Search Results: Sports from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1987. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Dedicated book on aerobic walking suitable whether one is eight or eighty. Pointers on correct walking gait with excellent results in fitnees, stress relief, increased energy level, and weight loss. A satisfying and sensible life long, daily exercise.

Minneapolis, MI: North American Fishing Club, 1991. First Edition, 6th Printing . Hardcover. Fine/None (As Issued?). BRAND NEW Copy. DJ/None (as issued?). Illustrated gilt embossed boards. North American Fishing Club logo to endpapers. Reference/guide. 26 chapters presented in 5 parts: Part I, Understanding Trout; II, Finding Trout; III, Tackle for Trout; IV, Streams; and, V, Lakes & Reservoirs.

New York, NY: Winchester Press, 1973. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Dark blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/Fine. Trace spotting (acidic reaction of paper) to upper/lower text edges. Practical guide for waterfowl hunters. Volume covers dogs, decoys and the role of the international ecological organization, Ducks Unlimited.

Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1978. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Arthur Shay (Co-author & Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light edge wear & faint creasing to lower front corner. Instruction guide to racquetball. Eight one-hour lessons follow introductory matter on equipment, suitable clothing, basic grips, and warm-ups. Co-author Sheftel is the founder of American Professional Racquetball Organization, and sports journalist and photographer Shay has written four previous books on racquetball.

San Diego, CA: Watersport Publishing, 1988. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Stated First Printing of 1988. COLLECTIBLE. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF. Diver's guide with specifics limited to diving in the Egyptian Red Sea. Physical Education professor, photographer, writer author Eric Hanauer has been a diving instructor since 1961. For this book, he draws on five seasons and reseach, some 300 dives, and intereviews. Comprehensive in scope, with a glossay of diving terms in Arabic.

New York, NY: St Martin's Press, 1974. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF w/trace edge rubs. DJ/NF w/light edge rubs. Guide methods and techniques in waterfowling. Text, with photographs, in 5 parts: Part I, Duck Hunting - What's it all About?; II, Technique for Puddler Ducks; III, Technique for Divers; IV, The Boom in Goose Hunting; V, Miscellaneous; and, VI, The Future Could be Fabulous.

New York, NY: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1940. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. E.C. Gregg (Author, Illustrator & Photographer). Text/Near New; small closed tear to lower edge of pg 21 has been tape repaired; tape now discolored. Vintage 1940, First Edition, First Thus. Brown/beige linen boards w/sienna lettering/Fine. DJ/None (as Issued?). Monograph. Treatise on the art of fly construction written for the angler who has yet to discover the thrill of taking fish on flies of his own tying. Volume contains dressings for hundreds of patterns. Credit for accompanying line drawings and b/w photographs belong entirely to the author. Fine copy.

Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1973. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Black linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Illustrated guide/manual to the sport of wrestling. Text in 10 chapters: 1, History; 2, Standing Throws; 3, Counters for Takedowns; 4, Go-Behinds; 5, Breakdowns & Rides; 6, Escapes; 7, Counters & Pinning Holds; 8, Prinning Holds with Counters; 9, Special Positions --- Standing & Kneeling; and, 10, Drills & Their Purpose. Illustrations of this book from 'A Handbook of Wrestling Terms and Holds". also by Thompson Clayton. Fine copy less dust jacket.

Berkeley, CA: Zenobia Press/RDR Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF. Anthology of 73 articles by top women writers of sports columns from America, Canada and the United Kingdom. Selections arranged into 9 parts: Part I, Crossing the Line; II, Paying the Price; III, Rushing the Net: Tennis From Lenglen to Capriati; IV, Coach, Teacher, Zen Master, Boss; V, Yes I Can; VI, Playing Games; VII, Boys & Girls Togetherl VIII, Pieces of Our Minds; and, IX, Some of the Men We Love.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. First Edition, First Thus First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Janet Roemhild (Illustrator). Stated First Edition. 1952 First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Olive-green linen boards/NF w/light edge rubs & showing discoloration to spine. DJ/None. The book, written by Associate Curator of Fishes at the American Museum of Natural History Francesca La Monte, is written for anglers in mind. Text augmented with illustrations, some in color. A natural history of fish in the 1950's.

