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Smith Patrick L
The Nippon Challenge: Japan's Pursuit of the America's Cup
Doubleday 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0111045 ISBN : 0385421710 9780385421713
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SMITH PETER L.
DISCOVERING CANALS IN BRITAIN
AYLESBURY UK.: SHIRE PUBLICATIONS. VG IN WRAPS. LIGHTLY RUBBED. Pages: 96. . 1986. TRADE PAPERBACK. SHIRE PUBLICATIONS paperback
Bookseller reference : MASTER144039I
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Smith Peter
The Observer's Book of Cricket
New York New York U.S.A.: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. 1973. A very good to fine hardcover in a very good plus price-clipped jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good To Fine/Very Good Plus. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2S2720 ISBN : 0723215162 9780723215165
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Smith Philip H./Millington TC. revised by T. C.
The Design and Tuning of Competition Engines
Cambridge: Robert Bentley Inc. 1971. revised 5th edition. VG/VG dust jacket 1 inch tear to dust jacket. 468 p. photos illus index square 4to; Robert Bentley Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 65119 ISBN : 083760138X 9780837601380
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Smith Pohla;Cohen Joel H.
Superstars of Women's Figure Skating
Langhorne Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Chelsea House Pub 1999. Hardcover/Gd. conditionex-lib/64 pages - Superstars of women's figure skating. K1934HI1. Hard Cover. Good. Chelsea House Pub Hardcover
Bookseller reference : K1934 ISBN : 0791043924 9780791043929
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Smith Rankine M.
The History of Basketball in New Brunswick Canada 1892-1985
Fredericton N.B.: Basketball New Brunswick 1985 Blue softcover. Upper right corner of cover and first four leaves wrinkled/folded. Background and more recent history of a nearly-universal junior high high school and university sport which is played informally in back yards and parks everywhere. 320 pp. First No Additional printings. Soft Cover. Good Plus to Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photos. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Basketball New Brunswick paperback
Bookseller reference : 010982 ISBN : 0969249101 9780969249108
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Smith Rankine M.
The History of Basketball in New Brunswick Signed
Fredericton N. B.: Basketball New Brunswick 1985 Blue illustrated cover paperback. Attributed to "Bill & Joan. Regards in basketball. Rankine M. Smith." Small brown spot on cover. 320 pp. First No Additional printings. Soft Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by Several Team Photos. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Basketball New Brunswick paperback
Bookseller reference : 011053 ISBN : 0969249101 9780969249108
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Smith Ray M.
The Story of Pope's Barrels
Harrisburg Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company 1959. First edition deluxe issue number 17. Illustrated. 211 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown padded calf. Mint in original Esleck Fidelity Onion Skin tissue and original box. First edition deluxe issue number 17. Illustrated. 211 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti p. 410 noting only the trade ed. The Stackpole Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 41982
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Smith Ray M.
The Story of Pope's Barrels
Harrisburg Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company 1959. First edition deluxe issue number 17. Illustrated. 211 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown padded calf. Mint in original Esleck Fidelity Onion Skin tissue and original box. First edition deluxe issue number 17. Illustrated. 211 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti p. 410 noting only the trade ed. The Stackpole Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 41982
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Smith Red editor
Press Box : Red Smith's Favorite Sports Stories
New York NY U.S.A: W. W. Norton & Company Incorporated 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. From front cover: Includes classics by John Updike Jimmy Breslin John McPhee and many more! 192 pp. W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated paperback
Bookseller reference : 3130 ISBN : 0393310027 9780393310023
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Smith Red
Red Smith Views of Sport
NY: Alfred A Knopf 1954. Textblock is very clean and tight. Binding lightly edge and corner worn with wear at the base of the spine. Dust jacket spine-sunned very edge and corner worn and chipped; Wear and tear along the spine. 293p. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good in mylar. Illus. by Marc Simont. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover. Alfred A, Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : EW4640
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Smith Red
Red Smith's Views of Sport
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1954. Corners and spine ends bumped some discoloration along spine and endpapers. Dust jacket is slightly faded along the spine chipped and rubbed. On the rear panel of the jacket there is about a two-inch tear along the spine and a smaller tear at the upper corner. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. Insights on sports from a sportswriting legend. 293 pages with illustrations by Marc Simont who also designed the dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Marc Simont. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 00141
