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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OFF THE COURT
(1981)
Inscribed first printing of tennis icon Arthur Ashe's memoir, an association copy presented to NAL Books marketing exec Maryann Palumbo.
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.
Parallel Bar Exercises (Spalding Athletic Library, Group XV, No. 328)
(1909)
Illustrated with many B&W photographs.
MY LIFE IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES
(1992)
Inscribed first printing of the autobiography of the Negro League great, an exciting story of baseball in the US, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Venezuela, and Canada.
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.
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.
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.
DUD DEAN YARNS
1934
Uncommon limited edition of Macdougall's classic "fish-yarn lore of the upper Kennebec," with ten stories originally published in Field & Stream magazine and two original to this collection.
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.
THE COMPLETE ANGLER
1867
Lovely post-Civil War US edition of this classic of fishing and morality, with attractive engraved illustrations.
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