‎Sports‎

‎Skoglund Pete‎

‎"Mr Bowls" The Pete Skoglund Story‎

‎Wellington New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 172pp. B/w illustrations. Previous pencilled pricemark on Ffep o/w clean and firmly bound. DJ edgeworn. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. A. H. & A. W. Reed Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 006446

‎Skolnik Peter L.‎

‎Jump rope!‎

‎New York: Workman Publishing Co. 1974. Very Good /No DJ. 16mo = 6-7". Norman Marty. Photographs by Jerry Darvin. Pictorial softcover with black lettering on spine and front cover. Clean interior and exterior. Tight and strong binding. Workman Publishing Co. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : NF46131 ISBN : 091110447X 9780911104479

‎Skues GEM Taylor Samuel G. E.‎

‎Angling in All Its Branches Reduced to a Complete Science‎

‎London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees 1800. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf new period spine. With three-page manuscript index bound in after text. Front flyleaf perished. G.E.M. Skues' copy with his ownership signature on half-title. Cloth folding box. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Skues' copy. Westwood & Satchell pp. 205-6 T.N. Longman and O. Rees unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 220994

‎Skues GEM Taylor Samuel G. E.‎

‎Angling in All Its Branches Reduced to a Complete Science‎

‎London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees 1800. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf new period spine. With three-page manuscript index bound in after text. Front flyleaf perished. G.E.M. Skues' copy with his ownership signature on half-title. Cloth folding box. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Skues' copy. Westwood & Satchell pp. 205-6 T.N. Longman and O. Rees unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 220994

‎Skues George Edward MacKenzie‎

‎Two Typed Letters Signed "G.E.M. Skues" as Acting Secretary of the Fly Fishers Club London February 1918 concerning the Club's Journal‎

‎London 1918. Two letters each 12 lines signed by Skues in ink beneath his formal closing note with name of recipient in his hand below. 4to. Uniform toning to paper stock. Old folds visible. Finely matted and framed 18 x 24 inches overall. Two letters each 12 lines signed by Skues in ink beneath his formal closing note with name of recipient in his hand below. 4to. Skues: No and Yes and - No. In the first letter Skues writes his correspondent Philip M. Boase Esq. of Law Park St. Andrews Fife that the Journal of the Club is reserved for members only and that subscriptions cannot be accepted and that the news article in the Fishing Gazette which prompted the inquiry "was made under a misapprehension of the conditions under which the Journal could be issued." In the second letter Skues reports "I am directed by the Committee to say that it had been their intention to ask your acceptance of a copy of the Number of the Journal of the Fly FIshers Club for which you sent the Subscription which they regretted being unable to accept. They are however very disappointed to find that there are no copies left .". unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 246905

‎Skues GEM. G. E.‎

‎The Way of a Trout With a Fly‎

‎London: Adam & Charles Black. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's brown cloth with gold coloured title lettering to spinein a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has one 4mm closed tear to top edge of the front cover and light rubbing to spine tips.Not price clipped.Clean copy internally.Fourth Edition of this classic work with three plates and two additional chapters.8vo 271pp Fourth Edition 1955 . Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 1955. Adam & Charles Black hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 76982

‎Skurzynski Gloria; Ferguson Alane‎

‎Rage of Fire: National Parks Mystery‎

‎Washington D.C. U.S.A.: Natl Geographic Society 1998. Probable First. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 150 p.; As New in As New unclipped DJ; one of a series of mysteries for young readers set in national parks. Includes Afterword by Darcy Hu Wildlife Biologist Hawaii Volcanoes National Park "It was supposed to be a restful family vacation in Hawaii! So why is Jack Landon chasing his younger sister Ashley and a Vietnamese kid named Danny through a lava crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park And who's chasing all three of them" 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. <br/><br/> Natl Geographic Society hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : RRAB1485 ISBN : 0792270355 9780792270355

‎Sky diver magazine‎

‎Sky diver magazine ; The International Magazine of Parachuting November-December 1969‎

‎One issue , quarto with b/w photo illus stapled wraps; approx 30 pages, b/w photos. illus., adverts.; includes a two-page b/w 'centerfold'. Scarce. Somewhat early. || Parachuting -- Periodicals.‎

‎Slack Andrew‎

‎Noddy The Authorised Biography of Michael Lynagh‎

‎Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia. 1995. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 276 pages . 1st Edition. Hardback. William Heinemann Australia hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : BIB203197 ISBN : 0855615710 9780855615710

‎Slade Tim‎

‎Classic Cars : Celebrating the Legends‎

‎Sywell: Igloo Books Ltd 2010. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Description specifications and glossy coloured photographs of forty-two classic cars from 1901 to 1973 including the E-type Mini AC Cobra Bugatti 35 Mustang Porsche 911 Scimitar MG TC etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 9.25 x 9.25 inches. Igloo Books Ltd Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 018812 ISBN : 1848529570 9781848529571

