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176075 AARON, Henry with Furman Busher. AARON. NY: Crowell, 1974. 236 pages. 1st revised edition. Hardback. Photos. Appendix. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket but for a few tiny jacket edge tears. ISBN: 0690005091 $1.95. 'The autobiography of the greatest home-run hitter of the modern era'. First published as 'Aaron, R.F.' in 1968.

177304 ADOMITES, Paul (ed.). THE COOPERSTOWN REVIEW: The Forum of Baseball Literary Opinion. Premiere Issue. Pittsburgh: Sheraden, 1993. 194 pages. Trade Paperback. Light bump bottom corner, otherwise Near Fine. ISBN: 188297400X $2.95. From the editors of The SABR Review. The Premiere issue appears to have been the final issue as well. Reviews as well as an annotated list of every baseball book published between 1990 & 1993.

177936 ALEXANDER, Charles. OUR GAME: An American Baseball History. Henry Holt, 1991. 388 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated. Bibliographic essay and index. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. ISBN: 0805015949 $2.95. The history of baseball from the 'New York Game' to the modern team sport. Authoritative history blending anecdote, incident & analysis.

190662 ALEXANDER, Shaun with Cecil Murphy. TOUCHDOWN ALEXANDER. Eugene: Harvest House, 2002. 224 pp. First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Additional info ribbon around bottom third of dustjacket shows edgewear. ISBN: 0736919376 $10.95.

177214 ANASI, Robert. THE GLOVES: A Boxing Chronicle. NY: North Point Press, 2002. 351 Pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustjacket, unread. ISBN: 0865475997 $2.95.

185855 ANGELL, Robert. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ROBERT ANGELL. NY: Viking, 1970. 153 pages. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket in protective glassine. DJ has light sunning & soiling on rear panel. ISBN: 0670259160 $23.

192733 ARON, Jaime. THE BEST DALLAS-FORT WORTH SPORTS ARGUMENTS: THE 100 MOST CONTROVERSIAL, DEBATABLE QUESTIONS FOR DIE-HARD FANS. Naperville: Sourcebooks, 2007. 288 pp. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Index. Fine. Book is clean and tight. ISBN: 1402208219 $7.95.

191044 AYLOTT, Chris. DYNASTIES AND DEMAGOGUES (Penumbra D20). Roseville: Atlas Games, 2003. 160 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 9 x 11 inches. Profuse b/w illustrations. Appendices. Bibliography. VG. No Dj. Some horizontal undulation of text. ISBN: 1589780337 $22.

189445 BALZER, Howard M. (Editor). OFFICIAL BASEBALL REGISTER: 1981. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1981. 624 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0892040726 $9.95.

189446 BALZER, Howard M. (Editor). OFFICIAL BASEBALL REGISTER: 1979. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1979. 576 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Small closed tear on front cover by spine. ISBN: 0892040459 $9.95.

189447 BALZER, Howard M. (Editor). OFFICIAL BASEBALL REGISTER: 1980. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1980. 584 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. Faint crease to back cover. ISBN: 0892040564 $9.95.

184626 BARNES, Ernie. FROM PADS TO PALETTE. WRS Publishing, 1995. 96 pages. 1st printing / edition. Oversize oblong hardback, glossy pictorial covers. Profusely illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Foreword by Jack Kemp. Fine- in Near Fine- dustjacket. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. Jacket has light shelfwear, light rubbing at the head of the spine. ISBN: 1567960642 $40. From the gridiron to the studio! By a former pro-football guard who became one of the most popular African-American artists in the late 20th century.

189635 BASEBALL TRIVIA-BY-THE-WEEK 1996 Calendar. BASEBALL TRIVIA-BY-THE-WEEK: 52 Weeks of Stats & Stars, 1996 Calendar. Rohnert Park: Pomegranate, 1995. Desk calendar with fold-out easel & fifty-two tear-off leaves. Mint. Still in shrink-wrap. ISBN: 087654281X $9.95.

180520 BASS, Dick and Frank Wells with Rick Ridgeway. SEVEN SUMMITS. NY: Warner, 1988. 384 pages. Reprint. Trade paperback. Color photos. Very Good+. Thin vertical front cover crease. Nice clean copy. ISBN: 0446385166 $3.95.

189884 BATES, Joseph D. ATLANTIC SALMON FLIES & FISHING. Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1970. First Edition. 362 pages. Hardcover in blue dustjacket. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket in protective glassine. One-inch closed tear to DJ. ISBN: 0811701808 $30.

182678 BEACH, Jim. NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: The Story of a Proud Heritage. MacFadden-Bartell, 1962. 175 pages. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback. Sport Magazine Library #14. Very Good. Nice bright book with small name stamp front endpaper. Book has been dropped, with resulting crease top front corner throughout. No spine creases. Excellent reading copy. $2.95.

192687 BEN, David. TRICKS. Chicago: Squash Publishing, 2003. 175 pp. First edition. Hardback. Illustrations by Suleyman Fattah. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. A couple of slight dents to dj. $75.

192712 BERNSTEIN, Ross. BATTER-UP! Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Baseball. Minneapolis: Nodin Press, 2002. 160 pp. First edition. Large Hardback. Foreword by Harmon Killebrew. Afterword by Paul Molitor. Photos. Index. Signed by the author with inscription, 'Best wishes Matt!'. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0931714974 $14.95.

184703 BERRA, Yogi with Tim Horton. YOGI: It Ain't Over... McGraw-Hill, 1989. 241 pages. 2nd printing of the 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Fine- in Fine- dustjacket. Front cover faintly splayed, outside page edges lightly age-tanned. ISBN: 0070969477 $4.75.

191765 BETTIS, Jerome with Teresa Varley. DRIVING HOME: My Unforgettable Super Bowl Run. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2006. 179 pp. Large Hardback. Color photos. Includes DVD. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket with Near Fine DVD. Board corners lightly bumped. Tiny tear to top of dj at spine; mild creasing to dj edges. ISBN: 157243838X $14.95.

