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2 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING 1950'S U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONS FRANCES DORSEY, AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS SILVIA AND MICHEL GRANDJEAN, EACH MOUNTED ON BOARD WITH TYPOGRAPHIC TEXT SERVING AS MOCK-UPS FOR PUBLICITY RELEASES
by (Dorsey, Frances; GrandJean, Silvia; and GrandJean, Michel)
[1950's].. [1950's].. Very good. - sc The Frances Dorsey photograph measures 9-3/8 inches high by 7-1/8 inches wide and is mounted above a typographic strip bearing her name onto 10-3/8 high by 7-3/8 inch wide board. The 8-1/2 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide photograph of Silvia and Michel GrandJean is mounted above text onto 10-3/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide cardboard. A horizontal line has been whited-out from the background and there is some slight discoloration to the light colored background caused...
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€18.97
221 : Peter Scudamore's Record Season
by Doust, Dudley
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. Describes the amazing record set by champion jockey Peter Scudamore in the 1988/89 National Hunt season. After becoming the fastest man to 50 winners in a season, he was soon achieving the fastest 100, followed by passing the previous best ever of 149 and eventually finishing with the extraordinary tally of 221 winners.. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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€6.47
Jackson Hole Polo Club
by Jackson Hole Polo Club
Jackson Hole, WY: Jackson Hole Polo Club. Very Good+. 1979. 1st Printing. Pamphlet. B&W Photographs; Published by the Jackson Hole (WY) Polo club, it gives a list of all tournaments for the year, some basic rules of the game, tips, a list of players (and a mini-bio of one referee) , along with horses names and numerous advertisements. This pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The pamphlet and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is one small...
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€18.97
Cobb Would Have Caught It: The Golden Age of Baseball in Detroit (Great Lakes Books Series)
by Richard Bak
Wayne State University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good. CR 1991 First Printing. Good-Very Good Hardcover in a Good-Very Good Dustjacket. Spine slanted, light edge wear, corner bumped. DJ rubbed, rear flap creased. 383 pages. B&W Photos
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€15.65
CFL: Canadian Football League 2000 Facts, Figures and Records
by Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League. Soft cover. Good. CR 2000. Good Softcover. Oversize stiff wraps. Edge and corner wear, spine slanted, corners bumped, rubbing and light scratches. Interior good. Binding is good but note one light gutter crack. B&W photos. Stats, Clubs, Players, Awards, Grey Cup, Rules and Hall of Fame. 232 pages
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€13.76
FIGHTERS.
by (Bennett, George). Hamill, Pete
Garden City, NJ: Dolphin Books, 1978., 1978.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wraps. The binding is lightly rubbed with the corners of the front cover bumped. Unnumbered pages including text by Pete Hamill & profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations by George Bennett. The first few pages are bumped,else the contents are very good. First edition.
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€9.49
The Story of the National Hockey League: An intimate history of hockey's most dramatic half century
by Brian McFarlane
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973. Hardcover. Good. CR 1973. Good-Very Good Hardcover in a Good Dustjacket. Green boards. Light edge and corner wear. Interior is good. No writing. Pages a bit yellowed with age. Solid binding. DJ with edge and corner wear, chips, small closed tears, rubbed, soiled at edges. 223 pages. B&W photos. Records and Statistics
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€13.76
Cobb; A Biography
by Al Stump
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight shelfwear; soiling to textblock top and fore edge. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light top edge bumping; small closed tear at tail; small closed tear at head. Blue boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 436...
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€7.12
Jack Nicklaus : My Most Memorable Shots in the Majors
by Nicklaus, Jack with Bowden, Ken
London: Stanley Paul, 1988. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, no bumping to corners and tiny knock to spine. Dust jacket not price clipped with light creasing to edges and half-inch nick to top edge near spine. 126pp. The shots Jack Nicklaus has selected for replay in this book are in conditions every golfer has faced at some time on a golf course and he then tells you what you must learn - as he did - from the good and the...
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€9.71
Intramural Sports
by Mitchell, Elmer D
New York: A. S. Barnes And Company. Fair/Deco Cover. 1939. Hardback. Tall 8vo some cover rubs/scuffs/etc. nice "time piece" item. .
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€9.49
Favre
by Favre, Brett (Author) / Favre, Bonita (Author) / Havell, Chris (Author) / Bowden, Mark (Contributor) / Bradshaw, Terry (Contributor) / King, Peter (Contributor)
Rugged Land. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 2004. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 246 pages: 9 x 10.25 in.: 3.4: KB#011476: Bookjacket/dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Original sealed DVD is included. Printing Number Line (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "[The included DVD] 'In Their Own Words: Brett Favre' reveals Favre's intensity, humor,...
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€33.20
Boitano's Edge : Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating
by Boitano, Brian (Author) / Harper, Suzanne (Author) / Fleming, Peggy (Introduction By)
New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1997. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 144 pages: 9.25 x 12.25 in.: 2.6: KB#007325: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Stated First Edition. Printing Number Line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This large format, full-color photo essay is the ultimate skating book for fans ages 8 and up. In an accessible and conversational tone Brian Boitano reveals what it is like to move...
