38 352 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 18 inserted engraved plates from other sources including two by Howitt as well as a 2-pp printed poem with affixed vignette headpiece entitled "Spring in Bendouran. Translated by B. Disraeli from the Gaelic of Duncan Macintyre ". Schwerdt II p. 137 Edmonston & Douglas unknown
Bookseller reference : 234327
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Robertson Bill
FROM TEE TO GREEN. Your Way to Lower Scores golf tips
Reed Books Australia A4 hardcover 1990 160 pages illustrated. All the moves well illustrated with large clear colour sketches. Very good with excellent green cloth and spine gilt lettering and fairly good dust-jacket. ISBN 0730103439. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17069 ISBN : 0730103439 9780730103431
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Robertson Frank N.
Golf Gleanings Old and New and the History of the Maritime Seniors' Golf Association - See More At: Http: //www.doullbooks.com/ Page=shop/flypage & Product_id=122068&keyword=franknrobertson&searchby=author&offset=0&fs=1#s thash. WKHOQHOG. Dpuf
Saint John N. B.: Maritime Seniors' Golf Association. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Textblock is tight clean and bright but detached at second and second to last page; fresh green endpapers; in clean green cloth with gilt titles and decoration as well as member's name in gilt to lower front corner. ; 100 pages . Maritime Seniors' Golf Association hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42403
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Robertson A. F.
Greed : Gut Feelings Growth and History
Cambridge UK: Polity Press 2001. Inscription on front end paper. No other marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards very slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 277pp. How Western philosophy has left us confused about meanings of growth and how we might begin to remedy this situation. Soft Cover. Very Good. 9 x 6 inches. Polity Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013469 ISBN : 0745626068 9780745626062
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Robertson John; Mayer Ian; Adams Ian; English Desmond; Harrison The Rev. EW.; Allen Robert Thomas; Dexter Susan; Reid Dr
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine October 15 1966 - Gordie Howe Cover Photo
Canada: Maclean Hunter. Paperback. 68 pages. Features: Nice ad for the 1967 Oldsmobiles inside front cover; Gordie Howe Goes Home - How Saskatoon proudly hailed a hometown hero; I was a hospital strikebreaker - people pitched in to keep Montreal General Hospital clean during the dispute; 49 things to do and see at Expo 67; The New Morality; The New Moralists; The Mouth That Roars - behind Montreal radio talk show host Pat Burns' hot-line toughness is a man critics don't know - he really cares; The land where fear lays siege - South Africa's apartheid 'solution' traps both the black and the white; 101 Ways to escape Montreal's St. Vincent de Paul Prison; Will success spoil PEI; Photographing wildlife; The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club's program for junior sailors - article with colour photos; Fantastic colour ad for the International Harvester Travelall pickup and Scout; Cabbage Willows camp at James Bay; Gorgeous two-page colour photo ad for the 1967 Pontiacs; Awesome two-page colour photo ad for Chevrolet's new Camaro; nice ad for Electrohome "the only color tv engineered in Canada'; Nice Coke ad on back cover features soup and sandwich; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy. . Good. 1966. First Edition. Maclean Hunter paperback
Bookseller reference : 845G0790
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Robertson Max ed.