‎Slater Kelly with Phil Jarratt‎

‎Kelly Slater For the Love‎

‎San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 2008. Quarto Size approx 24cm x 30.5cm. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Chronicle Books hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : BIB311513 ISBN : 0811862224 9780811862226

‎Slater Kelly with Borte Jason‎

‎Pipe Dreams. A Surfer's Journey‎

‎New York: ReganBooks 2003. xiii 338pp appendices num bw & col photographs. Or light blue papered boards with dark blue spine in jacket. Blue remainder line on bottom edge. Biography of 6-time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. ReganBooks Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008468 ISBN : 0060096292 9780060096298

‎Slater Robert‎

‎Great Jews in Sports‎

‎Jonathan David Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0824604334 . Very clean very good binding. Illustrated. More than 150 profiles and thumnail sketches. Also includes Israeli sports figures such as Zephania Carmel Rogel Nahum Haim Revivo Avraham Melamde Paulina Peisachov Peled as well as Daniel Mendoza the father of modern boxing Agnes Keleti five time gold medalist winner Hirsch Jacobs Margarethe "Gretel" Bergmann Mark Spitz Maurice Podokoff and others. Index ; ; . Jonathan David Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 25318 ISBN : 0824604334 9780824604332

‎Slater Robert‎

‎Great Jews in Sports‎

‎Jonathan David. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0824602854 . 331 pages. More than 100 full portraits plus other illustrations. Name of former owner crossed out. Clean text . Jonathan David hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 18071 ISBN : 0824602854 9780824602857

‎Slatter Gordon‎

‎Football is Fifteen 15‎

‎Christchurch New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1972. 190pp. B/w illustrations. Unclipped DJ has shelfwear with a tiny tear to spine head crease to the lower corner of both flaps and top corners. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 003258 ISBN : 0723303371 9780723303374

‎Slaughter Enos B.; With Kevin Reid‎

‎Country Hardball: The Autobiography of Enos "Country" Slaughter. SIGNED‎

‎Greensborough N.C.: Tudor Publishers 1991. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover with a blue green and white dust jacket. Light rubbing and wear to the jacket. The spine of the jacket has some faint pale spots or contact marks and there is a line of white spots or contact marks on the front panel going down the fore edge. This may have happened when the jacket was originally printed. There is some fairly heavy spotting along the outside fore edge of the text block but this does not affect the interior. A sound copy with clean text. Inscribed on the front flyleaf "Best Wishes / Enos Slaughter." Enos Bradser "Country" Slaughter was a farm boy from Roxboro North Carolina and tried out with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1935. <br/> <br/> Tudor Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 040667 ISBN : 0936389230 9780936389233

‎Slayton Tom; Bill McKibben‎

‎A Century in the Mountains: Celebrating Vermont's Long Trail‎

‎Waterbury Connecticut: Green Mountain Club. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9781888021240 . Tight unmarked book in clean green cloth; in lightly rubbed dust jacket. ; 191 pages . Green Mountain Club hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 50053 ISBN : 1888021241 9781888021240

‎Sleamaker Rob‎

‎SERIOUS TRAINING FOR SERIOUS ATHLETES‎

‎Champaign IL: Leisure Press. Good. 1989. First Edition. Paperback. 0880113383; Front cover has two shallow 4" creases back cover's lower fore corner is seriously creased. Otherwise minor wear on the clean sound binding. Top and fore edges are soiled. Name on title page. Author's signed inscription on title page. Lower fore corners of pages 211 to end of book are bent else contents are clean unworn. ; 8-7/8" Tall xv 245pp. PAPER COVERS. Color-photo illustrated Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page Best wishes! Rob Sleamaker . SPORTS. "Sleameker shares invaluable ideas and information on precisely planning and programming your training and more important on dissecting and evaluating your routine as the year progresses. His structured program is different from the scores of other available athletic training regimens because it can be designed completely by you and is adaptable to the daily stresses or changes you may encounter. As Rob states 'The training plan is only as good as the work that goes into creating maintaining and adjusting it'. " Some Chapters: Components of systematic training; Physiological guidelines for ST; Serious Training - A model ST program; Warming up stretching and cooling down; Nutrition for optimal performance ; Putting it all together - Skills for effective training management. . Index. Appendix A: Systematic Training Plan Worksheets. Appendix B: Worksheet Templates for Specific Sports. Appendix C: How to do serious workouts for endurance sports. Appendix D: Serious system training log journal and performance graph. Dozens of b/w photos. . Leisure Press paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 38249 ISBN : 0880113383 9780880113380

