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Harrison Hank
A HOLE IN THE WIND Hang Gliding and the Quest for Flight
Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill. Good. 1979. First Edition. Paperback. 0672525348; Oversize Paperback. The color is worn from the binding's edges. Two full-length cracks on the spine. Minor soil on the sound binding. Minor edge soil. Upper fore corners of the last 1/3 of the book are gently bent. Contents are clean. ; 9-7/8" Tall 160pp. PAPER COVERS. Color-photo illustrated cover is a little lighter than posterboard. SPORTS. "Hang gliding.combines aerodynamics space technology and gymnastics with electronics photography ecology and meteorology. A HOLE IN THE WIND is the definitive book on hang gliding. This fascinating sport is traced from its earliest days when flight existed only in the imagination.also provides a handbook for the layman outlining how and when to fly and what - besides courage - a flyer needs to become airborne. It explains technique as well as safety and is illustrated with numerous photographs and line drawings. " Glossary. Index. . Bobbs-Merrill paperback
书商的参考编号 : 34453 ???????? : 0672525348 9780672525346
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Pierce Charles P.
MOVING THE CHAINS Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything
NY: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780374299231; Two tiny red dots on bottom edge otherwise binding DJ and contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/2" Tall 271pp. Blue boards bright silver lettering. SPORTS . Pierce not only explains how Brady achieved the top of his profession but also the effort it takes to stay there. The book is about an ordinary man and an ordinary team becoming extraordinary. It is a study in highly honed skills discipline and making the most of good fortune. It is finally about what it takes to move the chains- to move the ball down the field despite the opposing eam the injuries or the wisdom of the front office. " Two b/w photos on endpapers. . Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34346 ???????? : 0374299234 9780374299231
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Riessen Marty & Richard Evans
MATCH POINT A Candid View of Life on the International Tennis Circuit
Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0135601282; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-1/4" Tall 285pp. Black cloth "old gold' lettering. SPORTS . "Dynamically written by Marty and Richard Evans MATCH POINT is an honest glimpse into the jet-set life of the amateur and professional tennis player. He exposes the hypocrisy of the amateur tennis tour. He leads the reader to back room pay-offs; to courtside where a match his own is thrown; to meetings where decisions concerning who gets to play aren't always made on ability alone to off-court high-jinks by the world's most celebrated tennis bums; to the play-by-play almost daily diary of the last months of the 1971-1972 International tennis tour. : " 50 pages of b/w photos. . Prentice Hall hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34358 ???????? : 0135601282 9780135601280
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Reynolds Bill
BIG HOOPS A Season in the Big East Conference
NY: New American Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0453006876; Text block is a little wavy else Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-3/4" Tall 309pp. Red boards dark blue cloth spine orange lettering. SPORTS. Boston College Connecticut Georgetown Pittsburgh Providence Seton Hall St. John's Syracuse Villanova. The Big East. It is the most publicized the most prestigious and arguably the most powerful conference in college basketball.BIG HOOPS is the engaging account of a year in the Big East chronicling the 1988-1989 season from tip-off to final buzzer = National Invitational Tournament Championship NCAA tournament NCAA Championshlip game. Nine pages of Statistics for the 1988-89 Season. 8p b/w photos. . New American Library hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34369 ???????? : 0453006876 9780453006873
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Pitino Rick & Bill Reynolds
BORN TO COACH A Season with the New York Knicks
NY: New American Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0453006205; Text block is slightly wavy otherwise Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-3/4" Tall 306pp. Black boards red cloth spine black lettering. SPORTS. When Rick Pitino decided to accept the job coaching the New York Knicks ".he faced a New York crowd that booed their home team.But then Rick Pitino began to win - and the New York Knicks were headed for the playoffs ---a fascinating chronicle of Pitino's first season with the Knicks. " Statistics for the 1987-88 New York Knickerbockers Season. 16-page b/w photo section. . New American Library hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34370 ???????? : 0453006205 9780453006200
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Buckley Steve
WICKED GOOD YEAR How the Red Sox Patriots & Celtics Turned the Hub of the Universe Into the Capital of Sports
NY: It Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061787386; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall 342pp. Blue boards bright metallic-red lettering. SPORTS. "From the fall of 2007 through the spring of 2008 Boston sports fans enjoyed a run of good fortune that was unprecedented in sports history. The Red Sox won their second World Series championship in four years. The Celtics.won their first NBA championship since 1986. And the Patriots already hailed as the first sports dynasty of the twenty-first century roared through an undefeated regular season before being derailed by the New York Giants in a shocking upset in Super Bowl XLII. .acclaimed BOSTON HERALD sports columnist Steve Buckley tells the remarkable story of the dizzying glorious seven months and twenty days when these three teams established Boston as the capital of the sports world. " Notes. Index. 8-page color photo section. . It Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34382 ???????? : 0061787388 9780061787386
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Caray Harry with Bob Verdi
HOLY COW!
NY: Villard Books. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394551036; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Very minor edge soil. Contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall 247pp. Blue boards red cloth spine bright gold spine lettering and front cover design. SPORTS. "At long last Harry has written his autobiography. In these pages he gives you a perspective on baseball - and on life - as few people are able to.he personifies everything wonderful about baseball: the fun the excitement the rooting the sheer joy of the game. This man has been the most influential baseball announcer of the past few decades as well as the most beloved and most controversial. And as anyone who has ever been to a ball game in Chicago will tell you he also happens to have the worst singing voice in the world. " . Villard Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34254 ???????? : 0394551036 9780394551036
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Whall Hugh D.