191432 BLACKSTOCK, L. S. MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY AS SURVEYED IN BUENOS AIRES 1970 (Complete With All the Games). U. K.: The Chess Player, 1970. 54 pp. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Publication No. 113. VG-. Light cross-creasing along spine. Light fading on spine area. Covers very lightly soiled. $14.95.

191433 BLACKSTOCK, L. S. MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY AS SURVEYED IN SKOPJE 1970 (Complete With All the Games). U. K.: The Chess Player, 1970. 38 pp. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Publication No. 114. VG-. Very light edge and corner wear. Light cross-creasing along spine. Light fading and staining on spine area. Covers very lightly soiled. $9.95.

191434 BLACKSTOCK, L. S. MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY AS SURVEYED IN CARACAS 1970 (Complete With All the Games). U. K.: The Chess Player, 1970. 50 pp. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Publication No. 115. VG-. Very light edge and corner wear. Light cross-creasing along spine. Light fading on spine area. Head of spine bumped. $9.95.

190124 BLOCK, David. BASEBALL BEFORE WE KNEW IT: A Search for the Roots of the Game. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2005. xxv+340 pp. Hardback. Illustrated. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0803213395 $16.95.

187841 BOND, Jim. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE TROPHY. Portland: Privately printed, 1952. 44 pp. Third printing. Oversize trade paperback, 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Profuse b/w photos. Signed by the author. Good. Medium edge & corner wear. Couple scrapes on front edge of spine. Some yellowing of covers & pages. $12.5.

185817 BONINGTON, Chris & Charles Clarke. TIBET'S SECRET MOUNTAIN: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. 254 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with color photos. Fine in Fine dustjacket in protective glassine. ISBN: 0297819844 $25.

181665 BONINGTON, Chris. EVEREST: The Hard Way. London: Arrow, 1977. 352 pages. Mass Market paperback. Color plates. appendices, index. Very Good. Cover creases. ISBN: 0099159406 $7.95. Success on SW Face of Everest by Dougal Haston and Doug Scott, then again by Peter Boardman and Pertemba. See 'Neate 96'.

193931 BOSS, David and Jim Natal. FROM FIRST DOWN TO TOUCHDOWN: The Official NFL Beginner's Guide to Football. NY: Gallery Books, 1990. 48 pp. Hardcover. Football dictionary. Illustrated. Good. Ink marks to several pages. ISBN: 0831794003 $9.95.

179437 BOSWELL, Thomas. GAME DAY: Sports Writings. Boston: Doubleday, 1995. 394 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine but for smudge on foredge, in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0385416172 $1.

178200 BRIER, Howard M. SHORTSTOP SHADOW. NY: Random House, 1950. 246 pages. Hardcover. Very Good -. 20 cents inked on front endpaper, light spotting on the top. No dustjacket. $1.

175857 BROCK, Jim & Joe Gilmartin. THE DEVILS' COACH. Elgin: David C. Cook Pub., 1977. 168 pages. 1st edition. Small hardback. Photos. Gift inscription front endpaper, otherwise Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket with a few tiny tears rear panel, price clipped. ISBN: 0891911030 $2.95. Story of Jim Brock who coached the Arizona State baseball team to a college world series championship. Several of his players went on to play in the majors.

191428 BRONSTEIN, David. 200 OPEN GAMES. NY: Macmillan, 1974. 240 pp. First edition in English. Hardcover. Multiple b/w illustrations. VG / VG. Spine slightly cocked. Dj: with very light edge and corner wear; and some rubbing. $19.95.

184317 BURGESS, Graham, John Nunn and John Emms. THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHESS GAMES. NY: Carol & Graf, 1997. 558 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Foreword by Vishy Anand. Very Good. Bright and clean, no names or markings. Light cover wear with light thin spine reading creases, page edges lightly age tanned. ISBN: 0786705976 $3.95. 'Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time'. Explores the successes of two centuries of international chess, with each game followed by key points to note.

175853 BUTLER, Brett with Jerry B. Jenkins. FIELD OF HOPE: An Inspiring Autobiography of a Lifetime of Overcoming Odds. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997. 240 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0785271449 $1. L.A. Dodger who defied all odds to become a big leaguer. Following serious eye injury, throat cancer & a broken hand, Butler returned to the game.

191579 BYRNE, Robert. ANATOLY KARPOV: The Road to the World Chess Championship. NY: Bantam, 1976. 177 pp. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated with chess moves. Very Good. Shelfwear to covers; faint ring stain to front cover; creases to spine. ISBN: 0553028766 $9.95.

192016 BYRNE, Robert. BYRNE'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF POOL AND BILLIARDS: A Cornucopia of Instruction, Strategy, Anecdote, and Colorful Characters. NY: Harcourt & Brace, 1996. xii+259 pp. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. Bibliography. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket in protective glassine. Light edgewear to dj at flap folds. ISBN: 0151001669 $14.95.

189743 CAMERA, Phil. FLY TYING WITH SYNTHETICS: Patterns and Techniques. NY: Specialty Book Marketing, 1992. 190 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 8.75 x 11.5 inches. Profuse b/w (and some color) photos and illustrations. Index. Near Fine / Very Good+. Covers with minor edge wear. Dj: with light edge and corner wear; and some light rubbing on rear panel. ISBN: 0896581748 $25.

184318 CAPABLANCA, Jose Raoul. LAST LECTURES. Simon & Schuster / Cornerstone, 1969. 128 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Appendix. Very Good. Solid older copy with short thin split bottom front corner (repaired with clear heavy reinforcing tape which extends full length of the spine). Page edges are age-tanned. No names or marks, excellent reading or reference copy. $11.95. The Chess Legacy of Jose Raoul Capablanca. Twelve lectures, on Grandmaster level chess strategy.

189444 CARTER, Craig (Editor). 1981 OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1981. 576 pages. Small trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Light rubbing and edge wear. ISBN: 089204067X $7.5.

189414 CARTER, Craig. THE COMPLETE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1986. 301pp. Large Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Light edgewear & name to front endpaper. ISBN: 0892042109 $11.95.

