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Wigginton Eliot Edited and with Introduction by
Foxfire 5 : Ironmaking Blacksmithing Flintlock Rifles Bear Hunting and Other Affairs of Plain Living
Garden City New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday 1979. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine. Light soil. Not price clipped 6.95. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with photos and diagrams. Includes chapters on ironmaking blacksmithing blast furnaces bellows fireplace pokers forge shovels froes cowbells horseshoes black powder barrel making siler locks flintlock rifles modern gunsmiths the NMLRA bear dogs hunting and trapping buck fever hunting lore Carrie Stewart etc. Index. Second printing. Softcover. Very Good condition. 512pp. Anchor Press / Doubleday Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 012666 ???????? : 0385143087 9780385143080
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Plunket Greene Harry; Foreword by Antony Atha
Where the Bright Waters Meet
Piscataway New Jersey: Nick Lyons Books / Winchester Press 1983. Reprint of the 1936 revised and enlarged edition. 5" wide by 7.75" tall. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped $9.95. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated. Angling. Fly-fishing. Subtitle: "The classic memoir of an angler's love affair with a river." . Later printing. Softcover. Very Good condition. xiii 210pp. Nick Lyons Books / Winchester Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 013094 ???????? : 0832903086 9780832903083
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Chance Elbert
The Blue Rocks Past and Present : Wilmington's Baseball Team 1940-1999
Wilmington Delaware: Cedar Tree Books Ltd 2000. 6" wide by 9" tall. A beautiful pristine copy -- bright shiny clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. The spine is square and flat. Pages are clean and crisp -- obviously never read. Illustrated with drawings old ads posters & other baseball ephemera and vintage photographs teams and individuals. Statistics. Bibliography. From the rear cover: "The original Wilmington Blue Rocks joined the Class B Interstate League in 1940 and became its most successful franchise. The league prospered during the heyday of minor league baseball when more than 400 teams were playing in 59 leagues from coast to coast. The Interstate League was one of only nine of the leagues able to play through World War II and it also overcame the difficult years of the Korean War. But it could not survive the advent of television�Forty years after the demise of the original team a new Blue Rocks club emerged. Its performance in the Class A League has been even more spectacular marking it as one of the most successful teams in organized baseball in the 1990s. Author Elbert Chance a former University of Delaware administrator recalls the humor hits and heartaches of the teams and individual stars who played important roles in the sports history of Delaware and the nation.". First Edition. Softcover. New condition. Illus. by Driscoll Paul cover art. x 380pp. Cedar Tree Books, Ltd Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 013075 ???????? : 1892142104 9781892142108
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Montgomery M. R
The Way of the Trout : Anglers Wild Fish and Running Water
New York: Avon Books 1993. 5.25" wide by 8" tall. Appears unread. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped 11.00. No remainder mark No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with numerous drawings mostly of various flies by Katherine Brown-Wing. Trout fishing. Fly fishing. Angling. "First Avon Books Trade Printing: April 1993" is so stated with complete number row 10 987654321 on copyright page. From the rear cover: "A beautiful and uplifting love song to the trout and the sun-dappled waters in which they run. In prose as clear as a mountain stream the author shares the latest techniques of casting fly design and river reading� while exploring the world's choicest flyfishing spots from Vermont's Battenkill and Montana's Bitterroot to the Derbyshire Wye�" . 1st printing of First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by Brown-Wing Katherine . 288pp. Avon Books Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 013095 ???????? : 0380718847 9780380718849
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Roper Steve; & Allen Steck editors
The Best of Ascent : Twenty-Five Years of the Mountaineering Experience
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books 1993. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is lightly rubbed with one tiny closed tear. NOT price clipped $25.00. NO chips. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs. First printing with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "ASCENT. Not only the finest mountaineering journal of the last quarter-century but the most influential. This new volume collects the best of this unique journal's offerings from the past 25 years. Also appearing in this volume are eight brand-new pieces." Appendix 1: Annotated table of contents for ASCENT issues. Appendix 2: Alphabetical list of contributors for all ASCENT issues. Biographical sketches of the contributors to this book. Bound in the original dark blue boards with turquoise cloth spine lettered in shiny gold. Keywords: Mountain Climbing. Rock Climbing. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xiv 384pp. Sierra Club Books Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 013060 ???????? : 087156517X 9780871565174
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Keay John
Explorers Extraordinary
Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc. 1986. 5.5" wide by 8.25" tall. Appears unread. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped 7.95. No remainder mark. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 29 illustrations. Map. "The lunatic fringe of Victorian exploration." In this witty miscellany of nutty world travelers meet Savage Landor who climbed the Himalayas without mountain climbing gear because he considered it "cheating." Also the evangelist who sailed through the Suez Canal before it was built; the sailor who tried to walk around the world; the eccentric English spinster who explored Africa in formal black skirts and high collars; etc. A look at the curious exploits of John MacGregor Dundas Cochrane Isabelle Eberhardt Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt Mary Kingsley Louis de Rougemont Savage Landor. Bibliography . 1st printing of First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine condition. 195pp. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 010605 ???????? : 0874773970 9780874773972
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Smith Cyndi
Off the Beaten Track : Women Adventurers and Mountaineers in Western Canada