THE SOUTHERN CROSS Australia's 1974 Challenge for America's Cup
Annapolis MD: Admiralty Publishing House. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0913544043; Very minor soil on the unworn sound binding. Name on ffep. Contents are almost like new. Minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-1/4" Tall 172pp. Gray-green cloth bright silver lettering. SPORTS. BOATING. The Americans first captured the America's Cup from the English in 1851. Over the next almost 125 years the US faced 21 challenges by English Canadian Australian and French contenders all of whom went down to defeat. Then in 1970 Alan Bond's Australian syndicate with the first aluminum Twelve Meter yacht ever built the SOUTHERN CROSS challenged America to race for the America's Cup. This is their story. Numerous b/w photos mostly full-page throughout text. . Admiralty Publishing House hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34258 ???????? : 0913544043 9780913544044
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Lenihan Daniel J. & John D. Brooks
UNDERWATER WONDERS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS A Diving and Snorkeling Guide
Oakland CA: Compass American Guides. Very Good-. 1998. First Edition. Paperback. 0679033866; Very minor edge wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; 8" Tall 340pp publisher's ads. The colorfully illustrated PAPER COVER is a little heavier than posterboard. SPORTS. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on title page: "To Dave Johnson. Thanks for your support. Daniel J. Lenihan. John D. Brooks. " Hundreds of color photos by John Brooks. 41 maps. Full-color drawings of fish. "Perhaps the single best-kept secret about our National Parks is the underwater realm that they include: millions of acres of submerged lands only a small fraction of which has been explored by divers.This guide is intended to introduce the more than four million divers in the US and others interested in water sports to a dimension of their parks they may have overlooked. " Index. . Compass American Guides paperback
书商的参考编号 : 34161 ???????? : 0679033866 9780679033868
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Pearlman Jeff
THE ROCKET THAT FELL TO EARTH Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality
NY: HarperCollins. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061724756; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Name writ small on ffep. One dogged page otherwise contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 9-1/8" Tall 348pp. Dark blue boards bright silver 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
书商的参考编号 : 34178 ???????? : 0061724750 9780061724756
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Holley Michael
RED SOX RULE Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance
NY: Harper Entertainment. As New in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780061458545; Book is as new. Fore corners of both DJ's flaps are creased else DJ is as new. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 9-1/4" Tall 207pp. Rich blue boards white spine red lettering. SPORTS. When Red Sox manager Grady Little left Pedro Martinez in in game seven of the Red Sox-Yankees playoffs in 2003 resulting in a loss the Red Sox's general manager Theo Epstein and owner John Henry started their search for a new manager ".someone from the new school someone who could manage wealthy and-or sensitive players and rely not only on gut and instinct but also on the cold science of statistics. " Dark horse Terry Francona had a great head for the game. "After Francona's job interview with Epstein whcih included a written test and a game simulation the Red Sox felt they'd found their man. And now after two championships in four seasons they have their proof.Insightful fascinating and surprising RED SOX RULE is the story of the changing face of baseball and the inner workings of its finest organization. " 8-page b/w photo section. . Harper Entertainment hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34089 ???????? : 0061458546 9780061458545
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Golenbock Peter
RED SOX NATION An Unexpurgated History of the Boston Red Sox
Chicago: Triumph Books. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 9781572437449; This is a very thick book and is not eligible for Priority Air or International under standard fees. Covers' bottom fore corners are very lightly bumped; very minor wear and soil on the sound 'tho very slightli cocked binding. Minor remains of a small label on front pastedown. Contents are slightly wavy else as new. DJ is almost as new. ; 9-1/4" Tall 576pp. Black boards red spine bright silver lettering. SPORTS. "A fun frolicking and comprehensive look at Red Sox history a history that includes such immortals as Babe Ruth Ted Williams Carl Yastrzemski Lefty Grove Jimmie Foxx and so many more. No other franchise has been involved in as many indelible moments in baseball's history including Williams' final at-bat Carlton Fisk's dance down the first-base line Bucky Dent's home run Dave Henderson's home run Bill Buckner's error and the incredible 2004 World Series triumph that culminated under - of all things - a lunar eclipse. " Index. Notes. 16p b/w photos. . Triumph Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34105 ???????? : 1572437448 9781572437449
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Dominy Eric
JUDO THROWS & COUNTERS
London: W. Foulsham & Company Ltd. Good. Hardcover. Spine is lightly rubbed with some dimming of the still mostly legible gold lettering otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Minor edge soil/foxing. Endpapers are moderately stained name & address on title page. Considerable blue pen underlining with margin notes through p.51; remainder of text is clean with minor age-browning of margins. ; 7-1/2" Tall 113pp. Black boards gold lettering. SPORTS. Foreword by E. J. Harrison 4th Dan illustrated by Peter Johnson. The author Eric Dominy is a Balck Belt Holder and British International. No publishing date circa 1950. Not a book for beginners; it is assumed the readers will be practising judoka already familiar with the basic theory and technique of judo. Some Chapters: The use of strength and fitness in judo; The various throwing techniques - for and against; Judo throws - the basic technique; Judo throws - timing and approach; The hip throw - The basis of judo technique; The major outer reaping throw Osotogari .Index. Scores of drawings. . W. Foulsham & Company Ltd. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34103