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Smith Red edited by Dave Anderson foreword by Terence Smith
THE RED SMITH READER
New York: Vintage Books - Random House 1983. xii 308 pp. Trade paperback format. Light wear on the corners with some minor creasing on the spine; store stamped. This collection contains: I'd Like to Be Called a Good Reporter; Olympics; Racing; Football; Baseball; Politics; Some Other Sports; Fishing; Offbeat; Boxing; and Pals Colleagues and Himself. First Printing - First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Vintage Books - Random House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 213399 ISBN : 0394717503 9780394717500
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Smith Red; Anderson Dave
The Red Smith Reader
New York: Random House 1982. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 044833 ISBN : 0394528115 9780394528113
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Smith Red edited by Dave Anderson
THE RED SMITH READER
NY: Random House. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0394528115; The top of the binding is slightly faded. Very minor wear and soil on the sound 'tho slightly bowed binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Minor edge wear on clean complete dust jacket. ; Maroon cloth bright gold lettering. SPORTS. This is an omnibus of Red Smith's greatest columns - a unique record not only of the work of one of the nation's finest prose stylists but of the past fifty years in sport. There are 128 colums giving Smith's views on everything from baseball and fishing to basketball and track boxing tennis the past nine Olympics football horseracing- even on politics. The best practitioner of his craft since Ring Lardner Smith began writing about sports in 1928 for the ST. LOUIS STAR. Over the next five decades he turned out several columns weekly for a series of newspapers . ; 9-1/2" Tall; 308 pages . Random House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20239 ISBN : 0394528115 9780394528113
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Smith Red; Anderson Dave Introduction
To Absent Friends
New American Library 1983. Book. Very Good . Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Very-good clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings - Tight spine - Clean pages. Pages show tanning. NO writing marks or tears inside book. 479 pages. New American Library Paperback
Bookseller reference : 045157 ISBN : 0452254434 9780452254435
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Smith Red; Anderson Dave
To Absent Friends from Red Smith
New York: Atheneum 1982. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine cocked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Atheneum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039797 ISBN : 0689112009 9780689112003
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Smith Red
Views of Sport
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped adn lightly worn. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. X 293 pp. Gray cloth binding. A collection of Red Smith's sports columns about various kinds of sports enhanced by Simont's comic illustrations. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37584
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Smith Richard P.
Deer Hunting
Harrisburg VA: Stackpole Books. Very Good with no dust jacket;. 1978. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 256 pages; Book Tight Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Text is clean no markings seen Illustrated Black & White Photos . Stackpole Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2130 ISBN : 0811704939 9780811704939
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Smith Robert A.
Anchors - Selection and Use
By the Author 1983 Book. Good Only. Soft cover. Second Edition. Cover is faded has minor marks and has light wear at the tail of the spine strip. Illustrated 98 page work on anchors with the author being a naval architect and marine engineer. By the Author paperback
Bookseller reference : 057374
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Smith Robert
Baseball
New York: Simon & Schuster 1947. 362 pp. . Signed Presentation from the Author. Third Printing. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10645
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Smith Robert
Baseball
New York: Simon & Schuster 1970. 437 pp. Vg in a worn Dw. First printing of the revised edition. . Revised Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 10646
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Smith Robert
Baseball in the Afternoon - Tales from a Bygone Era
NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Hardbound. 0671739301 . 272 pages . Simon & Schuster hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28015 ISBN : 0671739301 9780671739300
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Smith Robert
Baseball in the Afternoon Tales from a Bygone Era
New York: Simon & Schuster 1993. A beautiful copy. As New condition in bright shiny As New Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No fading. No creases. No rubbing. Not a book club edition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp obviously never read. History of the early years of professional baseball. Photo illustrated. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Everyone who loves the game of baseball carries with him a memory of the game's golden age: when players played the game for love; when they were loyal to their teams; when they were part of their community; when long train rides on road trips bred close friendships and cruel practical jokes; when they were with and among us as heroes but as people too. Baseball under the blazing sun on God's green grass. Baseball played with heart and with joy. BASEBALL IN THE AFTERNOON.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth-backed green boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 21.00. 8vo. 272pp. . Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001643 ISBN : 0671739301 9780671739300