189408 CARTER, Craig; Tom Dienhart; Joe Hoppel. 1992 AMERICAN LEAGUE BOX SCORES AND OFFICIAL AVERAGES. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1992. 157pp. Large Trade paperback. Very Good. Shelfwear & light staining to fore-edge. ISBN: 0892044527 $9.95.

189441 CENTER, Bill and others. SAN DIEGO PADRES 1992 ALL-STAR GAME: Official Major League Baseball Program. NY: Major League Baseball Properties, 1992. 139 pp. Magazine. Color photos. Near Fine. Light shelfwear. $9.95.

191440 CHERNEV, Irving. THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE GAMES OF CHESS EVER PLAYED (62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy). NY: Simon & Schuster, 1965. 277 pp. Reprint. Trade paperback. Multiple b/w photos and illustrations. G+. Minor edge and corner wear. Text-edges browned. Slight splaying of covers. Spine cocked. ISBN: 0671215361 $25.

184298 Chess Digest [Ken Smith, ed.]. SICILIAN DEFENSE: Accelerated Fianchetto. Chess Digest, 1971. 68 pages. Stapled paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good. Bright solid and clean, with price blocked. Very very light highlighting to three moves on page 37, and short small neat move variation notations / comments in the margins from page 37 to page 45. ISBN: B000IVVR9O $5.95.

191684 CHRISTENSEN, Loren W. SOLO TRAINING: The Martial Artist's Guide to Training Alone. Hartford: Turtle Press. 2001. 303 pp., Third printing. Multiple b/w photos. Very good. Covers lightly rubbed. Half-dozen pages with turned-down corners. ISBN: 1880336596 $13.95.

191686 CHRISTENSEN, Loren W. SOLO TRAINING: The Martial Artist's Guide to Training Alone. Hartford: Turtle Press. 2001. 303 pp., Third printing. Multiple b/w photos. Very good. Covers lightly rubbed. Half-dozen pages with turned-down corners. ISBN: 1880336596 $13.95.

187928 CHRISTIANSEN, Larry. 1981 U. S. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (South Bend Indiana). Corapolis: Chess Enterprises, 1982. 126 pp. First edition. Trade paperback. Multiple b/w photos & illustrations. Very Good. Light edge & corner wear, except lower right corner of front cover, which is creased. Very light moisture stain on lower edge of front cover & couple pages underneath. ISBN: 0931462142 $14.95.

189855 CHURCHILL, Robert. GAME SHOOTING: A Textbook on the Successful Use of the Modern Shot-Gun. London: Michael Joseph, 1955. 250 pp. First edition. Maroon, cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine. Multiple b/w photos and illustrations. Index. Very Good. No Dj. Very light edge and corner wear. Slight fading of spine. Bookplate on front paste-down sheet. Some yellowing of text-edges. $45.

189871 CLARK, David & David Glasscock. SILVER CREEK: Idaho's Fly Fishing Paradise. Caldwell: Caxton, 1997. 210 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Appendices. Index. Near Fine. ISBN: 087004382X $14.95.

192282 CLARK, Roland. POT LUCK. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1945. 101 pp. Hardcover. Introduction by John P. Holman. B/w illustrations and six color reproductions. Near Fine in Very Good slipcase. Spine of book has lightly faded. Moderate edgewear to cardboard slipcase, especially at corners. $19.95.

182907 CLARK, Steve. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BASEBALL CARDS. NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. 112 pages. 1st printing / edition. Oversize Pictorial Hardback. Profusely illustrated in b/w and 62 cards in color. Foreword by Paul Gallico. Very Good. No dustjacket, as issued. ISBN: 0448133687 $4.95. For the Collector, Flipper and Fan. History of cards, how players get on the cards, collectors and the art of collecting, rare cards, the Topps factory, error cards, etc.

181636 CLARK, Steve. [Pete Rose]. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BASEBALL CARDS. NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1982. 128 pages. 1st Revised and Updated edition. Oversize Pictorial Trade paperback. Profusely illustrated in b/w and in color. Foreword by Pete Rose. Near Fine. Light cover rubbing. No dustjacket, as issued. ISBN: 0448123231 $7.95. History of cards, how players get on the cards, collectors and the art of collecting, rare cards, the Topps factory, error cards, etc.

184310 CLARKE, P. H. TIGRAN PETROSIAN - MASTER OF DEFENCE: Petrosian's Best Games of Chess 1946-63. [Defense]. London: B.T. Batsford, 1992. 205 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good but for notes to nine games and on the blank end papers. Some of the game notes are minor, 6 of games are heavily notated with move variations. ISBN: 0713502061 $35.

184962 COHEN, Shlomo. THE SEA I LOVE. Tel Aviv: Seapen Books, 1977. Unpaginated oblong hardback in illustrated boards that are plastic coated. 85 color photos. Very Good. Small gouge in spine, no DJ (as issued?). Small tear in plastic on back cover. $23. Some material in this book is also in THE RED SEA DIVER'S GUIDE.

190025 COMAN, Dale Rex. PLEASANT RIVER. NY: Norton, 1966. 169 pp. First edition. Hardback. Illustrated by the Author. Near Fine in Very Good clipped dustjacket. Dj edge worn with small chips and tears. ISBN: 089272031X $12.95.

189625 CONAN, Neal. PLAY BY PLAY: Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League. NY: Crown, 2002. First Edition. 242 pages. Hardcover in dustjacket. Dedicated and Signed by the author. Near Fine in Fine dustjacket in protective glassine. ISBN: 0609608711 $19.95.

189903 COOK, Beatrice. TILL FISH DO US PART. NY: Morrow, 1950. 249 pp. Reprint. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Very Good / G. Former owner's name penned on front endpaper. Text-edges with some yellowing and soiling. Dj: price-clipped; with faded spine; medium edge and corner wear; inside cover Scotch-taped on inside spine panel; surfaces smudged here and there. $14.95.