Jasper Alberta: Coyote Books 1989. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. No creases. No remainder mark. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Appears unread. Illustrated with maps and old photos. "First Printing May 1989" so stated. From the rear cover: "The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1885 opened the Rocky Mountains and the Selkirk Mountains up to travelers. Off the Beaten Track is the story of fourteen women explorers writers artists mountaineers and trail guides who were active during the period between the completion of the railway in 1885 and the Second World War - it was a half-century of feverish exploration." Among those profiled are Mary Vaux Walcott Mary Schaffer Warren Elizabeth Parker Mary Jobe Akeley Caroline Hinman Gertrude Benham Lillian Guest Katie Gardner etc. Selected bibliography. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. 290pp. Coyote Books Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 010384 ???????? : 0969245726 9780969245728
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Buckingham Nash; Foreword by Henry P. Davis
Blood Lines : Tales of Shooting and Fishing
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1947. First trade edition of the 1938 Derrydale Press original. Very Good condition but for brown speckles foxing on a few pages. Otherwise clean square tight and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Buckingham and 9 other photos. By the author of De Shootinest Gent'man. Bound in the original black cloth. the front cover is embossed with an image of a hunter aiming his rifle at birds in flight. See Siegel 128. First Printing of First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 192pp. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 010610
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Wigginton Eliot editor
Foxfire 5 : Ironmaking Blacksmithing Flintrock Rifles Bear Hunting and Other Affairs of Plain Living
Garden City New York: Anchor Books Doubleday 1979. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped 10.95. No remainder mark. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photos drawings diagrams. Includes a 225-page section on gunmaking black powder barrel making siler locks modern gunsmiths turkey shoots etc. Also covers blast furnaces bellows fireplace pokers forge shovels froes cowbells horseshoes. The bear hunting section addresses habits habitat bear dogs trapping buck fever "Honest John" hunting lore etc. . Seventh printing. Trade Paperback. As New condition. 512pp . Anchor Books, Doubleday Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 010768 ???????? : 0385143087 9780385143080
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Williams Clark
The Story of a Grateful Citizen : An Autobiography Two Volume Set
New York: Privately Printed 1934. 2 volumes complete. Light cover soil; otherwise clean. Bright square tight unmarked set. No owner's name or bookplate. No chips or tears. Photo illustrated. Includes numerous accounts of sporting trips: trolling for lake trout and moose hunting in Quebec dove shoots in Georgia trout fishing and elk hunting in Yellowstone duck shooting in Minnesota salmon fishing in Newfoundland grayling fishing in Yukon black bass fishing in Canada fishing for sailfish and dolphin off Florida. Has sections on: Ancestry genealogical info on the Williams Clark Sutton and Vogt families Early Youth and Education; Business Experience banking NY State Comptroller stock exchange Carnegie and the Windsor Trusts; Public Service; Pleasure Trips Maine Quebec New Mexico ranch Indian Territory Mexico Yellowstone Alaska etc; Military Service World War I service as Capt. Division Rep. A.R.C. 1st Div. AEF; Aftermath of the War; The First Division at Sedan Generals Pershing Liggett and Dickman; Construction philanthropic interests Woman's Hospital Williams College Samuel Fessenden Clarke Memorial Samuel T. Weyman Memorial Teacher's College etc; Our Homes; Appendix. Gilt tops. Original two-tone cloth dark green spines and light green sides. Gilt titles and decorations. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 294pp 313pp. Privately Printed Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011002
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Allen Cecil J
Switzerland's Amazing Railways : New and Revised Edition
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1965. Brown speckles foxing on a couple of preliminary pages. Otherwise a clean square tight unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with over 200 photos on 102 plates. Endpaper maps. History and survey of Switzerland's railways. Has chapters on: the railway conquest of the Alps; the battle with snow and ice; two famous transalpine main lines the Gotthard and the Lotschberg; Alpine tunnels; the Glacier Express; mountain climbing round Lake of Lucerne; locomotives trains and speed; minor Swiss railways; etc. Nine appendices. Tables. Index. First printing of New and Revised ed. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. 192pp. Thomas Nelson & Sons Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011852
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Ainslie Tom
Ainslie's Encyclopedia of Thoroughbred Handicapping
New York: Quill / William Morrow 1978. Appears unread. Near Fine condition. Bright clean tight square and unmarked. Flat spine. Not price clipped $14.95. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Softcover. 6.75" wide by 10" tall. Glossary. Index. From the cover: "The leading authority's newest and most comprehensive work -- a fully detailed guide to the science of picking winners including many previously unpublished facts and techniques. All the facts you need to win. Easy-to-find alphabetical entries. A wealth of detail about horses and their handlers. Every factor in handicapping thoroughly dissected. What to look for in past performance and in the paddock. Racing characteristics of your own track. Separate articles on every aspect.". Seventh printing. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 320pp. Quill / William Morrow Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 011861 ???????? : 0688004660 9780688004668
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Zimniuch Fran
Phillies : Where Have You Gone
Sports Publishing LLC 2004. A square tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. NOT price clipped 24.95. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated throughout with photographs and reproductions of old baseball cards of former Philadelphia Phillies players. This book profiles dozens of former Whiz Kids who played from 1950 to 1999 with details on their baseball careers and what they have done since. Includes looks at the All-Stars role players and even bench warmers. Bound in the original black boards lettered in shiny gold on the spine Keywords: Richie Ashburn Jim Bunning Steve Carlton Mike Schmidt Tom Qualters Terry Harmon Nippy Jones Tony Taylor Putsy Caballero. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. x 205pp. Sports Publishing LLC Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011375 ???????? : 1582617899 9781582617893
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Blair Carvel Hall; & Willits Dyer Ansel
A Guide to Fishing Boats and Their Gear
Cambridge Maryland: Cornell Maritime Press Inc 1968. Clean square tight unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrates and describes over 50 types of commercial fishing craft as well as the associated gear and its use. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Original blue cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. Oblong 8vo. xii 142pp . Cornell Maritime Press, Inc Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011788
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Kindred Dave