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Smith Robert
Baseball in the Afternoon: Tales from a Bygone Era
New York: Simon & Schuster 1993. Very Good with DJ Hardcover corner of ffe clipped. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 060610-E466 ISBN : 0671739301 9780671739300
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SMITH Robert
Baseball the Game the Men Who Have Played it and Its Place in American Life
New York: Simon and Schuster 1947. Bound in beige cloth with black lettering and red baseball players outlines to front panel and spine. Has baseball player decorated end-papers and is a historical narrative of the game. Shows lightly bumped spine ends and is in otherwise near-fine condition. Dustwrapper shows a 3/4" chip to bottom of spine and wear to extremes. 362 pgs. A tight clean copy. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG. Simon and Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6000674
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Smith Robert
Baseball: A historical narrative of the game the men who have played it and its place in American life
New York: Simon and Schuster 1947. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Tan cloth lettered/illus. in red and dark green. Cloth shows a few scattered lighter spots with toning to lower spine panel only. Firm binding clean interior. xiv363 pp. retaining original review card to be sent back to publisher. Dust jacket is worn 2with 3 1/4" x 1 1/2" area of lower spine panel and lower back panel corner lacking rubbing along top edge partial separation along joints corner chips rubbed back panel now in mylar. 1st edition no addt'l ptgs. indicated. Simon and Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046069
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Smith Robert Kimmel
Bobby Baseball
Delacorte Press 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First edition first printing. Near fine hardcover in a near fine Brodart protected dust jacket. NOT priceclipped. Interior clean and unmarked. Delacorte Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012867 ISBN : 0385298072 9780385298070
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Smith Robert
HITS RUNS AND ERRORS
New York: Dell Books 1949. 192 pp. Dell Map Back 292. Light edgewear with creasing on the corners and spine; no interior markings. Cover art by H. E. Vallely. The Contents are: As It Was in the Beginning; Round Plate and Square Pitch; The King the Captain and the Boss; The Great Rebellion; Gunpowder for Breakfast; The Wild Irishman and the Gentle Indian; Little Napoleon; Underhand and Overhand; Infielders and Outfielders; The Lord High Executioner; The One and Only; Fireball and Screwball; Can You Spare a Dime; Gangsters Bums and Heroes; and Every Time I Wheel About. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by H. E. Vallely;. Paperback Original. Dell Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 217995
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Smith Robert W.
Hsing-I. Chinese Mind-Body Boxing.
Tokyo - New York - San Francisco: Kodansha International 1974 Book with dust jacket in good condition. 112 pages. Photographs. 1ste / 1st. Cloth / Linnen Hardcover. Good / Goed/Good / Goed. A5. Kodansha International hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011370 ISBN : 0870112309 9780870112300
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Smith Robert Metcalf
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF PRO FOOTBALL
Madison Square Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Football; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Madison Square Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17397
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Smith Robert
Little League Catcher
A. S. Barnes 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition 1953. Very good hardcover in a very good Brodart protected dust jacket. Some browning to pages some soiling to dj. . A. S. Barnes Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012868
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Smith Robert W. and Allen Pittman
Pa-Kua: Eight-Trigram Boxing Chinese Martial Arts Library
Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1990. Soundly bound unmarked minor wear but for a bit of a dew ripple affecting the upper margin area of pages. Second Printing. Paperback. Good. Octavo. Charles E. Tuttle Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 16203 ISBN : 0804816182 9780804816182
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Smith Robert W.
Pa-Kua; Chinese Boxing for Fitness and Self-Defense
New York: Kodansha International 0-87011-044-6 1975 later printing. Hardcover Very good in good to very good dust jacket. 160pp. Illustrations. The dust jacket is price-clipped edgeworn and soiled. Martial Arts Chinese Boxing Fitness Martial Arts Self-Defense. Kodansha International Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 147085 ISBN : 0870110446 9780870110443
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Smith Robin
Quest for No. 1
London: Boxtree Ltd 1993. The life and career of the South African who joined the Hampshire staff in 1981 before qualifying to play Test cricket for England. Written with John Grace and with a foreword by Graham Gooch. Clean square copy in an unclipped d/w - 205 pages. Next post dispatch. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Boxtree Ltd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051209 ISBN : 1852837942 9781852837945
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Smith Robert W.
