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Achorn Edward
FIFTY-NINE IN '84 Old Hoss Radbourn Barehanded Baseball and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had
NY: Harpercollins. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061825866; 1/16" tear at top of spine; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Contents are clean and unworn with very minor wrinkling of some top margins. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 2010. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page Play ball! Ed Achorn . 9-1/4" Tall xv 366pp. 8p b/w illustrations. HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION. Red boards blue spine bright silver spine lettering. SPORTS. "In 1884 Providence Grays pitcher Charles 'Old Hoss' Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games - more than anyone in major-league history ever had before or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series. FIFTY-NINE IN '84 tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War - a brutal bloody sport played barehanded the profession of uneducated hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win. " Statistices for the 1884 season are in an Appendix. Extensive listing of Sources and Notes. Index. . Harpercollins hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43432 ISBN : 0061825867 9780061825866
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Jenkins Dan
THE CLASSICS OF GOLF EDITION OF THE DOGGED VICTIMS OF INEXORABLE FATE
U. S. A.: Classics Of Golf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 094088903X; Binding is almost as new. 3/4" black line on top edge. Contents are almost as new. No DJ. ; 8-3/4" Tall XVI 302pp. This edition copyrighted 1985. Light gray cloth bright gold lettering in deep red spine and front cover panels a handsome volume. GOLF. Foreword by Herbet Warren Wind. Afterwood by Dave Marr. Dan Jenkins writes about golf tournaments for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED PLAYBOY and GOLF DIGEST. "When people across the country read Jenkins' right-after-the- event articles they marvel at their off-beat introductions the humor which illuminates the reportage the soundness of his treatment of the principal figures and the core of the action the idiosyncratic asides that he tossed in because he likes them and an ending that is sometimes ironic and at other times echoes a point he has made. " Originally published in 1970 this Classics of Golf edition has added the highly informative Foreword by Herbert Warren Wind and Afterword by Dave Marr. Inbetween you will find 12 articles by Dan Jenkins most of which had been previously printed in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED plus a Foreword by Edwin Shrake. . Classics Of Golf hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43459 ISBN : 094088903X 9780940889033
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Danielsen John A.
WINTER HIKING AND CAMPING An Adirondack Mountain Club Book
Glens Falls NY: Adirondack Mountain Club. Very Good-. 1972. Paperback. The Paper Covers are bound by ten sets of twin metal rings. Moderate wear very minor soil on the sound binding. Price written inside from cover. Upper fore corner of the title page has been cut out else contents are almost as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. This is a small pocket-sized book 4-3/4" x 6-1/4" 192pp. cprt. 1972. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. SPORTS. "WINTER HIKING AND CAMPING was planned and written to fill the need for a basic manual on wilderness excursions under winter conditions. Topics covered include the body's reactions to the cold; first aid; clothing; equipment; food; travel by foot skis and snowshoes; finding position and directions; survival and rescue; and mountain weather. The book is liberally illustrated with diagrams and photographs is fully indexed and has a substantial bibliography for readers who want to pursue their interests further. Although the book has grown mostly out of experience in the highlands of the Northeast it will offer useful and interesting reading wherever people face the challenge - and the joy - of hiking and camping in the cold. " . Drawings by Trudy Healy. . Adirondack Mountain Club paperback
Referência livreiro : 43493
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Laymance Reit editor
BELIEVE IT Amazing Red Sox: World Champions. 2004 Special Commemorative Book.
Chicago: Triumph Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1572437413; Binding is almost as new with very slight bumping of the top of the spine. Contents are almost as new. DJ is amost as new with very slight bumping of the top of the spine. ; 8-3/4" x 11" 126 pp. Glossy full-color photo illustrated boards. Cprt. 2004. SPORTS. Full-color photo illustrated endpapers different front and back. "The 2004 Red Sox are champions because they engineered the greatest comback in baseball history when they won four straight games against the hated Yankees in the American League Champions Series after being down three games to nothing. It was a baseball epic an event for the ages putting the Sox into a World Series that was profoundly anticlamatic. En route to eight consecutive postseason wins the Sons of Tito Francona simply destroyed a St. Louis Cardinal team that won a major leage-high 105 games in 2004. The 2004 Red Sox did something that had not been done in 86 years . No more Curse of the Bambino. No more taunts of '1919'. ". This books is a glorious celebration of the breaking of The Curse. Almost every page has a full-color photo and many of them are full-page. Game-by-game accounts of the World Series the ALCS and the ALDS. Articles by Jackie MacMullan Bob Hohler Gordon Edes Dan Shaugnessy and Bob Ryan. Since 2004 the Red Sox have proved that their Championship was not a fluke but this was the start this was the year the Curse of the Bambino was finally laid to rest. . Triumph Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43504 ISBN : 1572437413 9781572437418
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Lucas Alan
CRUISING IN TROPICAL WATERS AND CORAL
Camden ME: International Marine. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877429545; Other than some childish scribbles on the ffep this book is almost as new. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1987. 6-1/8 x 9-3/4" 228pp. Glossy color-photo illustrated boards. BOATING. "The bulk of the world's cruising fleet emanates from non-coral areas but carries out most of its crusing within coral waters. There is therefore a positive need to understand the realities: the seasons of trade winds; the behaviour of destructive winds; the special foods to be found in the tropics; the dangers of coral waters and the special problems of navigating and anchoring there.boating in tropical and coral waters is different enough to warrant a general overhaul of nautical attitudes and practices as well as gaining general knowledge pertinent to that environment. And that is what this book is all about. " Thoroughly illustrated with over a hundred b/w illustrations mostly photos with some drawings. Index. . International Marine hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43375 ISBN : 0877429545 9780877429548
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McFarlane Brian
LEGENDARY STANLEY CUP STORIES
