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Dallas, Texas:: Beckett Publications, (1998). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a large trade paperback original. Illustrated throughout with full color photographs from his championship fights and earliest ring successes to his youth in Los Angeles, his charity work and his celebrity status. Large square format. 144 pp.

Sacramento, CA: , 1971.. First edition -. Near fine in stapled, illustrated wrappers. . First edition. Program for a football game between the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley played to benefit the Optimist Foundation for Handicapped Children, played at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento on August 14, 1971. Guest of honor was John Ralston, Head Football Coach at Stanford University. Includes the roster of each team and small photographs of each player. Many local ads. Unpaginated (14 pp), measures 8 1/2 by 11 inches.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1967). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in olive green boards with a cream spine (a few spots on the front cover) in a good dust jacket with a short closed tear and associated creasing to the upper edge, chipping and some loss at the ends of the spine, mostly price-clipped ($ sign still visible). First printing. An in-depth look at the career of golf great, Arnold Palmer, including his come-back win at the US Open in 1960, written by his agent, friend and fellow member of the Golf Hall of Fame, Mark McCormack, and written at the height of Palmer's popularity as one of the superstars of television's golf age. Palmer has also been credited with popularizing and make more accessible a sport previously seen as an elite upper class pastime. SIGNED by Arnold Palmer on the front endpaper. Includes 32 pp of photographs, an appendix with statistics on Palmer's career (he won 68 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973) and an index. 318 pp.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (1963). Hardcover -. Fine in illustrated boards. . New Revised Edition. A title in The Big League Baseball Library. Includes chapters on Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges and more, and ends begins and ends with a chapters on the move to California- "The Great Trek" and "After Ebbets Field". x, 194 pp.

New York:: Prentice-Hall,, (1949.). Hardcover -. Fair condition only in charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering, no dust jacket (wear to the covers, contents are very good, printed throughout on heavy glossy stock, binding is sturdy.).. Second edition, fifth printing. Forewords by Grantland Rice (who calls this the most complete book on playing baseball ever written) and Connie Mack (who describes this as the first book of its kind). Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Index. xxiii, 340 pp.

San Diego:: DreamGrinder Press,, (2017). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Autobiography of a two-time World Series champion who reached the pinnacle of Major League Baseball before retiring at age thirty-six in 2012, but who balanced these victories with the crippling demons of addiction, divorce, anxiety, depression, and feelings of inferiority. v, 257 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2001.. First edition -. Very good in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages, line on bottom edge). . First printing, a trade paperback original. Includes articles by Roger Angell, Rick Reilly, David Remnick, and Tom Boswell, a profile of a fencer by David Halberstam and a long essay by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford on hunting with his wife. SIGNED by Thomas McGuane at his contribution "The Way Home." Also includes contributions from Jon Krakauer, Padgett Powell, Ian Frazier, David Foster Wallace and more. Edited and with an introduction by Plimpton, series editor Glenn Stout. Notes on contributors. 326 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2004.. First edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Collects 26 essays by sportswriters and journalists - including Gary Smith, Ira Berkow, Susan Orlean, William Nack, Mitch Album, Rick Telander, Robert Draper, Charles P. Pierce and others. Introduction by Richard Ben Cramer and foreword by Glenn Stout, series editor. Biographical notes on contributors. xxiii, 300 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2001.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Includes articles on the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the story of Americans who were kidnapped in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan by a militant Islamic group, and on athletes Cal Ripken Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tiger Woods, Joe DiMaggio, and others. Among the contributors are H. G. Bissinger, Charles P. Pierce, Jim Harrison, Rick Reilly, Toure and others. Biographical notes. 368 pp.

New York:: Crown,, (1997.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The story of Gabrielle Reece, professional beach volleyball player, model and an athlete who breaks all the stereotypes. SIGNED by co-author Karen Karbo on the title page. 256 pp plus two inserts of color photographs.

np [Emmaus, PA:]: Rodale,, (2003.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Autobiography of one of basketball's greatest all-around players - the story of how the NBA was built and his own story of segregation, triumph, and disillusionment when he was forced out of the game. Photographs. Index. 342 pp.

np [Emmaus, PA:]: Rodale,, (2003.). First edition -. Near fine in black illustrated wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Autobiography of one of basketball's greatest all-around players - the story of how the NBA was built and his own story of segregation, triumph, and disillusionment when he was forced out of the game. Photographs. Index. 342 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, 1974.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Autobiography of this great women's tennis champion - focusing primarily on her career, but also discussing the abortion controversy she was involved in, and her marriage to Larry King. Illustrated with photographs. 208 pages, index.

New York:: Scholastic,, (1994.). SIGNED -. SIGNED and dated on title page. Near fine.. 1st trade paperback printing. History of black baseball written for older children/young adults, illustrated with many photographs. An interesting point is that in the declining days of the Negro Leagues, several women played on the teams. Includes a timeline, bibliography and index. 184 pages.

New York:: Scholastic,, 1994.. SIGNED -. SIGNED and dated on title page. Very good (prev owner's name inside front cover.). Trade paperback. History of black baseball written for older children/young adults, illustrated with many photographs. An interesting point is that in the declining days of the Negro Leagues, several women played on the teams. Includes a timeline, bibliography and index. 184 pages.

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, (1962). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (small chip to bottom edge of back cover of dj). First printing. Biography of this record setting pitcher, who was named to the Hall of Fame the year this was published. Includes his statistics, index. 191 pp.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1927.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in light green cloth with darker green lettering (missing front endpaper, frontispiece is detached but still present, otherwise tight and straight.). First printing. Uncommon first edition of this comprehensive book on the making of bows starting with cutting the wood. Illustrated with drawings by G. P. Haynes and a glossy photographic frontispiece and two internal glossy plate. x, 173 pp.

New York:: Putnam,, (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing. A novel about "the world of professional football, filled with black comedy, outrageous characters" and a lot of truth. 311 pp.

New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (2004.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. From the Arctic Circle, where they place "ice golf" to a golf course laid out on a lava field in Bali, from traveling with a marathon-roller coaster rider to downing pints with the King of Darts in a London pub, these are stories of the unusual, the odd, the hilarious and sometimes touching examples of those dedicated to "extreme recreation." 255 pp.

Deerfield Park, FL:: Health Communications, Inc., (1999). SIGNED -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A title in the very popular inspirational Chicken Soup for the Soul series - SIGNED on the title page by the author Jeff Aubery. Illustrated with cartoons, Notes on contributors. xxiv, 379 pp.