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Pesky Johnny with Phil Pepe
FEW AND CHOSEN Defining Red Sox Greatness Across the Eras
Chicago: Triumph Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1572436085; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/4 x 9-1/4" 170pp. Black boards bright gold lettering. SPORTS. Foreword by Carl Yastrzemski. Introduction by Ben Affleck. "Imagine what it would be like to take a franchise with as rich a history as the Boston Red Sox have.and assemble a lineup using only the very best players from that elite group.With all of the incredible talent the Red Sox have had over the years it becomes an enticing - and challenging - exercise. Former Sox great Johnny Pesky was up to that challenge; in FEW AND CHOSEN he has ranked the top five all-time Boston Red Sox players at each position as well as the team's top five managers.Bre aking down the strengths and weaknesses of dozens of ballplayers from different eras Pesky reveals his conclusions and ranking.The finished product is an entertaining and informative insider look. " Index. Scores of b/w photos. . Triumph Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 34029 ???????? : 1572436085 9781572436084
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Goring Loris
THE CARE AND REPAIR OF MARINE GASOLINE ENGINES
Camden ME: International Marine. Good in Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877421390; Upper fore corners are lightly bumped else binding is clean sound and unworn. Upper fore corners of the contents are lightly bumped otherwise contents are almost like new. Minor edge wear on clean price-clipped DJ. ; 7-1/2 x 8-5/8" 133pp. Textured red boards bright gold lettering. BOATING / SPORTS. "This book covers all aspects of care and maintenance of inboard gasoline engine installations for boats. It will enable you to cut down the frustration delay and expense that engine breakdown always involves. With a great many diagrams drawings and photographs you will soon be mastering such mysteries as carburettor adjustment cooling systems and ignition problems. " Index. 2-page Fault Finding Chart. . International Marine hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33823 ???????? : 0877421390 9780877421399
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McGettigan James P.
COMPLETE BOOK OF DRILLS FOR WINNING SOCCER
West Nyack NY: Parker Publishing Co Inc. Good. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0131563564; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Moderate edge foxing. Very minor endpaper foxing. A few dogged pages else contents are clean unworn. Minor wear very minor soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-1/8" Tall 254pp. Blue boards brown lettering. SPORTS. "The game of soccer is made up of many small encounters. Win the majority of these crucial mini-battles and nine times out of ten you'll win the match too. Coach McGettigan offers you drills that'll do just that.drills that are greared toward direct interaction among small groups of players in the immediate area of the ball. " Heading Drills. Shooting Drills. Grid Drills. Well over a hundred drawings. Index. Bibliography. . Parker Publishing Co, Inc. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33843 ???????? : 0131563564 9780131563568
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Mnookin Seth
FEEDING THE MONSTER How Money Smarts and Nerve Took a Team to the Top
NY: Simon & Schuster. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780743286817; Minor light damp stains on front cover. The very tips of the front cover's fore corners are worn through to the boards else Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unworn. DJ is almost as new. ; 9-1/2" Tall 433pp. Red boards blue spine bright gold lettering. SPORTS. "When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series on October 27 2004 they made history. This narrative - juicy gripping and overflowing with thrilling detail - reveals how a savvy sports organization tries to stay on top while under the relentless scruitiny of the country's most voracious sportswriters and baseball's most demanding fans. Drawn from hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews and a year with the team FEEDING THE MONSTER shows as no book ever has before what it means to buy sell run and be part of a major league sports team in America. " Index. 8-page b/w photo section. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33928 ???????? : 0743286812 9780743286817
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Wirhed Rolf
ATHLETIC ABILITY The Anatomy of Winning
NY: Harmony Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0517555905; This is a large book and is not eligible for Priority Air or International under standard fees. Binding is clean sound and unworn. Red dot on bottom edge. Contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 8-1/8 x 10-1/2" 135pp. Blue boards red lettering. SPORTS. "A serious book for serious athletes. will help sportspeople attain their personal winning potential.detailed two-color drawings analyze the different movements used in sports such as running swimming throwing and jumping and explain how athletes in all sports can work out to win. " Learn why stretching and flexibility training is crucial how each muscle and skeletal group work why weight training just three times a week produces the most effective results which exercises strengthen and develop specific parts of the body and are appropriate for certain sports and how to prevent and rehabilitate injuries. . Harmony Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33753 ???????? : 0517555905 9780517555903
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Klein Gene & David Fisher
FIRST DOWN AND A BILLION THE FUNNY BUSINESS OF PRO FOOTBALL .
NY: Wm. Morrow. Very Good- dust jacket only. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0688068944; Binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; First Printing of Stated First Edition . 300pp. 8p b/w photos. 9-1/2" Tall . HC. Black cloth spine saturated yellow boards bright gold lettering . SPORTS. A hilarious outspoken story of San Diego Chargers' owner Gene Klein's 18 years in the National Footbal League. For the first time an owner takes us behind the scenes of pro football from the boardroom to the locker room. . Wm. Morrow hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33699 ???????? : 0688068944 9780688068943
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Reaske Christopher R.