180971 CRAMER, Richard Ben. JOE DIMAGGIO: The Hero's Life. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2000. 546 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Index. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Small gift inscription front endpaper. Appears unread. ISBN: 0684853914 $7.95. The story Joltin' Joe never wanted to tell - and never wanted anyone else to tell - by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Many vintage photos, including some from the California Historical Society.

188751 CRAMER, Richard Ben. JOE DIMAGGIO: The Hero's Life. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2002. 436 pp. First edition. Hardcover. Multiple b/w photos. Index. Very Good+ / F. Fore edge with a small smudge. Front cover with 3,4 light smudges. DJ in protective glassine. ISBN: 0684853914 $13.95.

185110 CURTIS, Paul A. SPORTSMEN ALL. NY: Derrydale Press, 1938. 160 pp. Limited/numbered edition. This is copy no. 668 of 950. Cover & spine stamped with gilt lettering & border design. Several dozen illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse. Very Good. Some rubbing to back cover. Fading along upper edge of text. Former owner's name written on front endpaper. $79.

189873 DAMBLEMONT, Larry. RIVERS TO RUN: Swift Water, Sycamores & Smallmouth Bass. Bolivar: Lightnin Ridge, 2004. First Edition. 374 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Fine. ISBN: 0967397545 $19.95.

184299 DAVIES, Nigel. THE POWER CHESS PROGRAM. Book 1 and 2. London: Batsford, 1998 / 1999. 255 + 256 pages. Trade paperbacks. Illustrated. Near Fine. Nice tight copies. Book 2 has light curl bottom rear corner of last 50 pages and resulting light stress creases to the cover corner. No names, markings or spine creasing. ISBN: 0713484152 $70.

184302 DAWIDOFF, Nicholas. THE CATCHER WAS A SPY: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg. Pantheon Books, 1994. 453 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Small damp wrinkle on the fore-edge of one page, otherwise the book would be Fine. No names, marks or tears. In protective mylar. ISBN: 0679415661 $9.95. Fascinating story of a major-league baseball player who worked as a spy for the OSS. The stories about Berg - his behavior, his intelligence, his charm - are legion. The pro-baseball player & coach for the Boston Red Sox, 1923-1939, his highest baseball accolades were as a dugout savant (it was said that Berg, educated at Princeton, the Sorbonne, & Columbia, could speak a dozen languages but couldn't hit in any of them). Berg became an O.S.S. spook during WWII. Only with this book has the extent of his work in determining Germany's atomic bomb capability been revealed. One of the few thoroughly documented accounts of a real spy's life.

189859 DELACOUR, Jean. THE WATERFOWL OF THE WORLD (Volume One). London: Country Life, 1954. 284 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25. Maps, 16 color plates by artist Peter Scott. G+ / G. Light edge and corner wear. Very light bump at top of spine. Name whited-out on front paste-down sheet. Some yellowing of text-edges and pages. Pages 62/63 with a bit of page separation. Dj: with a one-inch piece missing at top of spine; medium to heavy edge and corner wear; surfaces with some fading and discoloration. Dust cover in protective glassine. $65.

176400 DENFELD, Rene. [Katherine Dunn, intro]. KILL THE BODY, THE HEAD WILL FALL: A Closer Look at Women, Violence, & Aggression. Warner Books, 1997. 182 pages. 1st Edition. Hardback. Notes, bibliography Introduction by Katherine Dunn. Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, but for small edge tear. ISBN: 044651960X $1. Using her perspective as a female in the nearly all-male boxing world, she tackles cultural myths about feminine anger & violence, including why women feel guilty & out of control when enraged, & how denial of that rage can have devastating consequences for their children.

184622 DETROIT TIGERS. DETROIT TIGERS 1967 OFFICIAL SCOREBOOK (Tigers vs. Baltimore). Detroit Baseball Club, 1967. Not paginated. Stapled paperback. Illustrated. Good. Cover is bright and clean with light wear and stress creases. Scorecards blank. $20. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...the good ol' days, when bleachers were a buck! (And Tiger Stadium still existed).

188389 DIVINSKY, Nathan. THE BATSFORD CHESS ENCYCLOPEDIA. London: Batsford, 1990. 247 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover in a dust cover w/a blue spine panel, 9.5 x 10.5 inches. Profuse figures, tables & b/w photos. Near Fine / Very Good+. Couple corners lightly bumped. DJ: with lightly rubbed covers, & very light edge & corner wear - in protective glassine. ISBN: 0713462140 $25.

180444 DOLIN, Nick, Chris Dolin and David Check. BASKETBALL STARS: The Greatest Players in the History of the Game. NY: Black Dog and Leventhal, 1997. 128 pages. 1st edition. Tall narrow oversize hardcover, Elephant Folio - over 15-inches tall. Profusely illustrated. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 1884822614 $6.95. Ridiculously tall book, like some of our favorite players. Perfect coffee table book if you have a table this large, or for those silly drug-laced nights.

184624 Donruss. BASEBALL FOR KIDS: The Man Behind the Mask (Darren Daulton). Donruss Trading Cards, 1994. Not paginated. Stapled paperback. Profuse full-color photos. Fine-. Still in original plastic bag, opened only to inspect and provide details for this listing. $25. Complimentary giveaway magazine. Features catcher Darren Daulton. Includes material on Barry Larkin, John Smoltz, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Sr., Bret Boone, Ted Williams, Frank Thomas, Satchel Paige, etc.

183186 DURSO, Joseph. CASEY & MR. McGraw. Sporting News, 1989. 367 pages. 1st printing / edition. Photos. Appendix. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Minute tear top rear edge of jacket. ISBN: 0892043075 $2.95. Collects Durso's previously published biographies of baseball managers 'Casey' Stengel and John McGraw.

184311 ECKERT, Doug. SICILIAN SCHEVENINGEN: Keres Attack. Chess Enterprises, 1986. 126 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good+. No names, marks, or tears. ISBN: 0931462541 $20.