The Colorado Silver Bullets For the Love of the Game : Women Who Go Toe-To-Toe with the Men
Atlanta Georgia:: Longstreet Press Inc 1995. 8.25" wide by 10.25" tall. Clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated throughout in full-color. A look at this ladies' professional baseball team and their 1994 season. Managed by Phil Niekro the Bullets traveled 25000 miles through 27 states and Canada to play 44 games against men's teams. The Bullets drew crowds as large as 42082 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Includes team history and biographical profiles and full-page color photos for each of the 20 players. Original purple boards. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition. 112pp. Longstreet Press, Inc Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 012241 ???????? : 1563521997 9781563521997
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Hatch Alden
Remington Arms in American History : Revised Edition
Remington Arms Co. 1972. Clean square tight unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with over 70 pages of photos on glossy paper. History of Remington guns interwoven with the development of the US the winning of the West and the trials of war. A book for the history buff as well as the gun collector. Has a well-illustrated appendix picturing Remington rifles shotguns and handguns with descriptions of them and their dates of manufacture. A volume in the Remington Sportsmen's Library series. This is the 1972 Revised Edition which was apparently issued without a Dust jacket Original tan pictorial boards decorated in brown and black . First Printing of the Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. 8vo. 364pp. Remington Arms Co. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 012196
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Robinson Phil; Preface by Edwin Arnold
Under the Sun
Boston: Roberts Brothers 1882. Bright clean square tight unmarked copy. Slight shadow offset on endpapers apparently from the Dust Jacket unfortunately no longer present. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Light-hearted sketches describing life in India as well as its scenery and natural history. Has chapters on India's birds hens parrots mynas mungoose mongoose ants monkeys hunting of the soko; elephants cats sparrows bears wolves dogs rats creatures of the sea gamins hara-kiri etc. At the end are six pages of opinions from the London and Indian Press Original maroon cloth. The spine is handsomely decorated in a silver and black pattern. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. 366pp. Roberts Brothers Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 011985
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Haig Brown Roderick L
Return to the River : A Story of the Chinook Run
New York: Morrow 1941. Bookplate. Light cover soil. Otherwiase a clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Illustrated with numerous full-page drawings by Charles DeFeo. Said to be the best biography of a fish ever written this classic angling novel revolves around the life-history of the Pacific Chinook salmon. Traces the journey of a fingerling born on the Santiam River in Oregon its travels down the Willamette and Columbia Rivers to the ocean then 3 years swimming almost to Alaska before struggling the 1200 miles back up the Columbia to spawn and die. Includes a map of the Oregon/Washington/Vancouver/British Columbia area. Original cloth with green lettering and green fish on cover. Bruns 197. Sheets 46. Hand H38. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Defeo Charles . 8vo. 248pp. Morrow Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 012287
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Agramonte Ed; & Pat Agramonte
Ed Agramonte Guns : 1954 Edition
Yonkers New York : Ed Agramonte Inc 1954. Covers a bit spotted and separating at the staples else Very Good condition. 6" wide by 10" tall. Original printed yellow wraps. Not price clipped 50 cents. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs. Gun Dealer Catalog. The first 45 pages offer antique and used items including pistols revolvers long guns telescopes and binoculars flasks horns and edged weapons. There are photos of 620 different antique and used items. The second half of the catalogue lists new guns Winchester Ithaca Savage Stevens Mossberg Remington Marlin Nobel Franchi Steyr Sauer Mannlichi-Schoenauer Colt Smith and Wesson Ruger etc; reloading tools and supplies; bullets; books for the gunsmith; rifle sights; sporting scopes and stands; gun covers/cases; recoil pads; gun care products; compasses; Harris and Bishop gun stocks; pearl ivory and stag pistol grips; etc. First Edition Thus 1954 edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 96pp. Ed Agramonte, Inc Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 012018
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Armstrong Virginia Winmill Livingstone
"Gone Away" with the Winmills : A Biography of Robert Campbell Winmill and Viola Townsend Winmill of Warrenton Virginia Covering the Period from 1884 to 1975
No place: Published by the Author 1977. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bright clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Tiny number in ink on rear panel of Dust Jacket. Illustrated with 140 photos including 8 in full-color. Map endpapers The Warrington Hunt Virginia. "Limited First Edition 1977" so stated. A biography and family history that includes a wealth of detail about horses and foxhunting in Virginia. Also has accounts of life in New York Long Island travels in Europe playing polo owning racehorses riding driving coaches breeding dogs dachshunds collecting carriages etc. Five appendices: 1 current events; 2 hunting and coach horns; 3 hunting songs; 4 list of specialized books on horses foxhunting coaching and driving; 5 bibliography. Index. Printed in Warwickshire UK. Bound in the original blue cloth lettered in gold. From the Dust Jacket: "For over half a century Bobby and Viola Winmill actively participated in the leading sporting and social life of their times. He born and bred in Warrenton Virginia rose from a poor boy to be the founder of New York Stockbrokers Gude Winmill & Co. at 23 years of age and to sponsor schools and clubs playing polo and owning racehorses; she from earliest years devoted to horses and riding became 'the First Lady of Foxhunting' as well as being prominent in driving coaches in breeding dogs in collecting carriages." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. xi 386pp . Published by the Author Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 009516
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Reeve J. Stanley
Further Fox-Hunting Recollections : Including The Great Lenape Run
New York: At the Sign of the Gosden Head 1935. A few tiny holes in the cloth else Very Good condition. No owner's name or bookplate. Clean square tight unmarked copy. Limited to 950 numbered copies; this being #177. Foreword by W. Plunket Stewart Esq. M.F.H. Secretary Masters of Foxhounds Association of America. Title page continues: Together with Other Notes and Entries from the Journal 1928-1935. Bound in the original plush red cloth felt with gilt-decorated leatherette labels on front cover and spine. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Ball Robert drawings. 4to. xvi 160pp . At the Sign of the Gosden Head Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 010266