Bolton Ontario Canada: Fenn Publishing. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 9781551683423; Binding is almost as new. Contents are almost as new. Price-cut DJ is otherwise amost as new. ; 8-3/4" Tall XII 252pp. Cprt 2008. Black boards tan spine lettering. SPORTS. "The most memorable moments from Hockey's glory days as told by a true insider. This book offers a lively and entertaining romp down memory lane. McFarlane spent his professional career calling games and interviewing greats as a broadcaster with CBC's HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA. Over the years he witnessed or took part in many of the most exciting pivotal and humourous moments in the sport's history. McFarlane shares his remarkable personal memories in candid detail revealing the known and no-so-known 'quest for the cup' antics of hockey's biggest stars. " . Fenn Publishing hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43389 ISBN : 1551683423 9781551683423
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Shaughnessy Dan
SEEING RED The Red Auerbach Story
NY: Crown. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0517596806; Very minor wear & soil on sound binding. Very minor edge soil. The bottom margins of the last few pages and the back endpapers have light damp stains two small smudges on p.73 remainder of text is almost as new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1994. . Green boards black spine bright silver spine lettering. HARDCOVER. Index. 8p b/w photos. Foreword by Larry Bird. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. A vivid true-to-life portrait of a living legend whose career spaned the history of the NBA. He molded the most successful franchise in the history of American sport and through the stars he acquired and nurtured he changed the face of professional basketball. ; 9-1/8" Tall; 302 pages . Crown hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43395 ISBN : 0517596806 9780517596807
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Ribeiro Saulo with Kevin Howell
JIU-JITSU UNIVERSITY
California: Victory Belt Publishing. Good. 2008. First Edition. Paperback. 0981504434; Paper Covers. This is a heavy book and is not recommended for Priority mail. The upper fore corner of the back cover and the last 25 pages are bent ceased else very minor wear on the clean sound binding. The top margins of about 2/3 of the contents have a minor waviness more-so on the earlier pages a few of which have very minor damp staining. Otherwise the contents are clean and unworn. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 2008. 9" x 11" 368pp. The PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. SPORTS. "Saulo Ribeiro - six-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion - is world-renowned for his funtional jiu-jitsu knowledge and flawless technique. In this book Ribeior shares for he first time his revolutionary system of grappling mapping out more than 200 techniques that carry you from white to black belt. Illuminating common jiu-jitsu errors and then illustrating practical remedies this book is a must for all who train jiu-jitsu. Even the more basic techniques come alive as Ribeiro sheds new light on theories and strategies previously thought to be antiquated. With a system that has been tried and tested at the highest levels of competition Ribeiro will sculpt your foundation belt by belt and propel you toward jiu-jitsu exellence. This book is not your run-of-the-mill technique book. It is a detailed training manual that will ultimately change the way jiu-jitsu is taught around the globe. " . Hundreds of full color photos. . Victory Belt Publishing paperback
Referência livreiro : 43284 ISBN : 0981504434 9780981504438
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Vilas Charles H. & Durbin Hunter editors & Members Of The Cruising Club Of America
FAR HORIZONS VOLUME II. ADVENTURES IN CRUISING
U. S. A.: Cruising Club Of America. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. This is a heavy book; it is not recommended for Priority mail. Binding is clean sound and unworn. Contents are almost as new with 5 lines of type on 2 pages underlined in orange marker. No DJ. ; 7-5/8" x 10-1/8" 415 pp. Light brown cloth blue spine & front cover lettering illustrated front cover. Full-color photo-illustrated endpapers. BOATING. This second volume was produced ten years after the first. The Cruising Club of America's basic object is "To gather and keep on file all information which may be of value to its members in cruising any waters. " The book has nine sections each with a number of entries plus a foreword introduction three introductory entries a list of Titles and a list of Authors. The sections are: Cruising Northern Waters; Cruising by Canal; Cruising the Mediterranean; Cruising the Pacific; CruIsing the Atlantic; Cruising in Scandinavia; Cruising the West Indies; "Nowhere is too Far"; Ancient History. .16 full-page maps 3 double-page maps. 40 b/w"Sketches and Paintings". Somewhere around 175 b/w photos. . Cruising Club Of America hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43217
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Howard Jim
HANDBOOK OF OFFSHORE CRUISING The Dream and Reality of Modern Ocean Cruising
Dobbs Ferry NY: Sheridan House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 092448635X; Binding is almost as new just very very slightly cocked. Contents are almost as new. DJ is almost as new with creased flaps. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1994. 10-1/8" Tall XII 468pp. Smooth medium blue cloth bright gold spine lettering. BOATING. "For easy reference this important handbook is divided into four parts: The Boat The systems and Equipment The Voyage and In Port. The Boat consists of eleven chapters ranging from building or buying a boat and choosing the rig to construction materials and deck cockpit and cabin layout. Systems and Equipment covers the engine electrical systems and electronics plumbing self-steering systems as well as cruising sails and magnetic steering compasses. In the other two sections everything about the voyage and being in port is studied. Heavy weather at sea and in port also are given careful attention. Also included are practical advice on trip planning provisioning maintenance and repairs anchors and anchoring psychological aspects of crusing the need to maintain good health secruity needs and how to get along in other cultures. " . Scores of b/w illustrations throughout by Tadami Takahaski. 14 useful appendixes. Index. . Sheridan House hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43210 ISBN : 092448635X 9780924486357
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Armstrong Steve
THE CLAY COURTS OF NORWICH A History of Public Tennis Court Faciliies in Norwich Connecticut
Pompano Beach Florida: Exposition Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 0682401846; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Very minor edge foxing. Moderate endpaper foxing with a gift note on the ffep. Contents are almost as new. Minor wear very minor soi on the complete DJ. DJ's spine has faded from brown to tan but the lettering is unaffected. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1985. XI 182pp. Green cloth bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS HISTORY. "Traces the emergence of public tennis court facilities in Norwich as well as recreation in general as a function of government. This story begins in 1930 when the author was inroduced to the game. At the time tennis courts were found primarily on the grounds of private clubs a few schools and hospitals and some industrial establishments. Mr. Armstrong examines in detail the courts then in existence - some clay some cement some dirt - and goes on to give a step-by-step account of the construction of Norwich's public facilities. His book illustrates the impact a group of citizens can have on its community. Armed with ingenuity and perseverance Armstrong and his fellow enthusiasts overcame countless obstacles in the pursuit of their goal - public tennis courts for everyone. " 8-page b/w photo section. . Exposition Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43225 ISBN : 0682401846 9780682401845
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Buckley William F. Jr.