184091 EDWARDS, Don. BASEBALL COACH'S COMPLETE HANDBOOK. Parker Publishing, 1966. 241 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback, gilt-stamped green cloth. Illustrated. Photos. Suggested Reading. Index. Would be close to Fine in Very Good dustjacket, but top and top of fore-edge have a little wood-smoke discoloring, as does the dustjacket front edges; jacket also has a small label removal scar. Small name stamp on front endpaper. Internally solid, bright and clean, no odor. $5.5.

189618 ERICKSON, Hal. BASEBALL IN THE MOVIES: A Comprehensive Reference, 1915-1991. Jefferson: McDonald, 1992. ix+402 pp. Hardback. Photos. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine. Small crease to top edge of one page. ISBN: 0899506577 $30.

178477 ERWIN, Phil (ed.). 1984 PITCHER & TEAM RECORD REPORT. (Baseball Insight). Portland: Baseball Insight, (1984). 52 pages. Stapled pamphlet, yellow wraps. Very Good. $1. National Weekly statistical preview. 'Inside stats for the serious fan'.

191488 EUWE, M. FROM MY GAMES 1920-1937. NY: Dover. 1989. 232 pp. Reprint. Trade paperback. Multiple b/w illustrations. G+. Light edge and corner wear. Slight yellowing of text-edges. Surface creasing on both covers. Copy bowed. ISBN: 0486231119 $14.95.

184319 EUWE, Max and Walter Meiden. CHESS MASTER VS. CHESS AMATEUR. Dover, 1994. 314 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine- but for single thin spine crease, a little light edge wear. Bright and clean, no names or markings. ISBN: 0486279472 $6.95.

189887 FAGERSTROM, Stan. CATCH MORE BASS: The Secrets of a Western Bass Man. Caldwell: Caxton, 1973. 166 pages. Large trade paperback. Photos. Signed by the author with inscription, 'All my best wishes to you'. Near Fine with light edge wear. ISBN: 0870042327 $19.95.

188772 FAINARU, Steve and Ray Sanchez. THE DUKE OF HAVANA: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream. NY: VIllard, 2001. First Edition. 338 pages. Hardcover in red dustjacket. Index. Near Fine in Fine dustjacket in protective glassine. ISBN: 0375503455 $11.95.

190144 FAIRBAIRN, Steve. THE COMPLETE STEVE FAIRBAIRN ON ROWING. London: The Kingswood Press in association with the Steve Fairbairn Memorial Trust, 1990. 574 pp. Hardback. Bright scarlet boards, gilt spine lettering. 26 black & white photographs. Appendices. Edited by Ian Fairbairn with an introduction by Geoffrey Page & foreword by Alan Burrough. Fine in Near Fine, almost mint, unclipped dust jacket that is now protected in a clear acid-free slipcover. Spotless pages that have ever so lightly aged. ISBN: 0413639908 $800. 'The details of Steve Fairbairn's career as oarsman & coach ... was the expression of a personality so overwhelming as to make itself felt, even in distant parts of the world, on men who had never seen him.... The effect of his personality on his immediate pupils was almost magical, & his mere presence among them was more than once responsible for turning defeat into victory'.

189604 FARLANE, Paul (editor). DAGUERREOTYPES: The Complete Major and Minor League Records of Baseball's Immortals. NY: Sporting News, 1981. 320 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with small black and white photographs of players faces mainly. Filled with statistics and information. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Owners signature on front endpaper. DJ is clean but has light yellowing and small tears around the edges. ISBN: 0892040661 $14.95.

176138 FEINSTEIN, John. PLAY BALL: The Life & Troubled Times of Major League Baseball. NY: Villard, 1993. 425 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine in lightly used, price clipped dustjacket with very tiny edge tear. ISBN: 0679416188 $1. By the author of 'Season on the Brink' & other books.

181237 FELSER, Larry. O. J. SIMPSON: Football's Record Rusher. NY: Scholastic Book Services, 1974. 92 pages. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback. Photos. Good. Text pages clean throughout. Couple horizontal spine cracks, slight spine slant, writing inside cover, name stamp front endpaper. ISBN: 0590099353 $1.95.

184233 FIELDS, Paul. THE BARCZA-LARSEN DEFENSE. Chess Enterprises, 1991. 109 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Fine. Appears unread. ISBN: 0945470177 $6.5.

184296 FINE, Reuben. THE MIDDLE GAME IN CHESS. David McKay, 1974. 442 pages. Trade paperback. Index. Very Good. Bright solid and clean, with three thin spine reading creases. No names or markings. $7.95. Step-by-step illustrated guide for the beginner including the basic principles of opening, middle, & end game strategy / ten rules for the ending. Instructive & entertaining book written for the average player.

183267 FISCHER, Bobby; Stuart Margulies; Donn Mosenfelder. BOBBY FISCHER TEACHES CHESS. Bantam, 1972. 334 pages. Later printing. Mass Market paperback. Illustrated with diagrams. Fine-. Bright tight book, apparently unread. Tiny bit of corner wear top front cover. No names, marks or creasing. Gift quality. ISBN: 0553263153 $4.9.

191364 FISCHER, Bobby; Stuart Margulies; Donn Mosenfelder. BOBBY FISCHER TEACHES CHESS. NY: Bantam, 1978. 334 pp. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated with diagrams. Very Good+. Mild crease to spine; light wear to back cover. ISBN: 0553130536 $19.95.

192011 FISCHER, Bobby; Stuart Margulies; Donn Mosenfelder. BOBBY FISCHER TEACHES CHESS. NY: Bantam, 1978. 334 pp. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated with diagrams. Near Fine-. Faint crease to spine; light shelfwear. ISBN: 0553130536 $20.95.

189886 FLING, Paul N., & Donald L. Puterbaugh. THE BASIC MANUAL OF FLY-TYING: Fundamentals of Imitation. NY: Drake, 1977. 192 pages. Large trade paperback. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Signed by the authors. Near Fine. Light edge wear & rubbing. Top corner of spine ever-so-slightly bumped. ISBN: 0847315703 $9.95.

187782 FROMM, Pete. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1994. 212 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket in protective glassine. ISBN: 081170937X $10.95.

