COLONEL BOGEY'S SKETCH BOOK
1897
First edition of this tongue-in-cheek history of golf, beginning with the prehistoric Golfosaurian, moving onto the missing "link" Golfolinkius Anthropomorphus, and so on.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
(1990)
Inscribed first printing of this exploration of sports culture in American life by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and basis for the film of the same name.
A SENSE OF WHERE YOU ARE
(1965)
Inscribed first printing of this profile of "the greatest [basketball] player in the history of the Ivy League" (jacket) – who would later become a US Senator – John McPhee's first book.
LIKE IT IS
(1974)
Signed first edition, a collection of stories and anecdotes about the world of professional sports and broadcast television, in Cosell's characteristicly brash tone. An attractive signed copy.
Parallel Bar Exercises (Spalding Athletic Library, Group XV, No. 328)
(1909)
Illustrated with many B&W photographs.
FISCHER V. SPASSKY REYKJAVIK 1972
(1972)
Penguin paperback edition of this breathless account of the epic World Chess Championship of 1972, including game analysis and profiles of the players, with portraits by award-winning artist Michael Foreman.
SUMMER OF '49
(1989)
First edition of one of the best books on baseball ever written, chronicling the 1949 major league season culminating in the pennant race between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
MUSH, You Malemutes!
1943
Jesuit's Alaskan adventures, many of which appeared in slightly different form in either the Saturday Evening Post or the priest's popular lecture tours.
SEMI-TOUGH
1972
Signed first printing of the classic football novel.
A SEASON IN THE SUN
(1977)
An anecdotal account of the 1976 major-league baseball season, one of Kahn's many works on the sport.
JOE LOUIS, MAN AND SUPER-FIGHTER
1936
Signed first edition of biography of heavyweight champion boxer JOE LOUIS, "The Brown Bomber" who fought racism and Nazism with athletic skill.
TO THE BULLFIGHT
1953
A handsome, illustrated spectator's guide to bullfighting.
HOW I PLAYED THE GAME: An Autobiography
1993
First edition / printing of this memoir from golfing great.
THE JOYS OF SPORT
(1900)
A handsome copy of this scarce title.
PUGILISTICA JUDAICA
2006
Striking limited edition artist's book that contrasts the violent world of prize fighting with the measured, clean format of a fine press book.
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