RACING THROUGH PARADISE A Pacific Passage
NY: Random House. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394557816; Binding is clean sound and unworn with 1/32" of the top and bottom edges very slightly faded and a very slight twist to the binding. Gift note on ffep. Contents are almost as new. Very minor wear on the clean price-clipped DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1987. XIV 344pp. Medium blue cloth bright gold spine lettering with facsimile of the author'ssignature on the front cover. Illustrated endpapers. BOATING. "Buckley takes his son his friends and his readers on a four-thousand-mile run across the Pacific Ocean a jouney into oddly assorted experiences and comedy into observation and illumination - into wit and reflection and into friendships that overcome friction. Here the irrepressible eloquent enjoyable Buckley guides us through his beloved Azores and through the Galapagos and through places such as Johnston Atoll where mysteries and hostilities await. On a hilarious side adventure we have a memorable encounter with 'The Angel of Craig's Point'. Buckley adroitly excerpts the candid journals of his shipmates notabley that of his son Christopher . The fine photographs by Christopher Little illustrate throughout. " . Index. 8 pages of color photos scores of b/w photos. Some maps. . Random House hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43219 ISBN : 0394557816 9780394557816
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Pearlman Jeff
THE ROCKET THAT FELL TO EARTH Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061724756; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new with slightly wavy top margins. DJ is almost as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 2009. 9-1/8" Tall 348pp. Dark blue boards bright silver spine lettering. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. "Over 24 seasons the Rocket would go on to win 354 games an unprecedented seven Cy Young Awards and two World Series trophies. In 1986 he set the major league record with 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game then matched it a decade later.Pearlman conducted nearly 500 interviews with Clemens' family friends and teammates to present a portrait that goes beyond the familiar newspaper stories and magazine profiles. Reconstructing the pitcher's life.Pearlman reveals the real Roger Clemens: a flawed and troubled man whose rage for baseball immortality took him to superhuman heights but ultimately brought him crashing to earth. " 8p color photos. Notes. Bibliography. . HarperCollins hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43240 ISBN : 0061724750 9780061724756
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Spectre Peter H. Series editor
THE WOODEN BOAT SERIES: PAINTING & VARNISHING
Brooklin ME: Woodenboat. Very Good-. 1995. Paperback. 0937822337; Paper Covers. Very minor rubbing and edge wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost as new with one dogged page. ; 8-3/8" x 10-3/4" XII 146pp. Cprt. 1995. PAPER COVERS. Color-photo illustrated Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. BOATING. "Painting and varnishing are part art and part science. No matter the standard of finish - utilitarian through show quality and anything in between - the keys to it all are a well-conceived plan of action the correct choice of tools and materials a careful preparation of the surface proper application of the coating and a 'feel' for what you are doing. Topics include: Scraping and sanding; Filling and sealing; Dusting and cleaning; Choosing a brush; Rolling tipping brushing touching up recoating; One-part and two-part paints and varnishes; Cleaning and storing the tools; Topside paints bottom paints the boottop; Solvents applicators maintenance schedules; Confronting special situations and much much more. " Scores of b/w drawings and photos. . Woodenboat paperback
Referência livreiro : 43254 ISBN : 0937822337 9780937822333
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Thorndike Virginia L.
WINDJAMMER WATCHING ON THE COAST OF MAINE A Guide to the Famous Windjammer Fleet and 34 Other Traditional Sailing Vessels
Camden ME: Down East Books. Very Good-. 1993. First Edition. Paperback. 0892723246; Small tan stain coffee along front cover's upper fore edge and larger 1" x 1-1/2" tan stain on front cover's bottom edge this latter stain showing up on the cover's inner-side. Otherwise the binding is clean sound and unworn. Contents are almost as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1993. 8" Tall 128pp. Color-photo illustrated PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. BOATING. "Maine is home to many of America's schooners and other large traditional sailing vessels. Their beauty and impressive size make them ever fascinating to watch. Each has her own interesting history just as she has her unique rig and hull design. This book tells how to identify 49 individual vessels and gives a history of each: all 15 of Maine's famous winDJammers plus the schooner BOWDOIN the official State Sailing Vessel and others that either hail from Maine or regularly sail its waters. " . WinDJammer Identification Chart. Definitions of Nautical Terms. Scores of b/w illustrations - mostly photos with some silhouettes. . Down East Books paperback
Referência livreiro : 43268 ISBN : 0892723246 9780892723249
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Feinstein John
HARD COURTS REAL LIFE ON THE PROFESSIONAL TENNIS TOURS
NY: Villard Books. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394583337; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost as new. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-3/8" Tall XX 457pp. White boards medium green cloth spine bright copper spine lettering. SPORTS. "Never before has a book so intimately captured what it's like for an athlete to BE an athlete. The dedication the exhilaration the loneliness the scandals the sweat the traumas the compromising the corruption - it's all here in Frinstein's most brilliant reporting job since A SEASON ON THE BRINK. Perhaps more than in any other sport there is a uniqueness to the qualities that make a professional tennis player. Tennis is not a team game but a sport dominated by individual success and failure. When the wins come there is pure glory; for the loser there is personal and crushing defeat. Feinstin takes us inside the glory and the devastation with unheard-of access and acute observations. " . Villard Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43176 ISBN : 0394583337 9780394583334
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Hartje Tod with Lawrence Martin
FROM BEHIND THE RED LINE An American Hockey Player in Russia
NY: MacMillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0025485016; The white portion of the covers are moderately foxed the very tip of the front cover's fore corner is lightly bumped the top 1/32" of the cloth spine is faded and the edges have very minor foxing. Author's signed and dated inscription on the ffep. Endpapers are lightly foxed. Contents are almost as new. The DJ's spine and upper 1" of the front panel are sun darkened and the red spine lettering is faded 'tho perfectly legible. Otherwise very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1992. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR on ffep To Peggy - Hope you enjoy the book as much as I did the year ! Tod Hartje 3/93 . SPORTS. Tod Hartje was the first North American ever to play for a Soviet hockey team. He spoke not a word of Russian but was sent to play for Sokol Kiev one of the top professional hockey teams in the old USSR in the fall of 1990. Hartje was issued a Soviet passport and worked played and traveled with his teammates as one of them. This book is his account of his year as a Soviet hockey player. He saw all the hardships of being a Soviet citizen up close and personal. Not for him the fine hotels and dining reserved for the elite and foreigners. He saw the lack of adequate housing the scarcity of food the mind-numbing state bureaucracy and the peoples' longing for a better life. With Canadian journalist Lawrence Martin Tod Hartje writes a gripping account of life and sport in a very different world a world that was on the brink of revolution. . Index. . MacMillan hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43166 ISBN : 0025485016 9780025485013
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Verney Michael
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF YACHT CARE Third Edition
Dobbs Ferry NY: Sheridan House. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1997. Third Edition. Hardcover. 1574090410; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Contents are almost as new. No DJ. ; Third edition 1997. 9-3/4" Tall VI 266pp. Glossy multi-color photo illustrated boards dark blue lettering on light blue spine. BOATING. "This third edition provides in a single volume everything that the owner of a new or traditional boat will need to maintain her in a safe and seaworthy condition at minimum cost. By means of detailed tables Verney one of the world's best informed and most experienced writers on practical boatwork provides a unique survey of the real cost of every aspect of yacht upkeep. Features: Sealants and mastics; Gelcoat repairs and osmosis blisters; High tech rope and rigs; Mast stepping and spar fittings; Lightning protection; Brightwork painting and leak treatments; Hull and deck sheathing methods; Engine maintenance and overhaul; Sterngear steering and propellers; Fuel cooling and exhaust systems; Pumps marine toilets and seacocks; Plumbing and gas work; Dinghies tenders trolleys and trailers; Laying a mooring; and Hauling out and winterizing. . Index. Somewhere around a hundred b/w illustrations. . Sheridan House hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43162 ISBN : 1574090410 9781574090413