176107 GARVEY, Steve with Skip Rozin. GARVEY. NY: Times Books, 1986. 231 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Appendix. Very Good+ in like dustjacket. Two small tape residue marks front endpaper. ISBN: 0812912721 $1.

188462 GASS, Stephen & Sandy Damashek. A TRUE CHAMPION: An Adventure with Hulk Hogan. TitanSports, 1991. 32 pages. Large black hardcover. Illustrated. Very Good+. Light rubbing on front & back, some wear to corners, & few minor scratches. Interior pages are clean & bright. ISBN: 0921834063 $14.95.

175854 GEIST, Bill. LITTLE LEAGUE CONFIDENTIAL: One Coach's Completely Unauthorized Tale of Survival. NY: Macmillan, 1992. 217 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. ISBN: 0025429213 $1.5. CBS new correspondent tells what it's really like to coach the little guys. Funny, no-holds-barred look at wily coaches, protective parents, &, of course, kids who - for better or worse - play baseball.

176011 GERSHMAN, Michael. THE SCORE BOARD BOOK OF BASEBALL CARDS. Cherry Hill: The Score Board, 1987. 54 pages. 2nd printing. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good. $1. 'Here is the complete Scoreboard book on the basic & advanced techniques of baseball card collecting.' With 46 photos of classic & current cards.

179279 GERSHMAN, Michael. COMPLETE BOOK OF 1990 BASEBALL CARDS. Lincolnwood: Publications International, 1990. 320 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Pictorial hardcover. Profusely illustrated with over 2000 cards in color. Near Fine. Light cover rubbing. No dustjacket, as issued. ISBN: 0517674289 $3.95. Rates over 2,000 cards by Topps. Donruss, Fleer & Score, full-color cards pics & complete 1989 & lifetime stats. Includes in-depth profiles for over 600 players, buying & selling strategies. Picks of the best 1990 card for each player.

179382 GERSHMAN, Michael. COMPLETE BOOK OF 1989 BASEBALL CARDS. NY: Beekman House, 1989. 320 pages. Oversize Pictorial hardcover. Profusely illustrated with cards in color. Very Good. No dustjacket, as issued. ISBN: 0517674289 $1. Rates over 2,000 cards by Topps. Donruss, Fleer & Score, full-color cards pics & complete 1988 & lifetime stats. Includes in-depth profiles for over 600 players, buying & selling strategies.

182217 GERSHMAN, Michael. THE 1988 BASEBALL ENGAGEMENT BOOK. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Unpaginated. Spiral wire-bound trade paperback. Color Photos. Index. Very Good+. Four removable cards are all present. Light wear to cover edges; no markings. ISBN: 0395441137 $6.95.

189440 GERSHMAN, Michael. THE 1992 BASEBALL ENGAGEMENT BOOK. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Unpaginated. Spiral bound softcover. Photos. Index. Very Good. Light wear to covers; no markings. ISBN: 0395585678 $9.95.

185589 GIBSON, Walter. HOW TO BET THE HARNESS RACES. Garden City: Dolphin Books, 1960. 148 pp. First edition. Mass market paperback. Profuse charts & tables. Index. Very Good-. Minor edge & corner wear. Touch of soiling on back cover. Spine cocked at bottom. $11.95.

177523 GILBERT, Tom. BASEBALL AND THE COLOR LINE. NY: Franklin Watts, 1995. 176 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. A volume in 'The African-American Experience' series. Unread, Fine. ISBN: 0531157474 $3.95.

179587 GILDNER, Gary. THE WARSAW SPARKS. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1990. 239 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0877452768 $1.95. A poet and author helps to build a Polish baseball team.

191958 GILL, Harvey, with Richard Dungworth, et al. THE USBORNE COMPLETE SOCCER SCHOOL. Tulsa: EDC Publishing, 1998. 255 pp. First U. S. edition. Hardcover. Profuse color photos and illustrations. Fine. No Dj issued. ISBN: 0746029187 $25.

180470 GOLDMAN, Bob with Patricia Bush and Ronald Klatz. DEATH IN THE LOCKER ROOM: Steroids and Sports. South Bend: Icarus Press, 1984. 370 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine in bright clean Very Good+ dustjacket with short closed edge tear top front near the spine, and a couple very tiny ones. ISBN: 0896511553 $6.95. Early study of the use of steroids and a host of ergogenic aids employed in sports, from amphetamines and DMSO to blood packing and air enemas which have caused death, destruction and mayhem in the sports world.

184297 GOLDMAN, Warren H. NEW IDEAS IN OLD SETTINGS. [The Caro-Kann Defence]. Sutton Coldfield: Chess Ltd., no date [ca. 1970]. 75 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. A volume in the Chess For Modern Times Series. Near Fine-. Slight edge wear, tiny light spot front cover. Bright solid and clean. No names, markings or spine creases. ISBN: B000PDK6B0 $8.95. Semi-cult book, considers lines for 3 Q-B3 against the Caro-Kann. Originally published in a limited edition in 1958 and serialized in 'Chess Magazine,' this is a revised edition.

181983 GOODMAN, Irv. STAN THE MAN MUSIAL. NY: Bartholomew House / Sport Magazine, 1961. 140 pages. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback original (PBO). Sport Magazine Library # 2. Very Good+. Name stamp on front endpaper. No spine reading creases, solid and clean. $6.95. 'An Original Life Story'.

193975 GREENFIELD, Arthur. ANATOMY OF A BULLFIGHT. NY: Longmans, Green and Co., 1961. 115 pp. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Glossary. Index. Very Good in Very Good nicked dust jacket in protective glassine. Book plate to front endpaper. Light scuffing to DJ. $11.95.

180332 GRIFFEY, Ken. JUNIOR: Griffey on Griffey. NY: Collins, 1997. 112 pages. 1st edition. Oversize trade paperback. Illustrated with full color photographs. Near Fine. Two small thin corner creases. ISBN: 0006491545 $7.95.