THE COMPLEAT CLAMMER
NY: Nick Lyons Books. Very Good-. 1986. First Edition. Paperback. 0941130118; Trade Paperback. Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Moderate edge foxing. Very minor foxing on pages 22 23 25 else contents are clean and unworn. ; 7 x 8" 152pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is a little lighter than posterboard. SPORTS. An enthusiast's guide to gathering and preparation of clams mussels oysters scallops quahogs littlenecks cherrystones &s teamers. "Here is a detailed and spirited guide to the art and practice of clamming. It describes the tools and techniques needed to find and gather hardshell and softshell clams as well as scallops mussels and oysters. Enough steamers quahogs cherrystones and littlenecks can be gathered in a few hours to make a full meal - if the proper techniques are used. And you can fill out your clam basket with mussels oysters and scallops which can often be harvested near to the clams.also includes detailed instructions for opening and preparing.There is a wealth of recipes. " Index. Dozens of drawings. . Nick Lyons Books paperback
书商的参考编号 : 33556 ???????? : 0941130118 9780941130110
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Wolfe Rich with Rhonda Sonnenberg
FOR RED SOX FANS ONLY
U. S. A.: Lone Wolfe Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0972924914; About 1/32" of the top and bottom edges of the covers are slightly faded two tiny red dots on the bottom edge otherwise binding and contents are almost like new. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9-1/4" Tall 274pp. Black boards bright gold lettering. SPORTS. No publishing date circa 2004. "There's never been a book like this.a vehicle for fans to share their funniest stories saddest memories happiest times and caziest moments. Almost every story will be a reflection of your personal Red Sox memory bank. The remembrances are all here - the joy the jokes the pranks the games - told by an all-star team of fans. It's like sitting around the ballpark listening to friends reminiscing about the team we all love. " 16p full-color photos scores of small b/w photos of the contributors. . Lone Wolfe Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33593 ???????? : 0972924914 9780972924917
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Hernandez Keith and Mike Bryan
IF AT FIRST A Season with the Mets
NY: McGraw Hill. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0070283451; Minor damp stains on front cover else binding is clean sound and unworn. Minor edge foxing/stains. Gift note on ffep. Contents are clean and unworn. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 9-1/4" Tall 329pp. Red boards black cloth spine bright silver lettering. SPORTS. "In this rousing first-person account the Gold Glove first baseman takes readers onto the field and into the clubhouse to capture all the drama and excitement of the New York Mets' 1985 season.This is the story of one ballplayer one ball team and one highly anticipated season - from the first pitch to the final out. " 14p b/w photos. . McGraw Hill hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33520 ???????? : 0070283451 9780070283459
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Bentley Ross
SPEED SECRETS Professional Race Driving Techniques
Osceola WI: MBI Pubishing. Very Good-. 1998. Paperback. 0760305188; Trade Paperback. Top edge of the back cover and the last few pages have been bumped resulting in minor wrinkling otherwise the book is almost as new. ; 8-7/8" Tall 160pp. The PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. SPORTS. "Thoroughly explains the basics of race driving and beyond including the small adjustments that allow a driver to get the most from the car: meticulously fitting the seat feathering the throttle back mid-corner to correct for understeer learning to feel the difference between 7 and 10 percent lateral slip and much more. .Written for and by a driver SPEED SECRETS covers everything you need to know to drive fast: choosing lines adapting to different cars and tracks mental preparation setting up your controls understanding suspension and geometry adjustments finding sponsorship and more. " Drawings and figures throughout. Index. . MBI Pubishing paperback
书商的参考编号 : 33250 ???????? : 0760305188 9780760305188
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Crenshaw Ben
A FEEL FOR THE GAME To Brookline and Back
NY: Doubleday. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 038550070X; Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 9-1/2" Tall 219pp. Black boards & spine bright gold lettering. GOLF / AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Crenshaw's warm and heartfelt ode to the traditions and spirit of golf through the prism of his own life. He describes his early years learning the game from the legendary Harvey Penick and takes readers through his career as an outstanding amateur to his glorious years on the PGA Tour.Crenshaw's reminiscences his fascinating glimpses into golf history and his unparalleled undeerstanding of the nuances of play make this a must-have book for every serious fan of the world's most popular pastime. " 32p b/w photos plus photo endpapers. . Doubleday hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33074 ???????? : 038550070X 9780385500708
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Gentile Derek
BASEBALL'S BEST 1000 Rankings of the Skills the Achievements and the Performance of the Greatest Players of all Time
NY: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 157912397X; This is a large book and is not eligble for Priority Air or International under standard fees. Other than waviness of the top and bottom margins Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/4 x 9-3/8" 336pp. Black cloth spine bright gold lettering. SPORTS. "The selection spans the generations from Edward 'Cocky' Collins 1906-1930 to Barry Bonds 1986-present and along with major league players one will also find dozens of Negro league players incuded in the mix from the legendary Josh Gibson to Thomas Stearnes and Bullet Joe Rogan. Gentile has also included sidebars on the greatest Japanese players women players and 'pre-historic' players from the time before stats and other informatiion was formally recorded. Presented in order of rank each player's entry includes lifetime statistics positions played teams for whom the player has played years during which he played and the year of his induction into the Hall of Fame where applicable . Also included Is a mini biography of each player and a photograph. " To make it easy to find your favorite players there is an Index. Contributors: Timonty Cebula Jack Passetto and Brian Sullivan. . Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33117 ???????? : 157912397X 9781579123970
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Boston Herald