La Crescenta, CA: Mountain N' Air Books, 1995. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Reference/resource. Mountain biking in the desert terrain of Moab Slickrock bike trails of Utha.

San Francisco, CA: MacAdam/Cage, 2005. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW & Collectible. A novel spanning 1960 - 1984. Structured on the four-year Olympic Games' cycles, the world in presented through television broadcasts which serves as the backdrop of two families intricated interwoven through an illicit love affair.

Seattle, WA: The Mountaineers, 1985. 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Archival Photos; Richard Pargeter & Margie Mueller (Line Drawings). Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover (photo by Art Wolfe)/Fine w/a whisper of shelfwear. Classic, how-to guide to recreational snowshoeing by Ellensburg, WA, snowshoe visionary, designer, manufacturer & presenter of snowshoe seminars in the Pacific Northwest, the Appalachians & the Rockies, Gene Prater ( - 1993, at age 64), who was affectionately known as "Mr. Snowshoe". First published 1974; this is the 1980 2nd Edition, 1985 2nd Printing. 176 pgs with line drawing & b/w photos in 13 chapters, 2 parts: Part I, Equipment (The Snowshoes, Bindings, Traction Devices & Balance Aids, Clothing, Other Equipment); and, II, Technique (Physical Conditioning, Walking on Snowshoes, Snow Conditions, Routefinding, Winter Safety, Illness & Injury, Snow Camping, and, Where to Snowshoe. Fine copy.

San Diego, CA: P.F.B. Series/Budget Books, 1980. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Green soft cover/NF w/light wear to edges & corner tips. Book one of a series on the athletic experiences of Ronnie, Jeff and Chubby as they play baseball together from tryouts to the season's final game.. An affirmation of how rich and rewarding Little League can be when besides being guided by rules of the sport, there are certain rules of behavior that go along with true sportsmanship ... indeed, even the values and behavior of Little League parents must be in line. A happy story. Book II follows the adventures of the young threesome as they tackle football.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed beiige boards/Fine. DJ/NF; showing light edge wear & faint discoloration; under mylar. Blue endpapers w/faint erasure shadow to upper front corner of fEP. Biography of American mountaineer and US Airforce jet pilot John Elvis Harlin, II (1935 - 1966). Conqueror of mountains, it was the soaring north face of Eigar in the Bernese Alps that he revisited again and again until rope gave ... his spirit lives on through his son John Harlin III, whose has conquered Eigar.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ray Ovington (Author-Illustrator). Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated black linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; price-clipped w/light edge wear. Light spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text edge. At the point of publication, Ray Ovington (1917-), known to anglers as the MC of the radio, and later television, show "The Rod & Gun Club Club of the Air" and his columns in the New York World-Telegram & Sun, was the head of the Natural Resources Group of the Univ of California at Irvine. This reference/resource, illustrated by Ovington, is well described by its lengthy sub-title: This unqiuely concrete book teaches the angler how to "read" trout water and, with the help of numerous precise procedural drawings, explains exactly how to wade, cast, and fish out each of 33 different, but typical, kinds of trout pools". Fine copy.

New York, NY: Seal Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Author signed gift dedication. BRAND NEW Copy w/faint cleasing to upper back corner & corresponding bends to last pages from poor shelving. A record of women in competitive rowing through profiles of champions. Text in two parts: Part I, Rowing: Ernestine Bayer; Anita DeFrantz; The 1984 Eight; Kris Karlson; and, Lou Daly. Part II, Paddling: Marcia Jones, Francine Fox & Gloriane Perrier; Traci Phillips; Cathy Hearn; Valerie Fons; and, The Back River Seven.