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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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.
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.
RAGING BULL
(1970)
Warmly inscribed first edition of the boxing champion's autobiography, detailing his rough young adulthood and ties to organized crime – adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Robert DeNiro and directed by Martin Scorsese.
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 collection of Macdougall's classic "fish-yarn lore of the upper Kennebec."
THE SUN STOOD STILL: And Other Dud Dean Stories
(1939)
First printing of this privately printed limited edition collection of these stories by Maine sportsman and Congregationalist minister Arthur MacDougall, originally published in Field and Stream — inscribed by the author.
TO THE BULLFIGHT
1953
A handsome, illustrated spectator's guide to bullfighting.
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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