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12 ROUNDS WITH OSCAR DE LA HOYA: An Illustrated Tribute to Boxing's Bright Star
by Beckett, James.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (1998)
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- First edition -
- ISBN
- 9781887432504
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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. Item Price
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A WHOLE NEW BALL GAME: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
by Macy, Sue.
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- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
- Jacket Condition
- like
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- (1993)
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- Hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780805019421
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NZ$33.74
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New York:: Henry Holt,, (1993). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. Written for older children and young adults, this is an "interesting and informative look at the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that operated from 1945-1954. Using interviews with former players, various newspaper and statistical accounts, and sound research, [this]… Read more about this item Item Price
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SANDY KOUFAX.
by [Koufax, Sandy] Mitchell, Jerry.
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- Used - Good in illustrated boards (slight spine slant, minor bumping to corners).
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- (1966)
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- Hardcover -
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NZ$27.84
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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (1966). Hardcover -. Good in illustrated boards (slight spine slant, minor bumping to corners). . First or early edition. Biography of this baseball star written for older children - "from Brooklyn schoolboy basketball player to big-league pitcher leading the world in strikeouts, he is already being called the greatest pitcher of… Read more about this item Item Price
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TEN INNINGS AT WRIGLEY: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink.
by Cook, Kevin.
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- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
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- like
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- (2019)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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- 9781250182036
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NZ$41.34
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New York:: Henry Holt,, (2019). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A great book about baseball - the story of "a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point of a new era in baseball history.… Read more about this item Item Price
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ON BULLFIGHTING.
by Kennedy, A. L.
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- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
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- (2001)
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New York:: Anchor Books,, (2001). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A novelist's look at "a sport that represents the ultimate confrontation with death: bullfighting. . . matadors (literally "killers") are men and, increasingly, women who, not unlike the Roman gladiators before them, provide a spectacle to the crowd, a dance in… Read more about this item Item Price
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BASEBALL JUNKIE: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of a World Series Champion.
by Huff, Aubrey with Stephen Cassar.
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- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- (2017)
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- First edition -
- ISBN
- 9781944903176
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NZ$32.90
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WILLIE MAYS STORY.
by [Mays, Willie] Shapiro, Milton.
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- Used - Near fine in light gray cloth (small bookplate, discolored spot near base of spine) in a fair dust jacket with overall edgewear
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- light gray cloth (small bookplate, discolored spot near base of spine) in a fair
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- (1961)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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NZ$109.67
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New York:: Julian Messner, , (1961). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in light gray cloth (small bookplate, discolored spot near base of spine) in a fair dust jacket with overall edgewear and several tears. Original price of 2.95 on flap. Uncommon in the first edition. Dust jacket is now protected by a removable archival cover.. … Read more about this item Item Price
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ARNIE: The Evolution of a Legend
by [Palmer, Arnold, 1929 - 2016] McCormack, Mark
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- Used - 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 te
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- olive green boards with a cream spine (a few spots on the front cover) in a good
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- (1967)
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
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NZ$210.90
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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1967). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in olive green boards with a cream spine (a few spots on the front cover) in a good dust jacket with a short closed tear and associated creasing to the upper edge, chipping and some loss at the ends of the spine, mostly price-clipped ($ sign… Read more about this item Item Price
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LOSER AND STILL CHAMPION: MUHAMMAD ALI
by [Ali, Muhammad] Schulberg, Budd.
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- Used - Very good in a good dust jacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine)
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- good
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- 1972.
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- Hardcover -
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NZ$37.96
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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1972.. Hardcover -. Very good in a good dust jacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine). Early printing. Based on Schulberg's time spent with Ali's entourage in the months leading up to the Frazier fight, this is described as "uncompromising look at an uncompromising sport." Illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MINORITY QUARTERBACK: And Other Lives in Sports.
by Berkow, Ira.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Published
- 2002.