175292 GROPMAN, Donald. SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE!: The Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1979. 232 pages. 2nd printing of the 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Sources. Very Good in like dustjacket. Four dustjacket edge tears, a few tiny ones and tiny chip. ISBN: 0316329258 $14.95. The story of Shoeless Joe Jackson, a member of the 'Black Sox', & his role in one of the most infamous sports scandals in American history. Arguably one of the games great hitters (with a lifetime average .356), banned for life in 1920 from baseball.

189889 GRUNDLE, Jack. BRITISH COLUMBIA GAME FISH. Vancouver: Western Fish & Game Magazine, 1970. 107 pages. Large hardcover in dustjacket. Illustrated. Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Inch-deep tear to back panel of DJ & other lesser edgewear. $14.95.

177872 GUNTHER, Marc. BASEPATHS: From the Minor Leagues to the Majors & Beyond. NY: Scribner's, 1984. 224 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Near Fine in lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0684181754 $2.5. Examination of professional baseball as a career, through interviews with 10 players, notably Ferguson Jenkins & Catfish Hunter.

193759 HADD, Ooben and Betzy Ben-Hadd. DIRT UNDER THE FELT: A Billiard Diary. California: Que House, 1992. 106 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Index. Review Copy with review slip laid-in. Fine. Book is clean and tight. Review Copy stamped on title page and bottom of book. ISBN: 0945071949 $40.

184314 HARDING, Tim. BETTER CHESS FOR AVERAGE PLAYERS. Dover, 1996. 237 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Near Fine-. No names, marks, spine creases or tears. ISBN: 0486290298 $5.95.

191485 HARTSON, W. R. THE BATTLE OF BAGUIO CITY: Karpov-Korchoi 1978. London: Huchinson, 1978. 120 pp. First edition. Mass Market paperback. Multiple b/w illustrations. G+. Light edge and corner wear. Spine yellowed. Bit of soiling and staining on text-edges. Pages with some penned marginalia here and there. ISBN: 0091348811 $14.95.

179438 HEFFERNAN, Terry, et al. BASEBALL TALES: Major League Writers on the National Pastime. NY: Viking, 1993. 100 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Photos. Introduction by Lawrence S. Ritter. Fine- in Fine- dustjacket. Small felt-tip line bottom. ISBN: 0670847003 $2.95.

189790 HELSTROM, Henning. HENNING'S FISHING HUNTING VACATION GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. Portland: Helstrom, 1969. 624 pages. Large trade paperback. Illustrated. Photos. Index. Very Good. Light shelfwear. $14.95.

189503 HEMMLEB, Jochen, with Larry A. Johnson and Eric R. Simonson. GHOSTS OF EVEREST: The Search for Mallory and Irvine. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1999. 203 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 9 x 10 inches. Profuse color and b/w photos. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Fine/Near Fine. Dj with light rubbing - in protective glassine. ISBN: 0898866695 $17.5.

187860 HENSON, Lou, with Skip Myslenski. LOU; Winning at Illinois. Champaign: Sagamore, 1989. 265 pp. Second printing. Hardcover. Multiple b/w photos. Signed & inscribed by the author. F / Near Fine. Dj with some light edge wear. ISBN: 0915611244 $18.95.

176119 HERSHISER, Orel, with Jerry B. Jenkins. OUT OF THE BLUE. Brentwood: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1989. 217 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Color illustrations, appendix. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Jacket flap wrinkle, couple tiny spots foredge. ISBN: 0943497574 $1. MVP pitcher for the LA Dodgers in 1988.

189741 HERTER, George Leonard, PROFESSIONAL FLY TYING, SPINNING AND TACKLE MAKING (Manual and Manufacturer's Guide). Waseca: Herter's Incorporated, 1966. 480 pp. Revised 16th edition. Gray, cloth boards with black and red stamping on cover and spine. Profuse b/w photos and illustrations. Index. Very Good-. No Dj. Light edge and corner wear. Text-edges with some yellowing and smudging. $19.95.

181060 HEVLY, Tim. 2005 SEATTLE MARINERS INFORMATION GUIDE. (1995 10th anniversary). Seattle: Mariners, 2005. 352 pages. 1st edition. Ringbound Trade paperback. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Fine. $7.95. With Ichiro Suzuki on the cover. Includes special photos from their great 1995 season, scattered throughout as 'break' pages between each section.

187883 HEVLY, Tim. 2004 SEATTLE MARINERS INFORMATION GUIDE. Seattle: Mariners, 2004. 328 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Very Good+. Book is clean & bright. $9.95.

187884 HEVLY, Tim. 2003 SEATTLE MARINERS INFORMATION GUIDE. Seattle: Mariners, 2003. 344 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Near Fine. Book is clean & bright. $9.95.

188732 HOLLAND, Lawrence. THEIR FINEST HOUR: The Battle of Britain. San Rafael: Lucasfilm, 1989. 192 pp. No edition stated. Spiral-bound trade paperback. Profuse b/w photos. Near fine. Light edge and corner wear. $9.95.

189289 HOLT, David. RUNNING DIALOGUE: A Humorous Look at How to Train for 5 k to the Marathon, from Beginner to Expert. Goleta, CA: Self-published, 1997. 281 pages. Grey trade paperback. Illustrated. Photos. Index. Good. Bend on bottom edge of book. Previous owner's name written on title page. ISBN: 0965889742 $9.95.

191468 HOPPE, Willie. BILLIARDS AS IT SHOULD BE PLAYED. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1941. 78 pp. Oversized, saddle-stapled photographic wrappers. Illustrated throughout with b/w diagrams and photos. Glossary. Good. Some minor soiling and soft creases to covers; pen mark to cover, spine reinforced with cloth tape. pp.37-40 loose. ISBN: B0007H3FW6 $19.95. All the basics of pocket billiards, from selection of cue to bridges, striking the cue ball, caroms, multiple-cushion shots, masse shots, and the science of the game. 96 diagrams and 37 photographs clarify this seemingly arcane science.

