THE JOYS OF SPORT
First edition of these whimsical essays on various sports (fencing, sailing, crabbing, deer hunting, bicycling, and many others) with humorous illustrations.
First edition of these whimsical essays on various sports (fencing, sailing, crabbing, deer hunting, bicycling, and many others) with humorous illustrations.
Rare program for Muhammad Ali's legendary rematch against Sonny Liston, signed as "Muhammad Ali" shortly before the bout, only a year after he took the name — and additionally signed by three other heavyweight champs present at Ali's training camp: Joe Louis, Jim Braddock, and Jersey Joe Walcott.
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.
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.
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.
Striking limited edition artist's book that contrasts the violent world of prize fighting with the measured, clean format of a fine press book.
Signed first edition of biography of heavyweight champion boxer JOE LOUIS, "The Brown Bomber" who fought racism and Nazism with athletic skill.
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.
Illustrated with many B&W photographs.
A handsome, illustrated spectator's guide to bullfighting.
An anecdotal account of the 1976 major-league baseball season, one of Kahn's many works on the sport.
First edition / printing of this memoir from golfing great.
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.