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- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9781566634229
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NZ$58.21
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Chicago:: Ivan R. Dee,, 2002.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of essays, written over a period of 20 years, which focus on athletes overcoming hardships, including profiles of pitcher Jim Abbott, who worked past the handicap of having just one arm, and Geno Torretta, who won the Heisman… Read more about this item Item Price
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READING THE FIGHTS: The Best Writing About the Most Controversial of Sports.
by Oates, Joyce Carol and Daniel Halpern, editors.
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- Used - Very good (remainder line)
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- (1990)
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- 9780137611492
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New York:: Prentice-Hall,, (1990). Very good (remainder line). 1st trade paperback printing. Collects 23 essays on the sport of boxing by Michael Stephens, Norman Mailer, Elliot Gorn, George Plimpton, Pete Hamill, A. J. Liebling, Gay Talese, Edward Hoagland, Gerald Early, George Garrett, and the editors Oates and Halpern and others. Introduction by Halpern. Illustrated with photographs.… Read more about this item Item Price
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DOGLEG MADNESS.
by Bryan, Mike.
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- Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription mostly hidden by front flap of dj)
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- near fine
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- (1988)
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- Hardcover first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780871131768
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NZ$32.48
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New York:: Atlantic Monthly Press,, (1988). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription mostly hidden by front flap of dj). First printing. A book which attempts to shed light on why so many people (including the author) have a passion to do a better job in hitting that tiny, little white… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOLYFIELD: The Humble Warrior.
by Holyfield, Evander and Bernard Holyfield.
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- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
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- fine
- Published
- (1996)
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- Hardcover -
- ISBN
- 9780785276937
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Nashville: : Thomas Nelson Inc,, (1996). Hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Autobiography of this boxer who was three times the world heavyweight boxing champion, focusing on his youth as he learned to box, his Olympic bronze medal, and his eventual triumph at becoming the champion, as well as the values he held which led… Read more about this item Item Price
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15TH ANNUAL OPTIMIST ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME.
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- Used - Near fine in stapled, illustrated wrappers.
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- 1971.
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- First edition -
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NZ$41.34
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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BOB FELLER: Hall of Fame Strikeout Star.
by Schoor, Gene.
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- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket (small chip to bottom edge of back cover of dj)
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Published
- (1962)
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- Hardcover first edition -
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NZ$48.09
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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. Item Price
NZ$48.09
THE ARTFUL DODGERS
by Meany, Tom.
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- Used - Fine in illustrated boards.
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- (1963)
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- Hardcover -
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NZ$30.37
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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,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GOLDEN PEOPLE.
by Gallico, Paul
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- Used - Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some short closed edge tears to dj) .
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- very good
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- 1965.
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- Hardcover first edition -
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Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1965.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some short closed edge tears to dj) .. First printing. Informal profiles by this former sportswriter of some of the stars of the "Golden Decade" of the 1920s - in boxing, tennis, baseball, football, golf - including Bobby Jones,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2004.
by Cramer, Richard Ben, editor.
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- Used - Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
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- 2004.
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- First edition -
- ISBN
- 9780618251391
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NZ$25.31
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 1997.
by [Anthology, signed] Plimpton, George, editor. Thomas McGuane, signed.
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- Used - Very good in illustrated wrappers (toning to pages, line on bottom edge).
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- 2001.
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- First edition -
- ISBN
- 9780395797624
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOME IS EVERYTHING: The Latino Baseball Story.
by Breton, Marcus; photographs by Jose Luis Villegas (signed); preface by Orlando Cepeda.
- Condition
- Used - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- Published
- (2003)
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- SIGNED first edition -
- ISBN
- 9780938317708
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NZ$59.05
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El Paso, Texas:: Cinco Puntos Press,, (2003). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. The story of Latinos in American baseball. Bilingual edition with English text by Marcus Breton translated into Spanish by Daniel Santacruz. Preface by Orlando Cepeda. Features Miguel Tejada, 2002 American League MVP. Illustrated throughout with full color… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$59.05