BOSTON RED SOX 2004 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Champaign IL: Sports Publishing. Fine. 2004. Hardcover. 1596700289; Binding and contents are almost like new. ; 8-5/8 x 11-1/8" 127pp. Glossy color-photo illustrated boards. SPORTS. A pictorial history of the season the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series title in 86 86 ! ! ! 86 ! ! ! 86 ! ! ! years. From spring training to after-the-winning-game celebrations. With articles my Michael Silverman Jeff Horrigan Tony Massarotti Karen Guregian Mike Shalin Doug Mientkiewicz and Stephen Harris . Almost all the pages contain a beautifully reproduced color photo with many full-page photos. Includes statistics. . Sports Publishing hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33111 ???????? : 1596700289 9781596700284
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Herzog Whitey & Jonathan Pitts
YOU'RE MISSIN' A GREAT GAME From Casey to Ozzie the Magic of Baseball and How to Get it Back
NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684853140; Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Gift note on ffep. Contents are clean and unworn. Top & bottom of DJ's spine are a little worn else ery minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 9-1/2" Tall 314pp. 8p b/w photo section. Red boards brown spine bright gold lettering. SPORTS. "Outrageous thought-provoking candid and laugh-out-loud funny YOU'RE MISSIN' A GREAT GAME celebrates the game of baseball as it was and as it can be again. For all the fans revitalized by the excitement and glamour of the homerun chase and the barrier-breaking '98 season Whitey Herzog shows how - with some intelligent planning and attention to the virtues of the game - baseball's best days can and should be still ahead of us. " Index. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32796 ???????? : 0684853140 9780684853147
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Forbes Thomas A.
NEW GUIDE TO BETTER ARCHERY Second Edition Revised and Enlarged
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Books. Good in Good- dust jacket. 1960. Second Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with call # on DJ's and book's spine library markings on endpapers & title page. Otherwise very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are clean and unworn. DJ is not much to look at but it provides plenty of protection and information. ; 8-3/4" Tall 343pp. Light tan tweed-patterned boads green lettering . SPORTS. Some chapters: Target shooting technique; Aiming on the target range; The Bow hunter; Moving targets; Bow fishing; Hunting by the map; Dressing preserving and cooking venison. Line drawings by Ned Smith throughout text. Photo frontispiece. Index. Bibliography. . Stackpole Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32885
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Nielsen Robert F.
GARNEY HENLEY A Gentlemen and a Tiger
Hamilton Ontario Canada: Potlatch Publications. Good. 1972. Paperback. Trade Paperback. Lower fore corner of the front cover and first several pages are bent/bumped else very minor wear on the clean sound binding and contents are clean unworn. ; 8-1/4" Tall 212 pp including 26p b/w photos. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. "Mention football to any fan from Hamilton Ontario Canada and automatically the Tiger-Cats are brought into the conversation. " Garney Henley a skinny 165 pound kid with glasses joined the team in 1960 mistaken at first as a track man. "By actual measurement he had the smallest calves on the team. And yet on the football field.well that's another story. He had speed whether he was darting like a rabbit or loping like a deer. His great hands and jumping ability made him a quarterback's dream. And yet because of his tremendous range and pure athletic ability he was to spend more of his time on defence where he became the opposing quarterback's nightmare. " B/w action photos illustrate this gentleman athlete's ability. . Potlatch Publications paperback
书商的参考编号 : 32591
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Hobson Jack
THE PILOTING WORKBOOK 3 500 Exercises in Coastal Navigation
NY: Dodd Mead. Good. 1985. Paperback. 0396084400; This is a large book and is not eligble for Priority Air or International under standard fees. Metal spiral-bound Paperback. Metal spiral is slightly rusty else very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Most pages are mildly age-browned one dogged page otherwise contents are clean unworn. ; 8-3/8 x 11" metal spiral-bound paper covers are somewhat lighter than posterboard. BOATING. "A practrical course of study and review for both beginners and experienced navigators. .This book is meant to serve as a companion volume to coastal navigation texts and for drilling in the techniques of working with piloting instruments.the text segment of this book is meant to serve as a source of review. Many boaters use their navigation skills only in the summer or on the occasional weekend. The workbook can be kept in a handy place during the winter months to brush up on techniques and keep the necessary math skills from getting rusty through disuse. " Includes sections on: Course correction. Speed/Time/Distance; Time conversion; Knots & nautical miles; Current sailing; Finding the true wind; and Distance off from bearings. . Dodd, Mead paperback
书商的参考编号 : 32601 ???????? : 0396084400 9780396084402
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Friedman Steve
THE AGONY OF VICTORY When Winning Isn't Enough
NY: Arcade Publishing. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 9781559708517; Tiny 1/32" cut in front cover's bottom edge else Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/2" Tall 271pp. Red boards white lettering. SPORTS. "This superbly written insightful book.follows the paths of fourteen ravaged champions in basketball boxing bowling cycling hiking and running who were driven by a burning need to prove themselves. Here movingly detailed are their painful journeys to grace and their eventual realization that no victory or athletic achievement can bring lasting happiness. " Graeme Obree. Pete Weber. Gerry Lindgren. Scott Williamson. Marshall Rogers. Rudy Kasimakis. Danelle Ballengee. Marco Pantani. Willie McCool. Steve Vaught. John Moylan. Dmitriy Salita. Barry Friedman. Kirk Apt. . Arcade Publishing hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32625 ???????? : 1559708514 9781559708517
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Freundlich Larry editor
REACHING FOR THE STARS A Celebration of Italian Americans in Major League Baseball
NY: Ballantine Books. Very Good-. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0345457064; Tiny ink stain on front cover and front cover's lower fore corner is very lightly bumped else binding is almost as new. Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/2" Tall 307pp. Red boards gray cloth spine bright metallic-red lettering. SPORTS. Roy Campanella Billy Martin Joe DiMaggio Tony Lazzeri Cookie Lavagetto Ernie Lombardi Yogi Berra Ping Bodie Carl Furillo Sal Maglie Jason Giambi Tommy Lasorda etc. etc. They're all here along with page-after-p age of statistics. Dozens of b/w photos. . Ballantine Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32680 ???????? : 0345457064 9780345457066
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Bjarkman Peter C.
THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF BASKETBALL More Than 500 Portraits of the Most Significant On- and Off-Court Personalities of the Game's Past and Present
Chicago: Masters Press. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 1570281343; Oversize Paperback. Cover although complete and sound is creased and worn. Very minkor edge soil. Upper fore cornes of pages 161-169 are creased. Contents are clean and unmarked . ; 9" Tall 590pp. The PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. SPORTS. "Presents entertaining and fact-filled career summaries of the sport's great players its groundbreaking coaches and administrators and its other often-forgotten and less-publicized figures who authored developments crucial to basketball's century-long evolution.sends readers on a nostalgic trip through the entire 100-year span of hoops history with personal portraits and little-known facts about the 500 most significant on- and off-court personalities of the game's past and present. " Index. Scores of b/w photos. . Masters Press paperback
书商的参考编号 : 32521 ???????? : 1570281343 9781570281341
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Wilkes Bill St John
NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY A Handbook for Skin Divers
NY: Stein & Day. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0812814150; Very minor wear on the clean sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Moderate edge wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall 294pp. Light blue boards dark blue cloth spine bright gold lettering. SPORTS. "Provides the kind of in-depth information necessary to carry out small- or large-scale archaeological expeditions underwater - at very little cost. He deals with preliminary research preparation equipment techniques locating sites recording finds photography and surveying dating and identification and reporting what one has found. Extensive illustrations drawings and appendices on likely prospecting grounds and salvage laws around the world make NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY an indispensible source of information for aspiring Cousteaus. " Index. . Stein & Day hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32395 ???????? : 0812814150 9780812814156
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Bonhams
Important Sports Competition and Collectors Motor Cars and Fine Automobilia 16 September 2005 Goodwood Revival
London: Bonhams 2005. Auction catalogue for cars and motoring memorabilia auctioned at The Goodwood Revival 16 September 2005. Book and dustwrapper are very bright and clean 126 pages plus adverts with many photographs of cars and memorabilia for auction plus loose insert for additional lots. A very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 � x 8� Inches. Hardcover. Bonhams Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 004325
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Knight Bob with Bob Hammel
KNIGHT: MY STORY
NY: Thomas Dunne Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312282575; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/2" Tall 387pp. 16p b/w photo section. Black boards bright metallic red lettering. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Bob Knight was a head coach in college basketball at twenty-four coach of an unbeaten NCAA champion at thirty-five coach of the last amateur team to win the Olympic men's basketball gold medal at forty-three and out of a job at not quite sixty. His shock disappointment and anger over Indiana University's manner of firing a twenty-nine-year employee comes through clearly in his account of his last turbulent year there. And it is his account.Th is is the first by Bob Knight - one of the most literate candid quoted and outspoken men in Amercian public life - telling in this first-person account of his full rich life. " index. . Thomas Dunne Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32475 ???????? : 0312282575 9780312282578
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Hurst A. A.