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Eig Jonathan
LUCKIEST MAN The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743245911; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/2" Tall VIII 419pp. Light gray boards medium blue spine bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. "Drawing on dozens of new interviews and hundreds of pages of Gehrig's personal and previously unpublished letters this definitive biography gives us a deeper more intimate understanding of the life of an American hero. In LUCKIEST MAN Eig brings to life a figure whose shyness and insecurity obscured his greatness duing his lifetime. Gehrig emerges on these pages as more human and heroic than ever. " . Index. 16-page b/w photo section. One-page Career Statistics. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43022 ISBN : 0743245911 9780743245913
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Howard Tim with Ali Benjamin
THE KEEPER A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them
NY: Harpercollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780062387394; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/4" Tall IX 309pp. Red boards medium blue spine white spine lettering. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAHY. "Tim Howard is the goalkeeper for Everton in the English Premier League and the U. S. Men's National Team soccer . In July 2014 he broke the record for the most saves 15 in a World Cup game. He also works as a soccer broadcaster on NBC's weekly coverage of EPL. In this inspiring and candid memoir the beloved U. S. And Everton goalkeeper finally allows himself to do something that he would never do on the field: he drops his guard. Howard opens up about how a hyperactive kid from New Jersey with Tourette Syndrome defied the odds to become one of the greatest Amercian soccer goal keepers in history. It is also a chronicle of the personal sacrifices he's made for his career including the ultimate dissolution of his marriage. A treat for soccer fans THE KEEPER will even captivate readers who are unfamiliar with the sport but want to know what makes a world-class athlete different from the rest of us - and where that difference gives way to common ground. " . 8-page photo section mostly in color. . Harpercollins hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43080 ISBN : 0062387391 9780062387394
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Halberstam David
SUMMER OF '49 .
NY: Wm. Morrow & Co. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 068806678X; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Contents are almost as new. 2-1/2" tear in top of DJ's spine 1/2" in the back panel's top edge otherwise very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/2" Tall 304pp. Light tan boards light green cloth spine bright gold spine lettering. HARDCOVER. Photo endpapers. Index. 16p b/w photos. SPORTS. A magnificent journey through the 1949 pennant race in which two legendary rivals the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees battled down to a winner-take- all final game of the season. ; Sports box 1 . Wm. Morrow & Co. hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43082 ISBN : 068806678X 9780688066789
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Spurr Daniel
SPURR'S BOATBOOK: UPGRADING THE CRUISING SAILBOAT
Newport Rhode Island: Seven Seas Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0915160579; Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost as new. Moderate wear on the clean complete DJ. This is a large book and Priority Mail is not recommended. ; Second Printing of the First Edition 1984. 8-1/2" x 11". XVI 336pp. Medium gray boards dark red cloth spine bright gold spine lettering. BOATING. "Dan Spurr has meticulously assembled all of the really important information that a serious sailor should ever need to improve his yacht's cruising capability. For anyone who is contemplating building or buying a cruising sailboat they owe it to themselves to first study this book. Bruce Bingham brings unusual clarity with his illustration s explaining normally complex subject matter. That together with careful editing has set a new standard of excellence. Packed with good sensible information. ". Index. Well over a hundred b/w illustratio ns including drawings and photos. A few tables. . Seven Seas Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43091 ISBN : 0915160579 9780915160570
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Corbett Bernard M.
MARCH TO THE WORLD SERIES The 1986 Boston Red Sox
Boston Massachusetts: Quinlan Press. Very Good-. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. 0933341784; Paper Covers. Light cup rings and a couple of light tan stains on the front cover else binding is sound unworn. Contents are almost as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1986. 8" x 8" 112pp. Color-photo illustrated covers different photos front & back no spine lettering red front cover letterng. SPORTS. "This is the story of one of the most memorable seasons in Boston baseball history . A story about a team that can proudly take its place alongside their World Series forebears of 1946 1967 and 1975." . Eleven pages of text followed by full-page b/w photos on pages 13-79 followed by five full-page full-color photos followed by 6 pages of text with b/w full-page photos taking up the rest of the book pages 95-112 all photos having a brief caption. Photographs by Dick Raphael and Peter Travers. . Quinlan Press paperback
Referência livreiro : 43095 ISBN : 0933341784 9780933341784
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Scoggins Chaz
GAME OF MY LIFE: BOSTON RED SOX Memorable Stories of Red Sox Baseball
Champaign IL: Sports Publishing. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1582619921; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9" Tall XIV 236pp smooth black boards bright gold spine lettering. Cprt. 2006. SPORTS. "This book traces back nearly 70 years almost to the very start of the seminal Yawkey Era recalling some of the greatest players in Red Sox history and some of their greatest games. Beginning with Bobby Doerr the Hall of Fame second baseman who joined the Red Sox in 1937 this book touches on players and their most memorable games from every decade right up to those who finally experienced the exhilaration of winning that elusive World Series. Among the players who recount their most memorable Red Sox games in their Red Sox careers are Johnny Pesky Dominic DiMaggio Mel Parnell Frank Malzone Bill Monbouquette Rico Petrocelli Fred Lynn Butch Hobson Wade Boggs Bruce Hurst and many more. Their recollections and stories - linking eight decades of Boston Red Sox baseball and revealing many details unknown until now - will undoubtedly awaken fond but probably long-forgotten memories of lifelong Red Sox fans themselves. " Around three dozen b/w photos. . Sports Publishing hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43107 ISBN : 1582619921 9781582619927
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Houk Ralph & Robert W. Creamer
SEASON OF GLORY The Amazing Saga of the 1961 New York Yankees
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0399132600; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Small red dot on bottom edge Contents are almost as new with a 1" tear in the margin of p. 159. . Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1988. 9-1/8" Tall 320pp. Red boards dark blue spine bright silver spine lettering. SPORTS. "In a memoir as richly nostalgic and full of baseball lore as the bestselling BOYS OF SUMMER former New York Yankee manager Ralph Houk re-creates the halcyon days of what has been described as the best team in baseball history. 1961. The year of the M&M boys - Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. In a dramatic reenactment of that championship season Houk takes you week by week through that glorious campaign as no other book can. He takes us inside the clubhouse out on the field into the dugout weaving together his own story and insights with those of many of the players of that historic year aided and abetted by the superb skills of bestselling sportswriter Robert W. Creamer. " 8-page Staistics section at the back of the book. Index. 8-page b/w photo section. . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43105 ISBN : 0399132600 9780399132605
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Prime Jim with Bill Nowlin
MORE TALES FROM THE RED SOX DUGOUT Yarns from the Sox
U. S. A.: Sports Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1582615004; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/2" Tall X 201pp. Smooth dark blue boards bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS. "Just when you think you've heard them all the Red Sox yarns keep unraveling. MORE TALES picks up the thread where the original left off. Writing about the Red Sox is like knittng a scarf for a giraffe: you could go on forever and never complete the job. No these stories are NOT just left over material from the original book. Every year you can count on the Bosox to come up with incidents and players who defy the imagination; every year another character knits another yarn or two. And every year you can count on guys like Mickey McDermott or Bill Lee to add some new patches to the Red Sox crazy quilt. In addition readers of the original TALES approached the authors with other Red Sox stories - wonderful tales that we had missed the first time around. " The yarns about the players are arranged in alphabetical order from Dale Alexander to Bill Zuber/Bob Zupcic. In addition there are four pages of Jokes and a Bibliography. . Sports Publishing hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43104 ISBN : 1582615004 9781582615004
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Lombardi Vince with W. C. Heinz
RUN TO DAYLIGHT !
Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor musty odor. Very slightly cocked Binding is unworn and sound with small light barely noticeable damp spots. Gift note on ffep. Pastedown age age-mottled perhaps in a chemical reaction to the DJ. Contents are almost as new. 3/4" x 1" V-shaped piece missing from DJ's back panel's top edge with a small piece missing from the top of DJ's spine; otherwise minor war and soil on the DJ. Original price of $5.95 is on the DJ. lr-3-d . ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION 1963. 9" Tall 303pp. Red cloth black spine lettering. SPORTS. A volume in the Red Smith Sports Series edited by Red. Smith. This is THE CLASSIC book on professional football written by one of the greatest coaches in football history. "It captures the action the pace and drama of professional football as few other books have done. This book describes seven days in the life of Vince Lombardi - the fiery dynamic coach of the Green Bay Packers - as he shapes up his team from Monday to Saturday for a crucial game on Sunday. It's a rare glimpse into the behind-the-scenes workings of a professional football team that builds in tension and excitement as the day of the big game nears. " Title-page drawing of Vince Lombardi by Robert Riger. Scores of b&w action photos by Robert Riger. An Appendix includes 13 diagrams of key running plays key pass plays and some routes of Packer receivers. lr-3-d . . Prentice Hall hardcover
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Heller Dave editor
FACING TED WILLIAMS Players from the Golden Age of Baseball Recall the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
NY: Sports Publishing. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 9781613213377; Binding DJ and contents are almost as new with a small rubbed area on the front cover. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 2013. 9-1/8" Tall 306pp. Smooth red boards black spine bright metallic-red spine lettering. SPORTS. "Far from a conventional biography this book aims to offer a different perspective with testimonials from teammates and opponents alike on how Williams was regarded among his peers. See Ted Williams through the eyes of the pitchers struggling to put a fastball past his bat the infielders and outfielders aDJusting their positions in the hopes that they can fill the hole where a frozen rope might land and the catchers strategizing a Williams at-bat pitch-by-pitch. Ted Williams was one of the most accomplished hitters in baseball history. He was the last man to hit .400 in a single season a 19-time All-Star a two-time American League MVP a two-time winner of the Triple Crown and an inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966 in addition to serving his country in World War II and the Korean War. " . Index. A few b/w photos. . Sports Publishing hardcover
Referência livreiro : 43125 ISBN : 1613213379 9781613213377
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Wagenheim Kal
BABE RUTH His Life and Legend
Chicago: Olmstead Press. Fine. 2001. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 1587541149; Binding and contents are almost like new. ; First Printing of the First Olmstead Press Edition. Originally published in 1974 by Praeger. 9" Tall X 274pp. PAPER COVERS. Glossy b/w photo-illustrated Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. "No other man ever equaled Babe Ruth's total domination of the sports world. Radiating the toughness innocence competence and brash confidence that so accurately mirrored America's image of itself Babe Ruth was a celebrity of Olympian proportions. This book skillfully projects the action drama humor and humanity of the Babe's life against the glamour of the 1920s and the stark realities of the 1930s. This colorful biography shows how the era spawned adored and celebrated its hero. Wagenheim details the Babe's life from his boyhood in a Baltimore reform school to superstardom with the Yanks re-creating along the way many of baseball's most excitng moments. " The final two pages of the book contain charts listing Ruth's records including a year by year listing of who he played for his runs hits bases achieved home runs runs batted in batting average and fielding average. Separate tables give his World's Series Records All-Star Game Record Pitching Record and World Series Pitching Record. 16 pages of b/w photos. . Olmstead Press paperback
Referência livreiro : 42840 ISBN : 1587541149 9781587541148
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Payson Harold H. "Dynamite"
INSTANT BOATS
South Thomaston Maine: Self Published. Very Good-. 1985. Paperback. Paper Covers. Minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost as new. ; 7-1/4" x 9-7/8" 136pp. PAPER COVERS are illustrated with b/w photos black spine and front cover lettering. . Green Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. BOATING. "This book is writen by a Maine craftsman with common sense and uncommon humor - it is a fine initiation to the world of plywood boatbuilding. This is the first of several books by Payson about building boats. It's crammed with useful information - written with a heavy dose of Down East flavor - on how to construct the fleet of six plywood craft known as Instant Boats. These boats are perfect projects for the first-time builder: even a totally inexperienced person can build one as evidenced by the book's chapter on Building the Teal Step by Step. A person with even a modest amount of woodworking skills can build an Instant Boat in less than 50 hours. " The Contents: Introduction; The good of wood; Beginner's luck mostly bad ; Feet inches eighths It's the rule ; Tools of the trade; More power to you; The best is none too good; The pleasures of a simple rig; Building teal step by step; Rounding out the instant fleet; Now that you have your instant boat. . Index . Profusely illustrated in b/w with photos and drawings. . . Self Published paperback
Referência livreiro : 42872
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Bull Andy
LEARN MOUNTAIN BIKING IN A WEEKEND
NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0679416765; Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor top edge soil/foxing. No DJ. ; First Printing of the First American Edition. 8-3/4" Tall 96pp. Glossy mostly white boards illustrated with color photos. SPORTS. "Provides in one clear handbook a concentrated highly structured program that shows the novice - step by step hour by hour - how to master the fundamentals of mountain biking in one weekend. " Some contents: Clothing and eqiuipment; Mountain bike anatomy; Running repairs; Mountain code; Coping with 21 gears; Pedaling technique; Uphill and downhill riding; Carrying the bike; Cornering; Riding across a camber; Tough & rocky terrain; Coping with water; Front wheel pivots; Mountain biking competitively Touring; Ultimate adventures. . Glossary. Index. Jam-packed with full-color photos. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42898 ISBN : 0679416765 9780679416760
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Chastain Bill
PAYNE AT PINEHURST The Greatest U. S. Open Ever
NY: St. Martin's Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 031233009X; Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Small black dot and two tiny red dots on the bottom edge. Contents are almost as new. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/2" Tall XIV 290pp. Green boards bright silver spine lettering. GOLF. Frontispiec e b/w photo. In the '99 U. S. Open Payne Stewart was 'the old guy' trying to win a tournament normally reserved for young men. "Payne's desire to win the U. S. Open stemmed partly from his belief that winning majors was the standard that measured a professional golfer's career. But his passion for this event was about far more than his personal legacy. What set the U. S. Open apart from the other majors was the fact that it was the championship of his nation - a nation that he loved passionately. To win the U. S. Open was to represent the United States of America. As a result the U. S. Open inspired Payne Stewart. " Some Chapters: Graveyard of Champions: June 1998; Payne Stewart's Journey; The U. S. Open; No. 1 vs. No. 2; Donald Ross and Pinehurst; Prepping for an Open; Let the Open begin; Stewart Mickelson and Duval to the top; Alone at the top again; Too young to go. . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42745 ISBN : 031233009X 9780312330095
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Baay Henry Van L.