Secrets of Big League Play
Random House 1965. Book. Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. Boards are clean straight and bright; text is very clean and newish; tiny separation beginning at first gutter owner's name penned FPD.We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described using the strict traditional standards. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1854
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Smith Robert W. ; Gilbey John F
The Way of a Warrior
Berkeley California: North Atlantic Books. Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. Soft Cover. 1556431260 . A fine copy. No Jacket as Issued TRADE PAPERBACK. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. ; Drawings .<br /><br />gen fic 32 North Atlantic Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 026460 ISBN : 1556431260 9781556431265
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Smith Robert
World Series The Games and the Players
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co. 1967. Gently bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the corners and spine ends. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears including a 1" tear up the lower rear flap fold. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Doubleday & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 60535
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Smith Ron Et Al
BASEBALL CHATTER Favorite Baseball Stories from the Game's Insiders
St. Louis MO: Sporting News. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0892047399; Very minor edge wear on the clean sound binding. Contents and DJ are almost like new. ; 8-3/4" Tall 295pp. White boards bright red metallic spine lettering. SPORTS. "The stories were gathered by writers who have covered the game for many years writers/editors who conducted personal interviews expressly for the book and researchers who gleaned many anecdotes from past issues of SPORTING NEWS.Dick Kaegel Mike Kilduff and Ken Rosenthal provided more than 100 stories and other major contributions were made by Stan McNeal Tracy Ringolsby Dennis Dillon John Rawlings and Albert Dickson.The stories are honest or exaggerated poignant or silly - and always take you inside the game. All have one thing in common: They are entertaining snapshots of the game from the inside out.an easy-to-read entertaining look at the game we don't see from the stands. It is baseball without scorecards winners and losers or championships. It is fun and nostalgia - and it's impossible to put down. " Extensive Index. . Sporting News hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37048 ISBN : 0892047399 9780892047390
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Smith Ronald A.
Big-Time Football at Harvard 1905 - The Diary of Coach Bill Reid
Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press. Fine/Fine. 1994. Hardback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall 0-252-02047-2 6 x 9.25"; 354 pages; red cloth with black title to spine; dustwrapper; fine/fine; . University of Illinois Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9152 ISBN : 0252020472 9780252020476
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SMITH Ron; Ed
Celebrating 70: Mark McGwire's Historic Season
St Louis: The Sporting News 1998. Bound in paperback format; foreword by Jack Buck; profusely illustrated in color; 184pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. The Sporting News Paperback
Bookseller reference : 910473 ISBN : 0892046228 9780892046225
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Smith Ron Ed. and McNeal Stan and Veltrop Kyle
Curse Reversed: The 2004 Boston Red Sox
St. Louis MO: The Sporting News. Good. 2004. First Printing. Softcover. Very lightly used mild signs of handling - unmarked. Nice used copy. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 144 pages . The Sporting News paperback
Bookseller reference : 57837 ISBN : 0892047801 9780892047802
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Smith Ron Biography of Gerry James.