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€23.72
Chicago's Black Hawks
by Stan Fischler
Stuart L Daniels / Prentice Hall, 1972. Soft cover. Fair. CR 1972. Good Softcover. Oversize wraps. Edge and corner wear, corners bumped and bent, vertical creases on front, smaller creases on rear, rear toned, rubbing and light scratches. Interior is decent. Inscription on inside of front cover. Several pages creased. A few soil marks. Not a minty collector copy. A good reader. Binding is good. 144 pages. Replete with B&W photos
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€23.24
Hockey is My Game
by Bobby Hull
Longmans Canada. Hardcover. Good. 1970 First Canadian Printing. Good-Very Good Hardcover in a Good-Very Good Dustjacket. Blue boards. Light edge and corner wear, corners bumped, pages tanned. DJ is price-clipped, edge and corner wear, rubbing. 212 pages. B&W photos
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€16.60
DIAMOND GREATS: Profiles and Interviews with 65 of Baseball's History Makers.
by Westcott, Rich
(Westport, CT): Meckler Books, (1988)., (1988).. Very good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine in a dust wrapper. The front flap of the dust jacket is slightly foxed & creased and the top & bottom edges of the rear flap are darkened. xii, 388 & [1] pages. Very good. First edition.
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€9.49
Real Book About Mountain Climbing
by McMorris, William B
New York, NY: Garden City Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Lib; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 217 pages; Green boards with blue titles and decorations. Edges lightly rubbed. Text pages clean and tight. Ex-library with usual markings. Illustrated by Albert Orbann. Index. .
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€10.91
A vintage magazine photographic portrait of the YOUNG SWIMMING CHAMPION CORRINE CONDON, who broke the world's record by winning the national A.A.U. Junior 50 yard freestyle swim in 28 seconds at the age of 14.
by Conden, Corrine. Swimming champion who, at the age of 14, broke a world's record winning the national A.A.U. Junior 50 yard freestyle swim
Argentina: El Grafico, [1928]., [1928].. Good. - A 12-1/8 inch high by 8-3/4 inch wide leaf from the Argentinian sports magazine "El Grafico", with a full-page illustration of the young swimming champion Corinne Conden portrayed in profile. Attired in a one-piece swimsuit, the young swimmer poses with one hand on her hip as the other reaches out. The corners are slightly creased and there are stab-marks along the page's right edge and a short tear to the bottom edge. A color illustration of the Real...
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€23.72
Andy Priaulx, Triple World Champion : The Autobiography
by Priaulx, Andy
London: Harper Sport, 2008. No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 274pp. The story of the man from Guernsey who was dubbed 'Britain's Schumacher' and hailed as the greatest Touring Car driver of all time as he won the World Touring Car Championship three times. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
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€11.47
POSTCARD INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Hall of Fame football player LEO NOMELLINI.
by Nomellini, Leo. (1924-2000). Hall of Fame football player with the San Francisco 49ers
[San Francisco, CA]: (1973),, (1973),. Very good. - A few words penned in blue ink on a postcard, 3-1/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Signed "Leo Nomellini". Postmarked & addressed in another hand on the verso. The corners of the card are very slightly bumped. Very good. <p>The inscription reads: "Best Personal Regards / 'Jane' / Leo Nomellini # 73 / S. F. 49ERS / All the Way -- Pro Football Hall of Fame 1969".<p>Italian-born Hall of Fame football player...
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€14.23
Breaking The Surface.
by LOUGANIS, Greg
New York: Random House, 1995. Signed by Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist for Diving: Greg Louganis. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Louganis is the second individual and the only male to sweep diving events in consecutive Olympics. Five Gold Medals in World Championships, Six Gold Medals in the Pan-American Games.
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€71.15
Face-Off 73-74
by Martin Lader
Pocket Books, 1973. Soft cover. Good. 1973 Second Printing. Good Paperback. Edge and corner wear, corners bent, covers rubbed, spine with a few reading creases. Interior is good. No writing. Pges yellowed. Binding still good but note a crack at the photo section. Still holding on. A decent reader.
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€11.86
Torvill & Dean
by Hennessy, John
NSW Australia: James Fraser Publishing. 2010. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. Biographer John Hennessy- former sports editor of The Times- shows Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean as they really are: quiet, unassuming young people with a tremendous talent for ice skating that has taken them all the way to the top, from world-famous sports arenas...
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€8.55
Gordie Howe: Number 9
by Jim Vipond
Follett Publishing. Soft cover. Good. CR 1968. Good-Very Good Hardcover in a Fair Dustjacket. Red cloth boards. Edge and corner wear, bumped at head and foot of spine and corners. Interior is goo. No writing. Solid binding. DJ with edge and corner wear, chips, small closed tears, scuffed along spine panel, rubbing, soiling to rear panel. 157 pages. B&W photos
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€17.55
The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower
by Bob Duff with Johnny Bower
Fenn Publishing Company. Hardcover. Very Good. CR 2008. Good-Very Good Hardcover in a Very Good Dustjacket. Top corners bumped. 221 pages. B&W Photos
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€13.76