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Surtees Robert Smith
The Analysis of the Hunting Field : Being a Series of Sketches of the Principle Characters that Compose One The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845 - 6
New York: D. Appleton & Company 1904. Printed paper spine label is chipped. Occasional foxing. Light fraying at head of spine else Very Good condition. Inner hinges are sound. Illustrated with 7 full-color plates and numerous b/w vignettes by Henry Alken. "Probably one of the finest colored title pages ever designed." -- A. Edward Newton. Reprint of this famous book on hounds and fox-hunting first published in book-form by Rudolph Ackerman in England in 1846 with prefaces dated 1846 and 1847. These papers appeared a season earlier in the periodical Bell's Life in London. The author Robert Smith Surtees 1803-1864 a close friend of William Thackeray and John Leech is not identified in this 1904 American Edition. "It is well known that he never wrote under his own name and at the time of his death a critic in The Times Literary Supplement wrote: 'It is hard to think that any modern author of equal merit is so unknown as a personality so hidden behind his books as Robert Smith Surtees.'" - Higginson p. 58. Not in Hand. See Higginson/Smith 432. See Tooley 470 and Hardie 187. Top edge gilt. Original maroon cloth. Full title: "The Analysis of the Hunting Field : Being a Series of Sketches of the Principle Characters that Compose One The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845 - 6." . "New Edition". Hardcover. Near Very Good condition. Illus. by Alken Henry . 12mo. 323pp . D. Appleton & Company Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 010094
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Orodenker Richard editor
The Phillies Reader
Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Temple University Press 1996. A beautiful copy -- clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the Dust Jacket: "A rich collection of baseball literature that chronicles the dramatic history of the Philadelphia Phillies." Bound in the original red boards with a rust-color cloth spine lettered in bright white. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. viii 302pp. Temple University Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 010174 ???????? : 1566395038 9781566395038
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Nimrod; Charles James Apperley
The Life of a Sportsman
New York: D. Appleton & Company 1903. Inner hinges are sound. Occasional foxing to text pages. Printed paper spine label is a bit soiled. Light fraying at spine ends. Illustrated by Henry Alken with 36 full-color plates that are entirely free of foxing. All plates are clean and bright having been printed on a different paper than the text. Reprint of this famous book of hounds and fox-hunting first published by Rudolph Ackerman in England in 1842. As with all books written by Charles James Apperley 1778-1843 The Life of a Sportsman was published under the nom-de-plume "Nimrod." According to Higginson p.52 Apperley was "unquestionably the greatest hunting correspondent of all time." Hand N87. See Higginson/Smith 400. See Hardie 186. Top edge gilt. Original maroon cloth. "New Edition". Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Alken Henry . 12mo. 396pp . D. Appleton & Company Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 010095
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Farnam John signed
The Street Smart Gun Book
Concord New Hampshire: Police Bookshelf 1990. 6" wide by 9" tall. Trade paperback. Residue from price sticker else Very Good condition. Clean square tight and unmarked. Flat uncreased spine. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated. Suggested Reading List. Subtitled: "Weapon Selection Defensive Shooting Techniques and Gunfight-Winning Tactics from One of the World's Leading Authorities.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Second Edition. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps/No Dust Jacket as issued. iii 74pp. Police Bookshelf Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 001979 ???????? : 0936279060 9780936279060
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Robinson Clark Shove
The Thermodynamics of Firearms
New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc 1943. Previous owner's name. A few pages with underlining/margin notes else Very Good condition. References. Index. . First Edition Second Impression. Hardcover. Original red cloth/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. x 175pp. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 002015
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Keller Robb
Paddling Oregon : A Falcon Guide
Helena Montana: Falcon Publishing 1998. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bright shiny clean square tight and unmarked. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Flat uncreased spine. Well illustrated with maps and photos. Details on more than 100 streams including in SW Washington. From the publisher: "PADDLING OREGON offers details that help boaters plan a trip on these waters whether they launch a kayak canoe or raft. Maps depict the state's main river basins. Flow charts show high low and average flows and recommended water levels. Gradient profiles illustrate how steeply the river falls and precise direction help you get to put-ins and take-outs. Oregon offers innumerable opportunities for the adventurous boater. From steep mountain creeks to desert canyons and lush scenic gorges Oregon has something for every taste and ability. This guidebook provides everything boaters need for a safe and memorable trip: detailed information on recommended water levels to aid in trip planning; river profiles with a visual gradient for each river mile; and maps showing the general river classification major rapids obstructions and access areas.". Trade Paperback. Fine condition. 471pp . Falcon Publishing Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 004032 ???????? : 1560445335 9781560445333
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Adams Ronald J.; & Thomsa M. McTernan; Charles Remsberg
Street Survival : Tactics for Armed Encounters
Northbrook Illinois: Calibre Press 1994. Near Fine condition. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and photographs throughout. Has 16 chapters on Shooting techniques; Reloading under fire; Protective equipment body armor service holsters cross-draw and back-up holsters etc; Patterns of encounter; Use of surprise; Cover and concealment; Disarming and incapacitation; Handcuffing; etc. Bound in the original black and white pictorial boards. . Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. xi 403pp. Calibre Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 006156 ???????? : 0935878009 9780935878004
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Swainbank Todd editor
Taking Game Fish : From Dry Flies to Downrigger Fishing