BOATS BOAT YARDS AND YACHTSMEN
Princeton NJ: D. Van Nostrand Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Name on ffep. Contents are almost as new. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/8" Tall XV 211pp. Dark blue cloth dulled gold spine lettering. BOATING. "If I were looking at a boat either to buy or if I already owned her to see what repairs she needed I'd like to have Henry Baay on my team to keep me out of needless trouble and expense. Mr. Baay is a professional yachtsman who for many years was in the business of serving other yachtsmen by building storing and servicing their boats; by surveying boats for owners prospective owners and insurance underwriters; and by buying selling and acting as broker in the pleasure craft market. Mr. Baay warns of the myriad pitfalls that await the inexperienced or incautious yachtsman in selecting and maintaining a boat; along with special warnings for special types. " . Some Contents: What kind of boat to buy; Interesting expeirences with boat owners; About chartering a yacht; Yaching and legalities; Relations between yard and boat owner; The boat yard as boat sales agent; The new boat owner the cost and fiberglass; So you want to own a yacht yard. . Nine b/w illustrations. . D. Van Nostrand Co. hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42743
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Halberstam David
THE EDUCATION OF A COACH
NY: Hyperion. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1401301541; Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ except the inner-side of the DJ's back panel has a large stain. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 8-1/2" Tall 277pp. Black boards brown spine bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. "Bill Belichick is one of the most intriguing yet enigmatic figures in contemporary American sports.Halberstam paints a dazzling portrait of a man and his profession revealing both the intimate world of Bill Belichick and the unique abilities that make him so successful: his exceptional intelligence his ability to break down and exploit game film his singular discipline and his almost unmatched work ethic. " . Hyperion hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42755 ISBN : 1401301541 9781401301545
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Brewer Edward S. & Jim Betts
UNDERSTANDING BOAT DESIGN A Basic Introduction for the Boat Buyer Amateur Builder and Beginning Yacht Designer
Camden ME: International Marine. Very Good-. 1971. Paperback. 0877420157; Saddle-stapled Paper Covers. Staples are rusty. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost as new. ; 8-1/2" x 10-7/8" 66pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. BOATING. "How to learn to design your own boat. An introduction to amateur boat building featuring a portfolio of designs by E. S. Brewer with 26 pages of plans drawings and photos. Answers your questions about: sailboats motorboats terminology speed hull shapes designed lines stability freeboard seaworthiness waterlines sailing rigs weather helm engines propellers accommodations equipment safety character boats multihulls houseboats construction archiects and racing. " . International Marine paperback
Referência livreiro : 42655 ISBN : 0877420157 9780877420156
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Hagie C. E.
THE AMERICAN RIFLE For Hunting and Target Shooting
NY: MacMillan. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Bkpl on front pastedown name on ffep. Contents are almost as new. DJ is not much to look at but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 8-1/8" Tall XII 174pp. Light gray cloth green spine & front cover lettering. SPORTS. "Here is a basic standard book on the rifle and its use written by an expert. It gives practical meaty information without being too technical. Separate chapters are devoted to the various types of rifles and ammunitions. " Some chapters: Elementary ballistic terminology; Evolution of the modern rifle; Single shot rifles of today; Modern hand-operated repeating rifles; Modern rim-fire cartridges; Center-fire cartridges for small game; Bullet design in relation to killing power; The combination rifle in America; Target rifles and target ammunition; Target shooting - indoors and out; Snap and wing shooting at small game; Rifle sights. . Index. A couple-dozen b/w photos plus a couple dozen small drawings of the parts of Lyman gun sights. . MacMillan hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42673
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Tuaolo Esera with John Rosengren
ALONE IN THE TRENCHES My Life As a Gay Man in the NFL
Naperville Illinois: Sourcebooks. Very Good-. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 1402205058; Paper Covers. Inscribed & signed by the author on the title page. Very minor soil on the unworn sound binding. The very tips of a few pages are lightly bumped else contents are almost as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page To Women Rowing Aloha. -signature is scribbled followed by "#98" . SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Rosie O'Donnell wrote "My friend Esera - a gentle giant with a heart of gold - bravely confronts the memories of his childhood in a way that emboldens you to do the same. This beautiful book is not only about football but freedom and family. A must read for all. I love this man. " . The author wrote "It's rough down in the trenches where linemen weighing more than three hundred pounds hurl themselves at one another in brutal hand-to-hand combat but it is nothing compared to the pain I kept buried inside so I could play out my dream - not only surviving professional football but living openly for who I am. A gay man. " 8-page photo section some b/w but mostly in color. . Sourcebooks paperback
Referência livreiro : 42609 ISBN : 1402205058 9781402205057
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Higdon Hal
ON THE RUN FROM DOGS AND PEOPLE
Michigan City Indiana: Roadrunner Press. Fine. 1995. Third Edition. Paperback. Paper Covers. Inscribed & signed by author on page 60. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; First Printing of the Third Edition 1995. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR on page 60 For Roger and Mary = We enjoyed our visit to your store! Hal Higdon 11/7/95 . SPORTS. "A long time ago 1971 in a galaxy far far away Hal Higdon worte a book that became a cult classic. ON THE RUN FROM DOGS AND PEOPLE captured an era when runners were so rare that dogs gave chase people hurled taunts and - yes - only a few hundred appeared each April to run the Boston Marathaon. Now reissued in that event's centennial year here is the volume that TV commentator Katherine Switzer calls 'one of the Best running books of all time' ! .With a quarter century from first publication having gone by the fact that some material might seem 'dated' seems as much an advantage as a disadvanage. This book exists not merely as a period piece but as an important chronicle of an era. During my rereading of the first edition I realized how much had changed about running - yet how much had not. What stood out in 1971 was the feeling among the few runners back then that 'We're all in this together'. There are more of us a quarter century later but that still is true. " Frontispiece drawing. . Roadrunner Press paperback
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Donaldson Jim
"THEN BELICHICK SAID TO BRADY." The Best New England Patriots Stories Ever Told. With CD