THE MUSIC OF FIVE OCEANS
NY: MacMillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with call label on DJ's spine and small filing label on DJ's front panel. Call # in white on book's spine & library markings on top edge endpapers and title contents and cprt pages. . The DJ which is protected by clear plastic is/was taped to the covers leaving tape and tape stains on the covers and endpapers. Other than tape marks binding is clean with very minor wear. Contents are clean and unworn. Other than library markings DJ is clean complete with very minor wear. ; 8-3/4" Tall 160pp. 15p b/w photos including frontispiece. Black boards bright gold lettering. BOATING / SPORTS. "The text is full of sea-lore mythology superstition and curious experiences.He served in square-rigged shps himself and in this book helps us to recapture the tempo and to tread the measure of the age of sail. We read of beliefs in raising the wind; discuss ships' speeds and figureheads and consider the evocations stirred by their names.and so much more. The splendid photographs - many of them taken by the author or his friends - show the close relationshp between man and the elements. " Glossary of Sea Terms. . MacMillan hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32293
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Winfield Dave With Tom Parker
WINFIELD A PLAYER'S LIFE
NY: W. W. Norton. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393024679; Aside from some minor edge soil the book is almost as new. DJ's inner-side is foxed else very minor wear on the complete DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall 314pp. Blue boards yellow cloth spine bright metallic red lettering. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "Not since Kareem Abdul-Jabba r's best-selling GIANT STEPS have we had so wide-ranging and forthcoming a book from a great athlete. Here are the fascinating twists and turns of an extraordinary player's life. Here is a book that is distinctive ly winningly Winfield. " "We see how Dave was inspired to achive by his mother's struggle as a single parent.how he found a father figure in the most unlikely person an irascible paunchy chainsmoking Jewish businessman.how the help others gave him as a child led him to form the Winfield Foundation for disadvantaged children.how he has made the Foundatiion a leader in fighting drug abuse from the clubhouse to the Reagan White House. 22p b/w photos. . W. W. Norton hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32087 ???????? : 0393024679 9780393024678
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Pitino Rick with Bill Reynolds
BORN TO COACH A Season with the New York Knicks
NY: New American Library. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0453006205; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Short black line on bottom edge. Contents are clean and unworn. The white areas on the DJ are a little yellowed else very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 8-3/4" Tall 306pp. 16p b/w photo section. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on ffep: "Razee Best Wishes. Rick. " Black boards red cloth spine black lettering. SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY. "The fascinating chronicle of Pitino's first season with the Knicks. It uses Pitino's personal and very revealing diary interspersed with a fast-moving candid narrative to give an insider's view of a calendar season game by game player by player crisis by crisis - and win by win!" 22-page "Statistics for the 1987-88 New York Knickerbockers Season. " . New American Library hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32082 ???????? : 0453006205 9780453006200
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Sparhawk Ruth M. Et Al
AMERICAN WOMEN IN SPORT 1887-1987 A 100-YEAR CHRONOLOGY
Metuchen New Jersey: Scarecrow Press Inc. Very Good-. 1989. Hardcover. 0810822059; Binding is clean sound and unworn. Upper fore corners of most of the book are a little bent else contents are clean unworn. ; 8-3/4" Tall 149pp. 8p b/w photos. Maroon cloth bright gold lettering. SPORTS. Compiled by Ruth M. Sparhawk Mary E. Leslie Phyllis Y. Turbow & Zina R. Rose. "The modern history of American women's participation in athletic competition can be divided into four periods: the Pre-Organizational Era 1887-1916 the Organizational Years 1917-1956 the Competitive Period 1957-1971 and the Title IX Era 1971-1987 .While reading this chronology try to observe the types of sports that are listed most frequently in the various time periods.It may be possible to get a feeling for the changing attitudes of society and of the athletes themselves. " List of abbreviations. Index of Sports. Index of Names. . Scarecrow Press, Inc. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 32112 ???????? : 0810822059 9780810822054
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Reynolds Bill
COUSY His Life Career and the Birth of Big-Time Basketball
NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0743254767; Book is almost as new. Very minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 9-1/2" Tall 307pp. Plus 16-page b/w photo section. Green boards black spine bright gold lettering. SPORTS BIOGRAPHY. " Veteran sportswriter Bill Reynolds reveals the man often called 'the Babe Ruth of basketball ' the dazzling athlete who brought 'showtime basketball' to the NBA and changed the game forever. "Bob Cousy Boston Celtics. Index. . Simon & Schuster hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31933 ???????? : 0743254767 9780743254762
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Henson Lou with Skip Myslenski
LOU: WINNING AT ILLINOIS
Champaign IL: Sagamore. Very Good-. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 0915611244; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall 265pp. Smooth dark blue boards orange lettering. SPORTS. BASKETBALL. Henson goes very thoroughly into what makes a good college basketball program how really good players are selected and trained and what a coach's life is like between his family and the team. He has a strong sense of humor and a flair for telling it like it is. 16p b/w photos. . Sagamore hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31727 ???????? : 0915611244 9780915611249
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Oslin Reid
TALES FROM THE BOSTON COLLEGE SIDELINE
U. S. A.: Sports Publishing. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1582615462; Binding and contents are almost like new. No DJ. ; 8-1/2" Tall 240pp. Black boards bright gold 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
书商的参考编号 : 31759 ???????? : 1582615462 9781582615462
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Turner Frederick
WHEN THE BOYS CAME BACK Baseball and 1946