Trumansburg New York: The Crossing Press 1980. Near Fine condition. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine with no creases. Trade Paperback. 6" wide by 9" tall. No remainder mark. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Original pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "This book will make a better fisherman of you. Written by six expert anglers it covers a tremendous amount of information concerning proper tackle tips and techniques for a wide variety of fish." . First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Eggleston Gordon L. . 286pp. The Crossing Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 000922 ???????? : 0895940256 9780895940254
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Mazzola Gregg; & Charles J. Alfaro; Phil Pepe; Bill Schulman editors
Yankees 1992 Yearbook : Official Publication of the New York Yankees 43rd Annual Edition A Tradition of Great Moments
New York:: Yankees Magazine 1992. 8.25" wide by 10.75" tall. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Flat uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout most in full-color. Includes a feature article on the 1977 World Champion Yankees by Phil Pepe and profiles of manager Buck Showalter the coaching staff each of the 1992 Yankee players broadcasters the farm system statistics etc. . First Edition No Additional Printings. Soft Cover. Fine condition. 138pp. Yankees Magazine Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 006055
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Pirone Dorothy Ruth; with Chris Martens
My Dad the Babe : Growing Up with an American Hero
Boston: Quinlan Press 1988. Fine condition in Near Fine Dust Jacket protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. No chips. No tears. No creases. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Well illustrated with vintage family and public photos. From the Dust Jacket: "Babe Ruth was an American folk hero yet for the most part he was able to hide a tormented personal life from public view. His daughter Dorothy is already a year old by the time she is discovered by the press and at last revealed to the Babe's adoring public which clamors for more information about her birth. Both the ballplayer and his wife Helen give conflicting accounts leading to confusion and speculation about her true parentage. Not until thirty years after her father's death does Dorothy finally learn the mysterious secret behind her birth - at the deathbed of an old family friend." Keywords: Babe Ruth. Baseball. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original green boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 17.95. 8vo. xiv 251pp. Quinlan Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 001645 ???????? : 1557700311 9781557700315
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Littlefield Bill
Prospect signed
Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company 1989. A beautiful copy -- clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped 17.95. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- probably never read. The author's first book -- a delightful novel steeped in the lore and nurtured by the mythology of baseball. First printing with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Bound in the original blue boards with a blue cloth spine lettered in shiny gold. McCue p. 65. From the Dust Jacket: "Pete Estey divorced retired and prematurely consigned to Fair Haven a retirement home. He has spent a wonderful working life as a baseball scout. One of the attendants Fair Haven however decides she won't let him give up. Louise's motives turn out to be not entirely selfless -- she has a young grandnephew who she thinks might have the makings of a major-league baseball player. And thanks to her Pete realizes that the most important player of his career still remains to be discovered: the Prospect.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine condition/Very Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Minor Wendell jacket art. 8vo. viii 227pp. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 008434 ???????? : 0395491681 9780395491683
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Carlyle Bruce
Swing the Bat : A Guide to Aggressive Line Drive Hitting
Newark Delaware: Carlyle Sports 1985. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright shiny clean and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. Photo illustrated. Has chapters on: hitting philosophy equipment mechanics of line drive hitting hitting drills the mental approach year-round development and troubleshooting the hitting game. The author was the University of Delaware's Hitting Coach for 15 years. During his tenure there 96 of his players batted above .300 thirteen exceeded .400 and one averaged .519. From 1979 through 1985 his players batted .340 as a team and averaged 9.2 runs per game. . First Edition. Spiral-bound softcover comb. Very Good condition. ix 86pp. Carlyle Sports Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 003975
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Barber Daniel L
Law Enforcement Firearms Training - Second Edition - Techniques and Tactics for Police and Security
Garden Grove California: D. L. Barber Ventures 1988. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Trade paperback. Fine condition. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Flat spine. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated. From the rear cover: "The author has taken from his experiences as a police officer competitor and firearms instructor to cover many topics that are essential for an officer's street tactics. There are 17 chapters that contain topics such as basics of marksmanship clearing jams and malfunctions duty revolvers semi-autos and shotguns cover and concealment firearms modifications for duty flashlight techniques and much much more.". Second Edition. Softcover. Original pictorial wraps/No dust jacket as issued. 205pp. D. L. Barber Ventures Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 001984 ???????? : 0938895044 9780938895046
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Wills Maralys signed; & Chris Wills
Higher Than Eagles : The Tradegy and Triumph of an American Family
Atlanta Georgia:: Longstreet Press 1992. Near Fine condition in bright shiny Near Fine Dust Jacket lightly rubbed. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. With 16 pages of photos. From the Dust Jacket: "As one of hang gliding's original pioneers Bobby Wills found his key opened the door and took the whole family with him on a majestic flight. Transformed by their experience these parents and children become anything but ordinary; and this story of their work and play their dreams and failures their love and loss is most remarkable. It is a beautifully written fully realized human drama." "1st printing 1992" is so stated on the copyright page. . Signed by Maralys Wills signature only. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. White cloth spine /gray boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 19.95. 8vo. 362pp. Longstreet Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 002849 ???????? : 1563520257 9781563520259
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Wolfe Rich
For Yankee Fans Only! : If You Are a Yankee Fan This Book Is the Story of Your Life
