Search Results: Sports & Outdoors from The Book Shed

Tulsa OK: Winchester Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Later printing (2) Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, front flap creased, page edges soiled, a few finger smudges, short closed tears. Second printing by number line. L.R. "Bob" Wallack, an author and gunsmith, was a noted designer of firearms and ammunition. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/good. Later Printing (2). Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket which is rubbed with creasing; previous owner's bookplate to the first blank page, else clean and umarked. Map endpapers. Second printing. Ann and Myron Sutton were respectively a graduate in geology and an Assistan Chief, International Affairs, National Park Service. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: George H. Doran, 1919. Memorial Edition. Hardcover. Good. Much shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the books, covers spotted / soiled, the previous owner's name in two volumes; no jackets. Top edge gilt, deckled edges, maroon and gilt leather spine labels, (volume 1 label perishing) paper over one quarter green cloth. Comprised of: vol.1, Fore! Golf Stories; vol. 2, Taking the Count; Prize Ring Stories; vol. 3, Score By Innings; Baseball Stories; vol.4, Buck Parvin and the Movies; Stories of the Moving Picture Game; vol. 5 Old man Curry; Stories of the Race Track. Forewords by Robert H. Davis, Irving S. Cobb, Grantland Rice, George H. Lorimer, and L. B. Yates, respectively. Scarce, the WorldCat locates four sets in academic libraries. Charles Emmett Van Loan (1876-1919) was a very popular American sports writers and humorist. From his obituary: "Charles E. Van Loan was born In San Jose, Cal., June 29, 1876. He entered the newspaper profession when he joined the staff of the… Read More

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1848. Second Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Good. Professionally restored. The book has been rebacked with the orignal partial spine. Sound and tight. Unmarked with scattered foxing, staining. Chromo-litho frontis. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! The WorldCat locates 2 copies of this edition (none of the first) held in libraries world-wide. "Howard Staunton (1810 – 1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as having been the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardised shape—the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cooke—that… Read More

New York: Little, Brown, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. As New in all respects, clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. Facsimile signature on the title page. Autobiography of the Sandman, one of the classiest, most beloved guys in baseball. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Rockville Centre, NY: Freshet Press, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. lightest wear to the book, just a bit more to the slipcase. Reprint of a rare English angling book first published in 1859 in an edition of just forty copies. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Boston: IndyPublish.com, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Very Good +. ding along front front cover edge, else As New. A very useful copy for study or research. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. New Illustrated. Hardcover. Very Good. Shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. No date but ads indicate late 1870's- early 80's. "A new illustrated edition, with notes by G. Christopher Davies". A part of the Chandos Library (not "Classics") xii, 467 p., 1; 8º. in green and gilt blindstamped cloth. The spine title is Walton and Cotton's Complete Angler, C.C. Davis. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Shrewsbury: Swan Hill Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. As New in all respects. Salmon fishing in the Britain. True first edition by Swan Hill Press an imprint of Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, UK not the Voyageur Press U.S. first. First printing, full number line. no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good-. Donald Downs. very light shelf wear to book and jacket with some soiling to rear panel.Second printing,stated. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Walter Dower. Signed. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket; top page edges dusty; jacket spine sunned.author's inscription to front endpaper. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the jacket which has some creasing, clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. By the "Spaceman" a year before the Sox won the series and ended the "curse." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; more to the jacket which is chipped at spine tip, rubbed with a short closed tear. A part of the Big League baseball Library. Written in Mickey Mantle's rookie year. One of the greatest teams in baseball history. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Macmillan, 1912. Second edition revised & enlarged . Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. light wear to tips, corners and edges of book, clean and unmarked; no jacket. In blue, black and gilt cloth. The Macmillan Standard Library. Later printing of March 1912. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Pittsburgh Pa: The Boone and Crockett Club, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light wear to tips, corners and edges of book; bit more to the jacket, light soiling. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Waseca, MI: Herter's, 1971. Nineteenth edition. Paperback. Good. much wear to tips, corners and edges of book; previous owner and gift inscriptions, covers and page soiled, interior clean and umarked. Authentic fly tying dictionary of popular patterns and a complete outline of fishing entomology, fresh water and salt lure making. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Guernsey: Stephen Barbet, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Giffard Le Masurier, illustrator. small bookstore label to front endpaper, previous owner's name to title page, book cocked, tips worn, corners bumped, covers soiled, pastedown rubbed, rear hinge starting. "With Upwards of One Hundred Illustrations" by Giffard Le Masurier. Reprinted quite often by mainland publishers this is the scarce true first Guernsey imprint in the original cloth binding. As shown in customer photo. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Stoeger Pub. Co., 1990. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, slight sunning to the spine, clean and unmarked. Fourth printing of 1984. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: A. S. Barnes, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/good. light shelf wear, light offsetting to endpapers; wear to jacket tips, corners and edges, spotting, rubbing, price-clipped. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Lyon, MI: Derrydale Press , 1994. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/no jacket, as issued. lightest shelf wear to the book. Fly Fisherman's Gold Library (Volume XVIII) Unused bookplate for the set laid-in. Trout fishing in New Zealand by the president of the Hawke's Bay Angling and Shooting Club. Originally published in 1904 this was the second book on trout fishing in New Zealand. In brown, black and gilt decorated faux leather, all edges gilt. . A Limited Edition of 2500 numbered copies (this copy is not numbered). Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.