Kid Dynamite; The Gerry James Story
Fernie: Oolichan Books 978-0-88982-276-4 978-0-88982-276-4 2011. Hardcover 366pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed with an inscription by Gerry James. Photographs. "Few father and son combinations in any sport have reached the level of excellence that 'Dynamite' Eddie James and Gerry 'The Kid' enjoyed across Canada during the early and mid-20th century. Following in his father's footsteps Gerry James electrified CFL crowds as the powerful running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers". Biography of Gerry James. Sports Football--Canada Hockey--Canada Toronto Maple Leafs Winnipeg Blue Bombers--Football Team. Oolichan Books 978-0-88982-276-4 Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 148422 ISBN : 088982276x 9780889822764
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Smith Ron
Kid Dynamite : The Gerry James Story
Fernie British Columbia: Oolichan Books 2011. Fine in hardcover in Fine dustjacket. 22 by 15 cm. 366 pages. Gift quality book. Pictorial dustjacket. Blue cover with gilt lettering on spine. Contains section of black and white illustrations from photographs. Bright clean. Hard Cover. Oolichan Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7000A849 ISBN : 088982276x 9780889822764
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SMITH RONALD A
Pay For Play: A History Of Big-time College Athletic Reform
University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago: 2011. Hardcover as issued without dustjacket. Brand new book. A rigorous investigation of reform in college sports In an era when college football coaches frequently command higher salaries than university presidents many call for reform to restore the balance between amateur athletics and the educational mission of schools. This book traces attempts at college athletics reform from 1855 through the early twenty-first century while analyzing the different roles played by students faculty conferences university presidents the NCAA legislatures and the Supreme Court. Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform also tackles critically important questions about eligibility compensation recruiting sponsorship and rules enforcement. Discussing reasons for reform--to combat corruption to level the playing field and to make sports more accessible to minorities and women--Ronald A. Smith candidly explains why attempts at change have often failed. Of interest to historians athletic reformers college administrators NCAA officials and sports journalists this thoughtful book considers the difficulty in balancing the principles of amateurism with the need to draw income from sporting events. Ronald A. Smith is professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University and the author of several books including Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics and Play-by-Play: Radio Television and Big-Time College Sport. "In this provocative book . Smith details the efforts to purify intercollegiate sports since the first teams faced off in the 1850s. He makes a solid case for why reforms are needed."--Diverse: Issues in Higher Education "Smith's extensively researched and well-documented text shows that throughout the history of college athletics there have been only a handful of true champions of reform and they have universally lost to the pressures of professionalization."--EH.NET "Ronald A Smith meticulously documents the history of reform attempts of intercollegiate athletics an enterprise so full of contradiction hypocrisy and downright chicanery that it has long begged for major change. . . . His definitive study depresses any reader hopeful for the systemic reform of college sports."--The Journal of American History "A lively fluid account of college sports controversies and reform efforts spanning more than 150 years. . . . Well written and thoroughly researched."--Journal of Higher Education "Sweeping in its coverage of big-time college athletic reform and rich detail. . . . A significant contribution to the place and meaning of college sports in the modern United States."--American Historical Review "A major contribution to the history of college sports. This astounding book does not leave a stone unturned and it represents a lifetime of researching and writing on the subject from a top expert in the field."--John Sayle Watterson author of The Games Presidents Play: Sports and the Presidency "Ronald A. Smith pulls no punches in this thoughtful and thorough history of intercollegiate athletic reform. He deals directly with the role presidents play in reforming athletics he calls hypocrisy by the right name when he finds it all too often and he recognizes the limits to what can be done to improve intercollegiate athletics in this country. Smith's candor and honesty are refreshing and impressive."--William G. Bowen coauthor of Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 2011 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 84996X1
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SMITH RONALD A
Pay For Play: A History Of Big-time College Athletic Reform
University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. A rigorous investigation of reform in college sports In an era when college football coaches frequently command higher salaries than university presidents many call for reform to restore the balance between amateur athletics and the educational mission of schools. This book traces attempts at college athletics reform from 1855 through the early twenty-first century while analyzing the different roles played by students faculty conferences university presidents the NCAA legislatures and the Supreme Court. Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform also tackles critically important questions about eligibility compensation recruiting sponsorship and rules enforcement. Discussing reasons for reform--to combat corruption to level the playing field and to make sports more accessible to minorities and women--Ronald A. Smith candidly explains why attempts at change have often failed. Of interest to historians athletic reformers college administrators NCAA officials and sports journalists this thoughtful book considers the difficulty in balancing the principles of amateurism with the need to draw income from sporting events. Ronald A. Smith is professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University and the author of several books including Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics and Play-by-Play: Radio Television and Big-Time College Sport. "In this provocative book . Smith details the efforts to purify intercollegiate sports since the first teams faced off in the 1850s. He makes a solid case for why reforms are needed."--Diverse: Issues in Higher Education "Smith's extensively researched and well-documented text shows that throughout the history of college athletics there have been only a handful of true champions of reform and they have universally lost to the pressures of professionalization."--EH.NET "Ronald A Smith meticulously documents the history of reform attempts of intercollegiate athletics an enterprise so full of contradiction hypocrisy and downright chicanery that it has long begged for major change. . . . His definitive study depresses any reader hopeful for the systemic reform of college sports."--The Journal of American History "A lively fluid account of college sports controversies and reform efforts spanning more than 150 years. . . . Well written and thoroughly researched."--Journal of Higher Education "Sweeping in its coverage of big-time college athletic reform and rich detail. . . . A significant contribution to the place and meaning of college sports in the modern United States."--American Historical Review "A major contribution to the history of college sports. This astounding book does not leave a stone unturned and it represents a lifetime of researching and writing on the subject from a top expert in the field."--John Sayle Watterson author of The Games Presidents Play: Sports and the Presidency "Ronald A. Smith pulls no punches in this thoughtful and thorough history of intercollegiate athletic reform. He deals directly with the role presidents play in reforming athletics he calls hypocrisy by the right name when he finds it all too often and he recognizes the limits to what can be done to improve intercollegiate athletics in this country. Smith's candor and honesty are refreshing and impressive."--William G. Bowen coauthor of Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Educational Values University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago: 2011 paperback
Bookseller reference : 84997X1
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Smith Ron Author / Mays Willie Foreword By
The Sporting News Selects Baseball's Greatest Players : A Celebration of the 20th Century's Best
Sporting News Publishing. Very Good in Fine Dust Jacket. 1998. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 089204666X . 013926: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a New Brodart Mylar Cover. Boards and pages are clean unmarked except for prior owner's gift inscription dated 2001 on front flyleaf bright tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce Out Of Print Book. "More than 300 beautiful and historic photographs give the book an ambience beyond its natural appeal. This is nostalgia at its best. From the showy power displays of Ruth and Mark McGwire to the baserunning finesse of Lou Brock and the blazing fastballs of Nolan Ryan there's plenty for everybody. The Top 100 is the celebration of a century - complete with rankings and special effects." Book shows ISBN 0892046082 on copyright page but shows ISBN 089204666X on back of dustjacket.: 9.25 x 11.5 in.: 224 pages . Sporting News Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013926 ISBN : 089204666X 9780892046669
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Smith Ron Author / Mays Willie Foreword By
The Sporting News Selects Baseball's Greatest Players : A Celebration of the 20th Century's Best : Sporting News Series Series
Sporting News Publishing. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1998. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 0892046082 . 011371: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Boards and pages are clean unmarked bright tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce Out Of Print Book. "More than 300 beautiful and historic photographs give the book an ambience beyond its natural appeal. This is nostalgia at its best. From the showy power displays of Ruth and Mark McGwire to the baserunning finesse of Lou Brock and the blazing fastballs of Nolan Ryan there's plenty for everybody. The Top 100 is the celebration of a century - complete with rankings and special effects.": 9.25 x 11.5 in.: 224 pages . Sporting News Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011371 ISBN : 0892046082 9780892046089
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SMITH RON; WILSON BILL; MORITZ CARL
The Sporting News Selects Football's 100 Greatest Players: A Celebration Of The 20th Century's Best
Sporting News St Louis: 1999. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Strap on your helmet and prepare to knock heads. Every page of Football's 100 Greatest Players dares you to challenge it. The volume's gutsiness however is its essence; unlike many similar assemblages the list is presented in numerical order with each entry drawing its own proverbial line of scrimmage. ISBN: 0892046244. Sporting News, St Louis: 1999 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49330X1 ISBN : 0892046244 9780892046249
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Smith Ronald E. and Smoll Frank L.
Way to Go Coach! For Use in the Rutgers S.A.F.E.T.Y Clinic
<p>Warde Publisher"s Inc. 2001. Book Condition: New. Brand Paperback.Sports awareness for educating today"s youth. MT05<br /></p> Warde Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio110 ISBN : 1886346062 9781886346062
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