No Place:: Lone Wolfe Press A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped 24.95. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs throughout some in full-color. Includes a fold-out panorama with two views of Yankee Stadium pre-renovation 1923-73; and post-renovation 1973-present. No publication date is given but circa 2003-04. Bound in the original blue cloth with shiny gold lettering on the spine. . First Edition No Additional Printings. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 238pp. . Lone Wolfe Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 005421 ???????? : 0972924906 9780972924900
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Lapierre Wayne inscribed; Foreword by Tom Clancy
Guns Crime and Freedom inscribed by the author
Washington DC: Regnery Publishing Inc. 1994. Near Fine condition in bright shiny Near Fine Dust Jacket. Bright clean square and tight. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Chapter notes. Index. By the CEO of the National Rifle Association NRA. From the Dust Jacket: "Until now there has been no single source for Americans - gun owners and those who don't own guns but are still interested in the debate over gun control -- to find the available facts surrounding the gun control argument. GUNS CRIME AND FREEDOM has all the facts. It explores the uses of gun control crime and the Second Amendment and provides documented evidence and telling statements about the agenda of those who want to ban guns." Keywords: Gun control. Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR on the half-title page. Third printing. Hardcover. Red cloth spine / gray boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 22.95. 8vo. xvi 263pp. Regnery Publishing, Inc. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 001866 ???????? : 0895264773 9780895264770
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Putnam William Lowell
Green Cognac The Education of a Mountain Fighter
New York:: The AAC Press American Alpine Club 1991. A gorgeous pristine copy -- still in the original clear plastic shrink wrap. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is flawless. NO rubbing NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. This is a history of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II written by an eye-witness participant. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos. 9 maps. Two appendices. Biographical notes on key players. Necrology. Index. Bound in the original pale green cloth lettered in shiny metallic dark green on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "GREEN COGNAC THE EDUCATION OF A MOUNTAIN FIGHTER is a superb account of the mountain and ski troops as seen from Putnam's often wry perspective. The elite Mountain Troops were sent to break the German Gothic Line in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Brilliantly led they fought their way northward with magnificent dash seizing control of ten mountain crests. Their determined drive broke German resistance and brought on the first large-scale enemy surrender of World War II. Much celebrated and studied after the war for their striking success and spirit in the field the Mountain Troops presented an awe-inspiring picture of camaraderie and courage. From the bold ski-trooper concept first suggested in 1940 to the final days of demobilization at the end of 1945 this is their story." . First Edition. Hard Cover. New condition/New dust jacket. xiv 242pp. The AAC Press (American Alpine Club) Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 008327 ???????? : 0930410505 9780930410506
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Collins Geraldine
The Brighton Story : Being the History of Paul Smiths Gabriels and Rainbow Lake
Saranac Lake New York: The Chauncy Press 1986. A pristine never-read copy. Bright clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price-clipped 12.95. No chips. No tears. No creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. This is a history of the town of Brighton and the surrounding area in New York State's Franklin County. The author was Brighton's town historian librarian of Paul Smith's College and Editor of the Franklin County Historical Review. In this book are the historical facts she gathered over a 30-year period. There are chapters on: Historical Background; Earliest Settlers; Communities of Brighton; Early Homes and Living; Old Time Guides fishing/hunting in the Adirondacks; Minutes of Town Meeting from 1859 & Jury Lists from 1861; War Records including service details for citizens who participated in the Civil War; Transportation; Mail Service; Telephone and Telegraph; Education; Churches; Resorts; Sanatoriums; Biographies; Old Time Tales; etc. Illustrated with maps and over 60 old photographs with captions. Endpapers feature a stagecoach photo from July 1884. Appendix of Cemetery Headstone Data for the Mountain View St. John's in the Wilderness & McCollom's cemeteries. List of School Teachers with their salaries. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. x 204pp. The Chauncy Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 008015 ???????? : 0918517087 9780918517081
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Wilber Cynthia J
For the Love of the Game : Baseball Memories from the Men Who Were There
New York: William Morrow and Company Inc. 1992. Fine condition in bright shiny Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Illustrated with numerous portraits and a few action photos. "First Edition" is so stated with complete number row 123456789 10 on the copyright page. Oral histories of 42 baseball greats from the 1940's and 50's told in the players' own voices. Based on interviews with Joe Garagiola Joe Black Ted Williams Chuck Connors Birdie Tebbetts Ben Chapman Roger Craig Marty Marion Al Rosen Ralph Branca Bobby Doerr Monte Irwin Tommy Lasorda Al Kaline Johnny Pesky Al Lopez Frank Robinson Red Schoendienst Preacher Roe Robin Roberts Warren Spahn Stan Musial Larry Doby Yogi Berra etc. First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Red cloth spine /yellow boards/Price partially clipped. 8vo. 366pp. William Morrow and Company, Inc. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 003078 ???????? : 0688106137 9780688106133
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Linn Ed
The Great Rivalry : The Yankees and the Red Sox 1901-1990
New York: Ticknor & Fields 1991. Fine condition in Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No fading. No creases. Bright clean and square. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Photo illustrated. Appendix. Statistics. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "No contest has been of longer duration more fiercely contested or more passionately followed than the century-old rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Now Ed Linn veteran best-selling author relates the entire rip-roaring epic from its inception in 1903 to the climatic confrontation in the 1978 playoff - and beyond. This is a tale studded with heroes and events of Homeric proportions." Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Joe Dimaggio Ted Williams Mickey Mantle Carl Yastrzemski Reggie Jackson Carlton Fisk Joe Cronin etc. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth spine / blue boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 19.95. 8vo. xxiii 359pp. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 001849 ???????? : 0899199178 9780899199177
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Gallagher Mark; Foreword by Whitey Ford; Introduction by Art Rust Jr.