Chicago: Triumph Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. 1600782396; Binding and contents are almost like new with CD in sealed plastic envelope. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 8-3/4" Tall XII 192pp. Light gray cloth medium blue spine bright silver spine lettering. CD in sealed envelope attached to the front free endpaper. SPORTS. The CD features interviews with Steve Grogan Jon Morris and Larry Eisenhauer with a running time of 64 minutes. "From classic Patriots such as Gino Cappelletti Nick Buoniconti and Vito 'Babe' Parilli to new blood including Tom Brady Tedy Bruschi and Randy Moss all eras of the Patriots are represented in this book. There are numerous stories about remarkable players and coaches such as John Hannah and Bill Belichick and the less-than-stel lar. Donaldson even creates a fantasy draft of all the best players in Patriots history - and those players New Englanders would just as soon forget. Get the inside scoop and read in-depth accounts of all the Super Bowl appearances and learn what made 1985 so special. " A couple-dozen -or so b/w photos. . Triumph Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42544 ISBN : 1600782396 9781600782398
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Weld Philip S.
MOXIE The American Challenge
Boston: Little Brown. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316929298; The off-white boards has some foxing. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Top edge is heavily foxed. Very minor foxing of endpapers and first/last pages else contents are almost as new. Minor wear very minor soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 9-1/2" Tall X 245pp. Off-White boards black cloth spine bright silver spine lettering bright silver outline of a sailboat on the front cover. BOATING. Foreword by William F. Buckley Jr. "This is a story about men and women in a sailboat race across the Atlantic. But it is mainly the story of one man alone against the sea the man who won. His name is Philip Weld he was sixty-five years old and this is his account of his great sailing victory in the 1980 Observer Single-handed Transatlant ic Race OSTAR 2810 miles from Plymouth England to Newport Rhode Island. He won in the record-breaking time of seventeen days twenty-three hours and twelve minutes the first American winner ever as well as the oldest. " Informative endpapers. Numerous b/w photos. Several maps. . Little, Brown hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42549 ISBN : 0316929298 9780316929295
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Roselius J. Chris
KEVIN GARNET All-Star on and off the Court.
Berkeley Heights NJ: Enslow Publishers. Very Good-. 2008. Paperback. 0766028631; Paper Covers. Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost as new with one dogged page. ; 9-1/4" Tall 128pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. A book in the Sports Stars with Heart Series. "Kevin Garnet is a National Basketball Association NBA Most Valuable Player. He also earned an Olympic gold medal for the US . His legacy however is always going to be linked to what he did in 1995. Standing in front of a multitude of media members after his high school senior season Garnett became the first player in two decades to declare himself eligible for the NBA Draft straight out of high school. His decision - and success in the NBA - led other high school basketall players to declare themselves eligible for the draft in the following years. But Garnett has not forgotten his past. He also works hard to help others who have not been as fortunate. Garnett has given both time and money to those in need throughout his career without expecting anything in return. His generosity was recognized in the summer of 2006 when he was named the recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. He also does a lot of charitable work in private but his $1.2 million donation to aid the Hurricane Katrina relief effort and the work of his 4XL Foundation have been hard to keep quiet. " Index. Numerous full-color action photos. . Enslow Publishers paperback
Referência livreiro : 42578 ISBN : 0766028631 9780766028630
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Golenbock Peter
WRIGLEYVILLE A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs
NY: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312140797; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new with very minor foxing on the book's top edge and the top portion of the DJ's inner-side . ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-3/8" Tall XVIII 541pp. Smooth dark blue boards bright metallic-red spine lettering. SPORTS. "In these pages the Cubs and Chicago itself come to vivid life. Beginning with the 1871 founding of the Chicago francise WRIGLEYVILLE beautiflly captures a history of triumph futility dreams and cruel fate - in the voices of Chicago players coaches batboys clubhouse personnel fans and sportswriters who were there from the nineteenth century to the present. " Cap Anson Mike 'King' Kelly Tinker to Evers to Chance Fred Merkle Charlie Root Hack Wilson Ernie Banks Billy Williams Ferguson Jenkins Andre Dawson Ryne Sandberg and of course Harry Caray. Index. Bibliography. A couple dozen-or-so b/w photos scattered throughout the text. . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42408 ISBN : 0312140797 9780312140793
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Prime Jim with Bill Nowlin
TALES FROM THE RED SOX DUGOUT A Collection of the Greatest Red Sox Stories Ever Told
U. S. A.: Sports Publishing. Fine. 2002. Paperback. 1582613486; Paper Covers. Binding and contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/4" Tall VI 170pp. PAPER COVERS. Color-photo illustated Cover is a little lighter than posterboard. SPORTS. "This book includes stories from the earliest days of the Red Sox franchise right up to publication. Many of the anecdotes are hilarious others are just plain weird. This book has captured the mood in the clubhouse and on the field with fascinating behind-the-scenes glimses. " . Numerous b/w drawings by Bob Jackson. Wade Bogg Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd Roger Clemens Tony Conigliaro Joe Cronin Dom DiMaggio Walt Dropo Dwight Evans Carlton Fisk Nomar Garciaparra Lefty Grove Ralph Houk Jack Kramer Sparky Lyle Johnny Pesky Rico Petrocelli Jimmy Piersall Babe Ruth Luis Tiant Mo Vaughn Mickey Vernon Dick Williams Ted Williams Smoky Joe Wood Carl Yastrzemski Tom Yawkey Cy Young Don Zimmer etc. etc. etc. Bibliography. . . Sports Publishing paperback
Referência livreiro : 42439 ISBN : 1582613486 9781582613482
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Cooper Cynthia
SHE GOT GAME My Personal Odyssey
NY: Warner Books. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0446525669; Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are clean and unworn but a little age-darkened. Very minor edge ear on the clean complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/4" Tall 229pp. Yellow boards red spine bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Long before she led the WNBA's Houston Comets to two consecutive championsips and twice won the ESPY Award as Women's Pro Basketball player of the year Cynthia faced a life of poverty and frustration hungering for dreams that seemed way out of reach. Now she tells her story - a personal odyssey of inspiration perspiration and hope. " 8-page b/w photo section. Index. . Warner Books hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42257 ISBN : 0446525669 9780446525664
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Grant Alan
RETURN TO GLORY Inside Tyrone Willingham's Amazing First Season At Notre Dame