Mountain Panorama: A Book of Winter Sports and Climbing
London: Max Parrish & Co 1955. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. Clean Copy. Max Parrish & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021296
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Robertson MS
Rodeo Standard Guide to the Cowboy Sport
Howell - North Berkeley 1961. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Good/no dust Jacket. 163pp. Brown cloth. Loaded w/ illustrations. KBTOP Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 281. . Howell - North hardcover
Bookseller reference : 281
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Robertson John
Rusty Staub of the Expos
Scarborough ON: Prentice-Hall of Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. 013784462X . 185 pp. Photos. Inscribed and signed by Staub on the front endpaper. Some pages have small stains. Two pages have small suface tears where pages had been stuck together and separated does not affect readability of text. The story of Rusty Staub the favourite of Expos fans in their early days. Includes a section on Rusty's view of baseball.; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; Signed by Biographee . Prentice-Hall of Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : SPOR0183 ISBN : 013784462X 9780137844623
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Robertson James
St Andrews Home Of Golf
Citizen Office St Andrews. A Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with one small closed tear to top edge of the upper cover.Not price clipped and there are NO previous names or inscriptions present.Endpaper designs of the famous home of golf plus black and white plates.8vo 173pp First Edition . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1967. Citizen Office St Andrews hardcover
Bookseller reference : 66312
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Robertson James
St Andrews Home Of Golf
Citizen Office St Andrews Revised Edition 1974. A Very Good Copy of this Book in a Very Good Dust-Jacketjacket designs and illustrations by J.Putter Great Nameendpaper designs of the famous home of golf8vo 179pp . Very Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. Citizen Office St Andrews Revised Edition 1974 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 4596
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Robertson James K
St Andrews Home of Golf
Fife : Innes 1967 . First Edition . NF/VG . 8VO . Jacket designs and illustrations by J Putter. Foreword by Bobby Jones. Very nice copy in somewhat worn priceclipped jacket with one inch tear at top of front cover. Innes unknown
Bookseller reference : 5547
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Robertson James K.
ST. ANDREWS: Home of Golf
St. Andrews Fife Scotland: "Citizen Office" 1967. 173pp. course layout endpapers different. Unpaginated candid archival b/white halftone plates plus five colour plates most two-to-view. Intext hole-by-hole line-drawn layout and small sketch-illustrations. Book clean and square. Spine firm bright gilt title there-on. Random flecks on text-block edges otherwise leaves unmarked. Art-illustrated J. Putter loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped nominally edgeworn and soiled. "The most important place in the evolution of golf is St. Andrews. This volume seeks to outline something of the unique part it has played in shaping the game 'as it is today'." Chaptered contents include: In the beginning For the record Society of St. Andrews golfers "Royal and Ancient" First Professionals Modern Era High Drama Caddies' Cantrips Historic Golf Dates more. Index. Book weight approx. 450g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good /Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. "Citizen Office" Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003827
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ROBERTSON DOUGAL:
SURVIVE THE SAVAGE SEA.
UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped to dw/dj.Colour photographic dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear to edges.Blue paper-covered bds with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and colour map eps.Top edge with half of fore-edge both slightly aged. Contents clean apart from pp46/7 residue marks of a pressed flower;with another page 114/5 having a pressed flower in situ.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn223pp1pp publisher advert at rear includes prologueglossary 33 b/w illus by Pam Littlewood in text;13 b/w photographs. At 10 am on 15 June 1972 the 19-ton 43-foot schooner Lucette sailed by a Scottish ex-farmer and his family was attacked by killer whales in the Pacific and sank in 60 seconds.What happened after that is the subject of one of the most astounding survival stories ever to be told.In an inflatable rubber raft with a 9-foot fibreglass dinghy to tow it Dougal Robertson and his crew of five - his wife 18-year-old son and 12-year-old twin boys and a student friend - decided to make for the coast of Costa Rica 1000 miles and an estimated 50 days away.They had emergency rations of food and water for only three days a handful of random items salvaged from Lucette and no maps compass or instruments of any kind. Steering by sun and starsthey set course for the Doldrums. A ship passed near them but failed to see their flares leaving them to face death from thirst starvation and exhaustion;but they did not die. Their raft sank under them and still they did not die.Cramped together in their tiny dighy with only six inches of freeboardthey clawed a place for themselves in the savage ecology of the ocean on constant alert against 20-foot waves marauding sharks and numerous other hazards through rain storm calm and equatorial heat.With knowledge as their principal weapon love as their bond courage and self-sacrifice became a way of life as mile after mile these six humans in the vast reaches of the Pacific refused to admit defeat. After 37 days their ordeal was ended a Japanese fishing boat picking them up when they had only 290 miles to go. Dougal Robertson tells this incredible story with moving eloquence sharing with the reader each day's crisis or triumph each person's hopes and fears the tensionsthe heartbreaks and the Robertsons' indomitable determination not to die.He fully describes the techniques that enabled them to survive.At the end of the book he sets forth the lessons to be learned from this devastating experience - lessons which no reader who is likely to sail on or fly over the sea can afford to ignorefor like the Robertsons that reader too couldin one catastrophic minutebe in the same position of having to 'Survive the Savage Sea'.'Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! <br /><br /> LONDON.ELEK,1973. hardcover
Bookseller reference : rja760 ISBN : 0236154613 9780236154616
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Robertson David and Charles Russell
SWIMMING
New York: Sterling Publishing Company. 1962. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edges bumped and worn; 96 pages . Sterling Publishing Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 13966
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Robertson John G.