The Yankee Encyclopedia
New York: Leisure Press 1982. This is the relatively uncommon First Printing. Fine condition in bright shiny Very Good Dust Jacket a few tiny chips at edge. Protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp probably never read. Sharp corners. Photo illustrations throughout. Bibliography. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Publisher's blue boards/Unclipped with 39.95 sticker. 640pp. Leisure Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 002948 ???????? : 0880110473 9780880110471
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Zakrutkin Vitali; Translated from the Russian by Bernard Isaacs
Floating Stanitsa
Moscow:: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1954. A clean tight copy. The Dust Jacket has just a little wear at the edges. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Illustrated with a portrait of the author as well as twin title page drawings and a full-color wrap-around DJ painting of a boat and river scene. Pages are fresh and crisp. English language edition of a Russian novel that won the 1950 Stalin Prize. Bound in the original pale blue cloth decorated/lettered in dark blue and white. From the Dust Jacket: "FLOATING STANITSA is a tale of post-war life in a small collective fishery on the Don about Soviet fishermen who replace the old predatory fishing methods by new and progressive ones. The book highlights the achievements of Soviet pisciculturists and the joint efforts of fisheries and piscicultural research institutions. The author lives on the Don and is a great friend of Cossack fishermen whose life forms the chief subject of his writings." A volume in the LIBRARY OF SELECTED SOVIET LITERATURE series. . First Edition in English NAP. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Alexander Taran design. 8vo. 368pp. Foreign Languages Publishing House Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 005553
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Hynd Noel
The Giants of the Polo Grounds : The Glorious Times of Baseball's New York Giants
New York: Doubleday 1988. Fine condition in bright Near Fine Dust Jacket one short closed tear to rear panel of jacket. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh and crisp probably never read. With 32 pages of vintage photos. Bibliography. Index. Captivating tales of Christy Mathewson Carl Hubbell Joe McGinnity Rube Marquand Benny Kauff Franny Frisch Johhny Rawlings Casey Stengel Mike Donlin Jack Bentley John McGraw Bill Terry Mel Ott Leo Durocher Johnny Mize Dusty Rhodes Willie Mays Bobby Thompson Sal Maglie Monte Irvin Gil Hodges move to San Francisco etc. Keywords: Major League Baseball. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Green cloth spine/black boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 18.95. Illus. by Marcellino Fred jacket art. 8vo. vii 396pp. Doubleday Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 002506 ???????? : 0385237901 9780385237901
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Alvarez A
Feeding the Rat : Profile of a Climber
New York:: The Atlantic Monthly Press 1989. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped 17.95. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos. "First Printing" is so stated on the copyright page. A charming memoir and affectionate portrait of mountain climber Mo Anthoine by his sometime climbing partner the distinguished author poet and critic A. Alvarez. Together they have climbed in the Alps the Himalayas the Karakorum in Alaska the Andes and New Zealand. The phrase "feeding the rat" in the book's title refers to the urge for satisfaction that comes from accomplishing a difficult climb a version of the pleasure principle. Bound in the original bluish-green boards with a black spine lettered in bright reddish-orange. . First Printing of the First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 155pp. The Atlantic Monthly Press Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 006165 ???????? : 0871133075 9780871133076
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Bonington Chris
Boundless Horizons : The Autobiography of Chris Bonington
Seattle Washington:: The Mountaineers 1988. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is just a little rubbed. No chips. No tears. NOT price-clipped 32.00. Remainder mark on bottom edge. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Omnibus edition. Originally published in Great Britain in three separate volumes: I CHOSE TO CLIMB 1966 THE NEXT HORIZON 1973 and THE EVEREST YEARS 1986. Illustrated with maps and 24 pages of photographs including 8 pages in full-color. Bound in the original blue boards lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the Jacket: "I CHOSE TO CLIMB published in 1966 was Chris Bonington's first book. He was recognised then as now as one of the outstanding members of a brilliant generation of mountaineers which included such personalities as Hamish MacInnes Don Whillans and Ian Clough. Here he describes his climbing beginnings as a teenager as well as successful ascents all over the world; the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Freney the first British ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1962 Annapurna II in 1960 and in an unhappy expedition in 1961 Nuptse 'the third peak of Everest'. THE NEXT HORIZON the second volume of autobiography picks up the story in 1962. It relates Chris Bonington's subsequent adventures as a mountaineer photographer journalist and expedition leader beginning with an expedition to Chile to climb the Central Tower of Paine and ending with preparations for the autumn Everest expedition in 1972. THE EVEREST YEARS. In 1985 Chris Bonington crowned an already distinguished mountaineering career by reaching the summit of Everest at the age of fifty -- an achievement which won him enormous popular acclaim and affection. This last volume of his autobiography chronicles his four expeditions to the world's highest peak. He tells of his fascination with the highest point on earth and why it meant so much to him finally to stand there himself.". First US Edition. Oversize Hardcover thick. Fine condition./Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. x 687pp. 24 plates. The Mountaineers Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 007930 ???????? : 089886755X 9780898867558
