Maverick: More Than a Game by Jackson, Phil; Rosen, Charles - 1975

NF/VG+ with Crease Fold not affecting signature, AUTOGRAPH GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, O. J. Simpson SIGNED in Pencil on Golf Score Card. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound.

Country Life,Ltd.London. 1926. FIRST EDITION.8vo.(8.5 x 7 inches).Decorated initial letters to each chapter.A very good copy in a fine early binding by Bumpus of London.Half tan calf,spine with raised bands and twin light and dark brown labels,gilt.Marbled paper on boards.Circular brown calf label,with owners initials,on front board.Marbled endpapers.Top edge gilt,others untrimmed.Previous owners small neat inscription "C.M.H from K.M.H" on front blank endpaper.Some minor rubbing to extremities but overall a very good copy of this interesting book.In the introduction the author reveals his thoughts on dining. "Really intense and progressive people count the calories in carrots and the vitamins in veal and advise us to live on raw cabbage.This book is not for them,but for the bad lots who openly admit that they like the pleasures of the table and who enjoy life".

1912. 1912 Hutchinson, Horace G, ed THE NEW BOOK OF GOLF London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1912 361pp, illustrated with 66 b/w photographs 8vo Red cloth stamped in black Contemporary decorative bookplate on front pastedown page Spine slightly sunned, minimal soiling on covers, overall a bright copy, near fine hardcover.

Longmans, Green and co. London. 1889. THIRD EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.6 inches). Frontis and ten full page mono plates, plus 52 smaller engravings throughout the text. A few pages with marks and spots but overall a very good copy in a fine early full leather binding, by Sotheran & Co, of full burgundy Morocco. Spine with raised bands, each ruled in gilt. The compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Decorative and ruled gilt borders to the boards. Decorative gilt roll to board edges and inner dentelles. Attractive floral gold and green endpapers. All edges gilt. Blue silk page marker. Some rubbing to edges but overall a very good copy. ---- Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown endpaper - A. E. Ledger Hill, perhaps a relative of the late nineteenth century Hampshire and England Cricketer A. J. Ledger Hill.

Denmark: FClement, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. 24 x 30 cm clothbound. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. No Place Like Home is a photographic portrait of the surfing community of the Northern Atlantic coast of Jutland, Denmark. Shot entirely on film over a period of two years by photographer Fredrik Clement, it documents the diverse local surfing community of the area known as Thy. No Place Like Home shows you the many small moments that become the full surfing experience on and off the water. It's about the relationship between surfers and the sea. The book documents the diverse surf community. The contemplation, the conversations. Being together. Waiting. The cold, the joy. The tired body and the laughs. 132 analogue black & white images, Poem by Victor Boy Lindholm, 24 x 30 cm clothbound. 192 pages printed on 150 gsm Tatami White paper Design and layout by Superschwarz, Printed by Naranya Press Only 500+ copies.

Hutchinson & Co. London. 1911. REVISED EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with "forty-eight illustrations almost entirely from photographs specially taken for the work". Some foxing throughout, mostly to the margins, but still a very good, tight and square copy in the publishers green cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and illustrations to the front board and spine. Top edge gilt.

New York: Everlast Sporting Goods. 1931. First Edition. Soft Covers. Clean pictorial soft covers. Interior of text is tight, clean and intact. Profusely Illustrated in b/w. Very Scarce with the original mailing envelope. Sports Catalog ; Drawings & Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

Chicago: Blossom Book Bourse, 1909. Hardcover in poor condition, lacking dust jacket. Red cloth and black title to spine and front cover, 179 pages, 8 in tall. Illustrated with protraits of James Figg, George Taylor, John Broughton, and John Slack. Index includes all boxers who have contested for the world's heavy weight championship, as well as many other notables. This boxing history starts with the 18th-century James Figg, the first English bare-knuckle boxing champion. Covers with soil spots, frayed cloth at extremities. Ownership signature on pastedown and dedication page. Binding is cracked but intact, no loose leaves. A glue repair has been applied to the gutter at pg 177.

Madison, OH: Sunrise Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Slipcase lightly rubbed.. 1994. Hardcover. 1881755037 . Dark green cloth housed in green paper-covered slipcase. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author on the colophon page and further inscribed on the front free endpaper. Index, bibliography. " All significant American sporting book series as well as publishers that produced sporting books exclusively are discussed. Each chapter provides a brief history of a specific company and pertinent bibliographic descriptions of each title they produced." Publisher's prospectus laid in. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 325 pages .

Book cover like new, very slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket glossy and like new.
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