The Babe Chases 60: That Fabulous 1927 Season Home Run by Home Run
Jefferson NC: McFarland and Co. 1998. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. ix178 pp. illus. McFarland and Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 043482 ISBN : 0786405031 9780786405039
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Robertson Lauren
The Best Book of Martial Arts
New York: Kingfisher. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0753454483 . Stiff unmarked book in rubbed dust jacket. Includes karate jujitsu Tae kwon do Thai boxing Kendo Sumo Judo Kung fu with a glossary of terms. ; 0.41 x 10.9 x 9.34 Inches; 32 pages . Kingfisher hardcover
Bookseller reference : 29604 ISBN : 0753454483 9780753454480
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Robertson Oscar
THE BIG O : My Life My Times My Game
Rodale Press 2003. 342pp. Hardback DJ has light rubbing to corner and spine tips and tiny scrape on front cover index b&w photos Autobiography of Oscar Robertson nicknamed "The Big O" a retired American National Basketball Association player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Rodale Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w150819642 ISBN : 1579547648 9781579547646
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ROBERTSON OSCAR
The Big O: My Life My Times My Game
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln: 2010. Softcover. Brand new book. Perhaps the greatest all-around player in basketball history Oscar Robertson revolutionized basketball as a member of the Cincinnati Royals and won a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks. When he was twenty-three in 1962 he accomplished one of basketball's most impressive feats: averaging the triple-double in a single season�a feat never matched since. Cocaptain of the Olympic gold medal team of 1960; named the player of the century by the National Association of Basketball Coaches; named one of the fifty greatest players in NBA history; and inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980�Robertson's accolades are as numerous as they are impressive. But The Big O is also the story of a shy black child from a poor family in a segregated city; of the superstar who at the height of his career became the president of the National Basketball Players Association to try to improve conditions for all players. It is the story of the man forced from the game at thirty-four and blacklisted from coaching and broadcasting. But two years after he left basketball after six years of legal wrangling Robertson won his lawsuit against the NBA eliminating the option clause that bound a player to a single NBA team in perpetuity and ending restrictions on free agency. The Big O is the story of how the NBA as we now know it was built; of race in America in the second half of the twentieth century; and of an uncompromising man and a complex hero. Oscar Robertson seen by many as one of the best and most versatile basketball players of his time played in the NBA for the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks during his fourteen-year professional basketball career. 22 illustrations. "Known as an intelligent player and respected by his peers as an intelligent man Robertson puts an exclamation point on the accolades with this thoughtful reflection on a life lived without compromise. A well-written entertaining and thought-provoking sports autobiography�but would we ever expect less than a triple-double from the Big O"�Wes Lukowsky Booklist "Oscar Robertson is an incomparable superstar. He is also a thoughtful man and a man of vision. If you want insight into what formed Oscar in the crucial years of his youth look here. It's a great book."�Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "As one of the NBA's all-time greats Oscar Robertson has much to pass on to both his old fans and young basketball enthusiasts perhaps unfamiliar with his legacy."�Publishers Weekly "Oscar Robertson is remarkably honest in his autobiography The Big O: My Life My Times My Game. . . . It's a fun read."�Zach Lowe SI.com "Oscar was one of basketball's great leaders and his life is one of basketball's great stories. He was unafraid unabashed and unmatched in everything he did. There will never be another like him."�Bill Russell "Oscar Robertson was never a rookie. He was the measuring stick for how a player should play. It is an honor to know him and to have competed against him. He is a man for the ages."�Jerry West University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2010 paperback
Bookseller reference : 82456X1
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Robertson Oscar.