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Dinhofer Shelly Mehlman
The Art of Baseball : The Great American Game in Painting Sculpture and Folk Art
New York: Harmony Books 1990. As New condition in bright shiny As New Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No fading. No creases. No rubbing. No remainder mark. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Lavishly illustrated with some of the best in baseball art paintings drawings posters folk art comics photography sculpture caricature etc including 130 reproductions in glorious full-color. Four-page fold-out of "The Impossible Play" by Robert Riggs. Other contributions from de Kooning Red Grooms Thomas Eakins Norman Rockwell Currier & Ives Roy Lichtenstein Robert Rauschenberg George Bellows Charles Dana Gibson etc. "First Edition" is so stated with complete number row 10987654321 on the copyright page. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Original black cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped 40.00. Illus. by Leyendecker Joseph C. jacket painting. 159pp. Harmony Books Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 001730 ???????? : 0517575671 9780517575673
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Wade Robert
Knave of Eagles
New York: Random House 1969. Near Fine condition boards a touch faded at edge but less than usual in a gorgeous Very Fine Dust Jacket. No tears. No fading. No chips runs or errors. Protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. The author's second book. "A novel of suspense." This baseball-themed spy thriller is set in Miami and Castro's Cuba. During a crucial part of the pennant race Gil Rolfe is sent to extricate a baseball team's star pitcher Chombo Herrera who has gone home to Havana to see his girlfriend and now cannot get back. An attractive copy of a book tough-to-find in collectible condition. McCue p. 115: calls this an "Adult mystery." From the Dust Jacket: "If asked to supply his own epitaph Gil Rolfe likely would have suggested: The Best Damn Solitaire Player in the World. He was almost completely his own creation including his name. He had overcome both heredity and environment and had done it without help and at times against active opposition. He had learned young that the world didn't care whether he survived or perished. And he resolved to beat the world with its own deck. Indifference was his religion detachment his philosophy. In the vernacular of his society Gil Rolfe was known as a man who never lost his cool." Keywords: Baseball novel. CIA. Cuba. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine /gray boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 4.95. 8vo. xii 212pp. . Random House Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 001688
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Putnam William Lowell
Green Cognac The Education of a Mountain Fighter
New York:: The AAC Press American Alpine Club 1991. A gorgeous pristine copy -- still in the original clear plastic shrink wrap. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is flawless. NO rubbing NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. This is a history of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II written by an eye-witness participant. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos. 9 maps. Two appendices. Biographical notes on key players. Necrology. Index. Bound in the original pale green cloth lettered in shiny metallic dark green on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "GREEN COGNAC THE EDUCATION OF A MOUNTAIN FIGHTER is a superb account of the mountain and ski troops as seen from Putnam's often wry perspective. The elite Mountain Troops were sent to break the German Gothic Line in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Brilliantly led they fought their way northward with magnificent dash seizing control of ten mountain crests. Their determined drive broke German resistance and brought on the first large-scale enemy surrender of World War II. Much celebrated and studied after the war for their striking success and spirit in the field the Mountain Troops presented an awe-inspiring picture of camaraderie and courage. From the bold ski-trooper concept first suggested in 1940 to the final days of demobilization at the end of 1945 this is their story." . First Edition. Hard Cover. New condition/New dust jacket. xiv 242pp. The AAC Press (American Alpine Club) Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 008319 ???????? : 0930410505 9780930410506
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Hutchinson Janet compiler; Emeline K. Paige editor
History of Martin County Florida
Hutchinson Island Florida:: The Martin County Historical Society / Gilbert's Bar Press 1975. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. A bright clean square tight copy. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. NO owner's name or bookplate. There are small brown speckles light foxing on a few outer pages and the edges of the text block. All text pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Endpapers feature a year-by-year chronology of Martin County events 1913-1950. Profusely illustrated with 112 pages of maps old portraits and photographs. Bound in the original pictorial boards. Includes chapters on the area's early exploration and colonization biographies of early settlers Hutchinson Island black settlers and their history individual sections on each town historical accounts of rum-running churches fishing various industries cemeteries transportation agriculture biographical profiles of prominent people illustrated with portraits STUART 25 YEARS AGO by Edwin A. Menninger; THE "SAVE OUR BEACHES" CAMPAIGN by C. Scott Fletcher; etc. Bibliography. Index. List of contributors. . SIGNED by both authors compiler & editor. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Very Good condition/No jacket probably as issued. 422pp. 112 pages of illustrations. The Martin County Historical Society / Gilbert's Bar Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 008551
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