NY: Henry Holt. Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805026452; Uncirculated ex-library with call label on DJ's spine and library markings on top & bottom edges and bfep. Ffep is missing. The DJ which is protected by clear plastic is glued to the covers. Otherwise Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall 290pp. Orange boards black spine bright gold lettering. SPORTS. "A brilliant portrait of America at a crucial moment in its history - the immediate aftermath of World War II. Frederick Turner uses the 1946 baseball season as a lens to focus our attention on a time in whch everything changed. He has a fan's infectious love for the game a historian's eye for pattern and detail and a storyteller's gift for bringing to life a vanished world. Ted Williams Stan Musial Bob Feller Jackie Robinson Leo Durocher Monte Irvin - they are here in all their glory. " Includes a list of the players and their teams for 1946. Index. A dozen-or-so b/w photos. . Henry Holt hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31770 ???????? : 0805026452 9780805026450
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Durso Joseph
BASEBALL And the American Dream
St. Louis MO: Sporting News. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0892042206; 1" brown marker line on top edge else Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 9-1/4" Tall 263pp. Navy-blue cloth white lettering. SPORTS. "This is the story of America's game America's pastime from the days of Cartwright and Spalding to Connie Mack and Christy Mathewson baseball in the Gay Nineties and the Roaring Twenties baseball in an America savaged by Depression and united in war and in the age of the jet the computer and the spacecraft. " Approx. 3 dozen pages of b/w photos. ; A . Sporting News hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31801 ???????? : 0892042206 9780892042203
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Pratt Mike
OWN A STEEL BOAT
Camden ME: International Marine. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0877421234; Minor edge foxing very minor foxing on endpapers and title page else Binding and contents are almost like new. Minor foxing of DJ's flaps else minor wear on the clean complete DJ. ; 8" tall 288pp. Green boards bright gold lettering. BOATING. "Steel-buil t pleasure boats are still widely regarded as being expensive prone to rust and corrosion and generally full of pitfalls. In this book Mike Pratt fully demonstrates that on the contrary steel can be the most economical and trouble-free material in whcih to build and maintain your boat. . This book is profusely illustrated with diagrams and photographs to help you choose your plan and to see you through each stage of construction. " index. . International Marine hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31688 ???????? : 0877421234 9780877421238
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Rousmaniere John editor & Technical Committee Of The Cruising Club Of America
DESIRABLE AND UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFSHORE YACHTS
NY: W. W. Norton. Good in Good dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0393033112; Ex-library with call label on DJ's spine. Library markings on top edge front pastedown. Back free endpaper has been cut out. The DJ which is protected by clear plastic is/was taped to the covers leaving tape & tape marks on the covers. Dime-size stain on back cover otherwise very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Minor edge soil/foxing. Light tan stains on ffep. Contents are clean and unworn. Very minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; 9" Tall 310pp. Blue cloth bright silver lettering. BOATING. "This is THE authority on the features and equipment that belong and those that don't belong in a cruising sailboat.Writing for sailors of cruising boats of all sizes and types the authors cover just about every aspect of preparing to go to sea in a modern boat. " Index. Numerous drawings a few b/w photos some tables. . W. W. Norton hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31265 ???????? : 0393033112 9780393033113
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Price Charles
A GOLF STORY Bobby Jones Augusta National and the Masters Tournament
Chicago: Triumph Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 1892049228; Binding DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-1/4" Tall 236pp. Gray boards green spine bright silver lettering. SPORTS. GOLF. "In an unprecedented move Augusta National opened its guarded archives to Charles Price making A GOLF STORY the first authorized history of both the club and its historic tournament. " Index. Bibliography . A few b/w photos in text. Foreword by Arnold Palmer. . Triumph Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31328 ???????? : 1892049228 9781892049223
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Campbell Greg
THE JOY OF JUMPING A Complete Jump-Rope Program for Health Looks and Fun
NY: Richard Marek. Good. 1978. First Edition. Paperback. 0399900101; Oversize Paperback. Upper fore corners of the back cover and last third of the book are a little bent. Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. One small stain each on two introductory pages else contents are clean. ; 7-1/4 x 9-1/8" 128pp. The color-photo illustrated white PAPER COVER is about the weight of posterboard. SPORTS. Greg Campbell is a professional athlete who was tired and bored with conventional training systems and finding less and less time to participate in the lengthy training sessions. He was looking for a shortcut to staying in shape and found it: The jump rope. He now holds one of the world records in rope jumping and has designed his own jump-rope program thus this book. And you can forget the "it's got to hurt to be good" philosophy of fitness. Greg asserts that you can become fit in minutes a day without pain boredom or expense. Some chapters: The heart of the matter cardiovascular fitness ; The perfect exercise; Jumping for health; Jumping for sex; The stress factor; The Greg Campbell jump-rope exercise program; Jumping for sports; How to fight boredom. Bibliography. Scores of line drawings. . Richard Marek paperback
书商的参考编号 : 31366 ???????? : 0399900101 9780399900105
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Young A. S. "Doc"
BLACK CHAMPIONS OF THE GRIDIRON O. J. Simpson and Leroy Keyes
NY: Harcourt Brace & World. Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library with call label on DJ's spine & library markings on DJ's front panel & library pocket on bfep. The DJ which is protected by clear plastic is/was taped to the covers leaving tape & tape marks on the covers and free endpapers. Otherwise minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are clean and unmarked. Moderate wear on DJ. ; 8-1/4" Tall 120pp. Tan cloth black lettering. SPORTS. "Traces the careers of O. J. Simpson and Leroy Keyes from their sandlot days to the pro-football draft of 1969 relating interesting facts about the backgrounds of both players and giving a detailed analysis of each of their 1968 games O. J. Simpson at the University of Southern California and Leroy Keyes at Perdue University . An appendix gives career statistics for both men.The keen competition and the mutual respect between the two athletes in their race for the Heisman trophy is captured in this absorbing book. " 34 b/w photos. . Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 31149
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