THE BIG O: My Life My Times My Game.
np Emmaus PA:: Rodale 2003. Near fine in black illustrated wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy trade paperback format. Autobiography of one of basketball's greatest all-around players - the story of how the NBA was built and his own story of segregation triumph and disillusionment when he was forced out of the game. Photographs. Index. 342 pp. Rodale, unknown
Bookseller reference : 47536
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Robertson Oscar.
THE BIG O: My Life My Times My Game.
np Emmaus PA:: Rodale 2003. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Autobiography of one of basketball's greatest all-around players - the story of how the NBA was built and his own story of segregation triumph and disillusionment when he was forced out of the game. Photographs. Index. 342 pp. Rodale, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 42548
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Robertson Oscar
The Big O: My Life My Times My Game
Rodale Books 2003. Advance Reading Copy. Oversized Paperback. Oversized Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. The autobiography of Oscar Robertson one of the greatest basketball players ever. Signed by Robertson on the title page. Rodale Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 22568 ISBN : 1579547648 9781579547646
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Robertson A. F.
The Dynamics of Productive Relationships : African Share Contracts in Comparative Perspective
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 1987. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards slight tanning mainly to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with fading to spine minor creasing to upper edge and traces of storage. 321pp. This study covers four African cases of share contracts in Ghana Sudan Lesotho and Senegambia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013406 ISBN : 0521328349 9780521328340
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Robertson M. editor Kramer J. Advisory editor
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TENNIS 100 YEARS OF GREAT PLAYERS AND EVENTS
Viking Press/Studio Book. VG/VG. 1974. Hardcover. 067029408x . Nice clean condition with minor corner wear. DJ has small tear at back top. Nice private library paper paste up inside front cover. Nicely done. ; B&W Photographs; 83/4x111/4; 392 pages . Viking Press/Studio Book hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15213 ISBN : 067029408x 9780670294084
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Robertson William
The History of Thoroughbred Racing in America
New York: Bonanza 1964. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Large very heavy book at 619 pages. History from Colonial times to 1960s. Black paper boards with cloth spine which is worn at top and bottom. Clean straight and unmarked. Dust jacket is bright but has a 3-inch and couple of 1-inch tears creases and small chips. Not available for shipping outside the U.S. <br/><br/> Bonanza hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17049
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Robertson Janet
THE MAGNIFICENT MOUNTAIN WOMEN: ADVENTURES IN THE COLORADO ROCKIES
Lincoln NE: Univ. of Nebraska Press 1990. HC. good w/good dustjacket hardcover. ISBN 0803238924 220pp. Univ. of Nebraska Press unknown
Bookseller reference : BOOKS067045I
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Robertson William ed.
The Thoroughbred Record Statistical Review Covering the Racing Year of 1968
Lexington KY: The Record Publishing Co. 1969. 944pp. including ads; very clean and tight in lightly edge-worn binding. Extra postage required for this large heavy volume. Textured Cloth. Very Good. Folio. Hard Cover. The Record Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : DC1704
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Robertson John
Those Amazing Jays
Toronto ON Canada: Grosvenor House Press. As New. 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0919959164 . 96 pp. Photos. The chronicle of the 1984 season of the Toronto Blue Jays.; 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall . Grosvenor House Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SPOR0085 ISBN : 0919959164 9780919959163
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