Boston: Little Brown. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316607657; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new but DJ is price-cut. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/2" Tall 292pp. Dark green boards medium blue spine bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS. "Set on recapturing the glory of earlier eras in his very first season as coach of Notre Dame's football program Willingham proved from the very first game that he had transformed a struggling group of players into the most exciting team in the country. By the season's end he had doubled the team's victories from the year before and earned himself the distinction of winning more games in his first year than any other coach in Irish history. In RETURN TO GLORY Alan Grant takes you inside Notre Dame's program as no one has seen it before. Given exclusive access to the players and coaching staff he masterfully re-creates week by week the drama of a team playing above all expectations and the maneuverings of a master strategist facing the biggest challenge of his life. " 8-page b/w photo section. Index. . Little, Brown hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42258 ISBN : 0316607657 9780316607650
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Reynolds Bill
'78 The Boston Red Sox a Historic Game and a Divided City
NY: New American Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780451226020; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Signed by author on dedication page. Contents are clean & unworn. Very minor edge wear on the clean complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR on dedication page To Peter I. All the best. Bill Reynolds .9-1/8" Tall 310pp. Light tan boards light brown spine bright gold spine lettering. SPORTS. "George Steinbrenner called it the greatest game in the history of American sports. Here is the thrilling inside story behind the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry - and the matchup that revealed a tale of one troubled city. The 1978 season saw the Boston Red Sox's superior talent dominate the league while the Yankees struggled under the burden of internal chaos. But as the Red Sox reveled in the spotlight a school busing controversy in Boston agitated the racial and class divisions that already existed and rattled the entire city. As Boston struggled to maintain its image of a shining beacon on a hill the Red Sox began to falter. While the Sox fell the Yankees replaced their manager Billy Martin - and everything changed. They met in a playoff game that left fans at Fenway Park ghostlike in their dejection. In this book Reynolds captures this moment in sports and takes us through the social issues dividing Boston that summer. Reynolds masterfully depicts how the city's struggles gave one game weight beyond the trappings of sports and illustrated the changing times in America along with its most celebated pastime. " 8p b/w photo section. Bibliography . . New American Library hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42277 ISBN : 045122602x 9780451226020
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Rudeen Kenneth
MEN AT SPEED
NY: Holt Rinehart & Winston. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 976090111; Ex-library with call labe on DJ's spine dim tape marks on binding & markings on free endpapes and copyright & contents pages. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unworn. Top of DJ's spine and forecorners are worn; very minor soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/4" Tall 137pp. Light gray cloth orange spine & front cover lettering. AUTO RACING . "In this dramatic account of automobile racing around the world the loudest applause and the highest honors are reserved for the drivers - men lke Tazio Nuvolari Stirling Moss Mike Hawthorn Phil Hill Wilbur Shaw and 'Il Maestro' Fangio - who have courageoulsy handled the fastest and finest cars. Their names are linked with the great automobiles: Mercedes Bugatti Duesenberg Ferrri Maserati and the rear-engined Cooper-Climax. They roar to victory on many courses - Le Mans and Monte Carlo in France the fabulous Nurburgring in Germany Italy's Mille Miglia Indianapolis and Sebring. These are all thoroughly covered as is the colorful history of automobile racng beginning with the Paris to Bordaux race in 1895. This is an authoritaive book by an enthusiastic devotee of auto racing. " More than two dozen b/w photos. Index. For young adults. . Holt, Rinehart & Winston hardcover
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Conner Dennis with Bruce Stannard
COMEBACK My Race for the America's Cup
NY: St. Martin's Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312009003; Binding and contents are almost like new with a lightly bumped upper fore corner on the front cover. Numerous shallow scratches on the clean complete DJ's front panel. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-3/8" Tall xv 239pp. 16p color photos. Blue boards red cloth spine bright gold spine lettering. BOATING. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. Paul C. Larsen consulting editor. Illustrated endpapers different front & back. Drawings throughout. "The incredible inside story of the making of an American hero: Dennis Conner the first man to lose the America's Cup - sailing's Holy Grail - and the first to win it back. In the straight-shooting and colorful sytle of a born raconteur Conner now reveals in vivid detail the inner workings of the Cup campaign to end all Cup campaigns. " Glossary. Race Results. Index. 3-page listing of the members of the STARS & STRIPES team in Australia. . St. Martin's Press hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42292 ISBN : 0312009003 9780312009007
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Mashaw Jerry L. & Anne U. MacClintock
SEASONED BY SALT A Voyage in Search of the Caribbean
Dobbs Ferry NY: Sheridan House. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 1574091557; Very minor wear on the clean sound 'tho slightly cocked binding. Name writ small on front pastedown's upper margin. Contents and dja re almost as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9" Tall 276pp. Map endpapers. Medium gray boards red cloth spine bright gold spine lettering. BOATING. "The fascinating account of a one-year cruise from Connecticut to Grenada and back undertaken by an adventurous sailing couple. Their story brims with humor and high adventure. MacClintock's illustrations highlight the narrative and the chapters alternate throughout between Mashaw and MacClintock's two complementary voices; they share the storytelling just as they shared the journey itself. " Bibliography. Index. A couple-dozen-or-so small b/w drawings. . Sheridan House hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42291 ISBN : 1574091557 9781574091557
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Oslin Reid
TALES FROM THE BOSTON COLLEGE SIDELINE
U. S. A.: Sports Publishing. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1582615462; Binding and contents are almost like new with a slight wave in the top margins. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall XV 240pp. Black boards bright gold spinr lettering. SPORTS. Foreword by Doug Flutie. A couple-dozen-or-so b/w photos. "In writing this book I have deliberately chosen not to make it a game-by-game or even year-by-year chronicle of Boston College football. Rather I thought it would be more interesting and revealing to use anecdotes stories and recollections to show - in snapshot style - what it has been like to play to coach or to follow Boston College football over the years. . " . Sports Publishing hardcover
Referência livreiro : 42386 ISBN : 1582615462 9781582615462
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