‎Sleightholme J. D.‎

‎CRUISING A Manual for Small Cruiser Sailing . 4th Edition‎

‎London England: Adlard Coles Limited. Good. 1988. Fourth Edition. Paperback. 0229117724; Trade Paperback. Spine is faded lettering is clear. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Bottom edge is damp stained and a minimal amount of the staining shows up on the bottom margins more so toward the back of the book. Very minor wear and minor soil on the sound binding. Other than the bottom margin stains contents are clean unworn. ; 9-1/8" Tall vi 249pp. The PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. BOATING. "This book takes a broad look at the techniques involved in sailing small modern family cruisers of between 20 and 30 feet.I have tried for an overall approach to cruising the practicalities and the problems which arise from the fact that whereas small sailing cruisers have become sturdier and much more efficient we poor old human beings remain just as bumbling and fallible as we ever were. " The Chapters: The small cruiser; Sail and engine power; Basic equpment; Family cruising; Handling; Handling sail and power; Anchoring mooring up beaching and reduction to soundings; Sailing by eye; The chart fixes and drift; Planning a port-to-port passage; Night sailing; Fog; Choosing your weather; Rough water; Distress; Single-handed sailing; How to test-sail a small cruiser. . Index. Scores of b/w photos & drawings. . Adlard Coles Limited paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36980 ISBN : 0229117724 9780229117727

‎Sleightholme J. D.‎

‎THIS IS BASIC SAILBOAT CRUISING‎

‎Boston Massachusetts: Sail Books Inc. Very Good in Good- dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0914814044; Binding is almost as new. Very minor-to-minor edge foxing. Both free endpapers age lightly browned due to a chemical reaction with the DJ's flaps. Contents are almost as new. DJ is not much to look at but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; 7-1/2" x 8-1/8" cprt. 1976. 168pp. Bright red boards bright silver spine lettering. BOATING. "This is an international plublishing project aimed specifically at inexperienced sailors with moderate-sized cruising boats. It covers elements essential to successful - and safe - coastal passagemaking. Emphasis is placed on presenting visually - through life-like color drawings - problems and solutions the cruising family is likely to encounter. ". Illustrated by Peter A. G. Milne. Index. Almost every page has one or more colorful illustrations. Index. . Sail Books, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 44125 ISBN : 0914814044 9780914814047

‎Sleightholme J. D‎

‎This Is Sailboat Cruising‎

‎United Nautical Publishers Basel Switzerland 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Peter A. G. Milne. index. The text is illustrated with colour illustrations by Peter A. G. Milne. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "Using colour on every page to give unusually clear diagrams and realistic sailing scenes this book covers the handling and techniques of sailing a modern cruiser mainly from 20 to 35 feet." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the backstrip corners and rubbing of the book corners and lower book edges. Very light age toning of the textblock edges. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. There is a 3 inch tear to the top left-hand corner of the front panel with associated creasing. Rubbing of the book edges and book panels. There is a square piece missing from the lower edge of the rear panel and a 1 inch tear to the same edge. Size: Oblong 8vo - 7�" - 9�" tall but wider. 168 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Peter A. G. Milne. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Sailing; Ships & the Sea. ISBN: 024552567X. ISBN/EAN: 9780245525674. Inventory No: 0116919. . 9780245525674 United Nautical Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0116919 ISBN : 024552567X 9780245525674

‎Slepyan Norbert editor‎

‎CRISES IN THE COCKPIT OTHER PILOTS' EMERGENCIES AND WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM .‎

‎NY MacMillan/Aopa . First Printing C. 1986. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 . 288pp. Index. A few drawings . 8vo. . HC. Dark blue cloth spine blue boards bright silver lettering . SPORTS. Aviation. Flying. Prepares the pilot for trouble before it happens. Combnes dramatic firsthand acconts of emergency situations and instructive analyses of the cause of each problem and its appropriate corrective action . Very minor wear to clean DJ. Top edge is lightly foxed o/w binding and contents are almost like new. VG / VG . . NY MacMillan/Aopa . First Printing (C. 1986, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 10082

‎Slesser Malcolm‎

‎Red Peak a Personal Account of the British Soviet Expedition 1962‎

‎London: Hodder & Stoughton 1964. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Slight rubbing and tearing to head and tail of d/j spine and corners. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 035946

‎Slesser Malcolm‎

‎Red Peak A Personal Account of the British-Soviet Pamir Expedition‎

‎New York: Coward-McCann 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 256 pp indexed illustrated with photographs some color. Mild spotting to boards tight binding no markings. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn. Wildred Noyce and Robin Smith two leading British climbers were killed on this unhappy expedition. Neate S82. Coward-McCann hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 11911

‎Slide Rule‎

‎Tuning For Speed‎

‎London: Temple Press Limited. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's grey coloured cloth with black and blue title lettering to spine and the upper cover.NO dust-jacket.This copy has one previous owner's name to the front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no loose pages.Small 8vo First Edition 1st Impression . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1948. Temple Press Limited hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 72428