181564 HORNBEIN, Thomas F. EVEREST: The West Ridge. SF: Sierra Club-Ballantine, 1968. 158 pages. 1st softcover issue (abridged). Color photographs by the American Mount Everest Expedition (1963), especially by the leader, Norman G. Dyhrenfurth. Edited, with a foreword, by David Brower; introduction by William E. Siri. Tiny foredge stain and very light, small cover stain, otherwise Very Good. $13.95. Photographs from the American Mount Everest Expedition and its leader, Norman Dyhrenfurth.

190696 HORRY, John. THE HISTORY OF SQUASH RACKETS. Brighton: A.C.M. Webb, 1979. x+183 pp. Hardback. Illustrations and photos. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket in protective glassine. ISBN: 0861890078 $9.95.

191435 HORTON, M. H. MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY AS SURVEYED IN LJUBLIANA 1969 (Complete With All the Games). U. K.: The Chess Player, 1969. 36 pp. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Publication No. 94. VG. Some very light cross-creasing along spine. Light fading on spine area. Covers with a bit of light soiling and staining. $9.95.

176139 HOUGH, John, Jr. A PLAYER FOR A MOMENT: Notes From Fenway Park. NY: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1988. 300 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Very Good+ in lightly rubbed dustjacket. Remainder stripe bottom edge. ISBN: 0151720339 $1. The 1987 season with, as one bibliographer puts it, 'whining such as one seldom hears'.

183942 HUCKABAY, Gary, et al (eds.). BASEBALL PROSPECTUS 1997. Ravenlock Media, 1997. 508 pages. Oversize Trade Paperback. Near Fine- but for two small ball-point digs on front cover. No names, underlining or spine creasing. ISBN: 0965567400 $25.

180426 HUGHES, Dave. TACTICS FOR TROUT. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole, 1990. 224 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Appendices. Index. Near Fine but for slight spine slant. ISBN: 0811724034 $5.95.

189888 HUGHES, Dave. THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER AND ITS ANGLING. Portland: Frank Amato, 1992. 96 pages. Hardcover in grey dustjacket. Color photos. Bibliography. Signed by the author. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 1878175238 $35.

176358 ISAACS, Neil D. BATBOYS AND THE WORLD OF BASEBALL. University of Missippi, 1995. 232 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Laminated illustrated boards. Photos. Appendix. Index. Fine. No dustjacket, as issued. ISBN: 0878057714 $1.95.

185113 ISHIKAWA, Takahiko, & Donn F. Draeger. JUDO TRAINING METHODS, A Sourcebook. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1967. 324 pp. 6th printing. Hardcover. Red, heavy cloth boards stamped with black lettering & borders. Glossary. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Profusely illustrated with B&W photos of judo exercises, technique, etc. Good +. Light, vertical fold in 1st 30 pp. of text. Edges sunned. Ink on spine fading. Toning on back fly leaf. DJ missing large 4-inch piece lower bottom of front. 1-inch piece also missing at head of spine & middle bottom of back. Some corner-wear, some soiling & some fading. DJ in protective glassine. $45.

189607 IVOR-CAMPBELL, Frederick; Robert L. Tiemann; Mark Rucker (editors). BASEBALL'S FIRST STARS: The second volume of biographies of the greatest nineteenth century players, managers, umpires, executives, and writers, from the Society for American Baseball Research. Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1996. ix+183 pp. Large Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0910137587 $9.95.

175239 JAMES, Bill. THE BILL JAMES PLAYER RATINGS BOOK 1993. NY: Collier, 1993. 287 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Trade paperback original. Couple page corners turned down, otherwise Near Fine-. ISBN: 002041563X $2.95. Evaluations of over 1,000 major leaguers & top minor league prospects. Stats on players in all teams in both leagues, with players evaluated on a dollar scale. Useful for those covering baseball professionally or just enjoying the game.

178145 JOHNSON, Earvin 'Magic' & Richard Levin. MAGIC. NY: Viking Press, 1983. 192 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Alternate isbn, 0670448044. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket.Tiny dustjacket tear bottom corner. ISBN: 0670448052 $1.

176149 JOHNSTONE, Jay & Rick Talley. OVER THE EDGE. Chicago: Contemporary, 1987. 229 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Near Fine in like dustjacket. ISBN: 0809249758 $1. 'Baseball's uncensored exploits from WAY out in left field'. Damn communists...

184997 JORAVSKY, BEN. HOOP DREAMS, A True Story of Hardship & Triumph. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1995. 301 pp. Hardback. First edition. Photos. Like new. Dj in protective glassine. ISBN: 1570361533 $4.95. Book published after 'hit' movie.

189744 JORGENSEN, Poul. DRESSING FLIES FOR FRESH AND SALT WATER. Rockville Center, Freshet Press, 1973. 192 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 9.75 x 10.25 inches. Profuse color and b/w photos and illustrations. Index. Very Good. No Dj. Light to medium edge and corner wear. Covers with light soiling and staining here and there. Back strip with a bit of creasing and wear along edges. ISBN: 0883950227 $11.95.

184307 KEENE, Raymond and Byron Jacobs. AN OPENING REPERTOIRE FOR WHITE. [New Edition]. London: Batsford, 1995. 144 pages. Stated 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Bibliography. Near Fine. Three small light thumb smudges on the fore-edge. No names, marks, creases or tears. ISBN: 0713478179 $10.95.

192050 KEENE, Raymond and David Levy. HOW TO PLAY THE OPENING IN CHESS. New York: RHM Press, 1974. 224 pp. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good. Some shelfwear; soft vertical crease to cover; small stain to back endpaper. Interiors clean. ISBN: 0890580219 $7.95. From development and tactics, the importance of pawns, and the psychology of the opening game, this book moves into a description and analysis of standard and classic openings, separated by side. Variations are included, as well as allowances for styles of play.

184312 KEENE, Raymond and Shaun Talbot. HOW TO PLAY THE NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENCE. [Defense]. 3rd Edition. London: Batsford, 1993. 163 pages. 3rd edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine. Tight copy. No names, marks, creases or tears. ISBN: 0713472448 $7.95.

184316 KEENE, Raymond. NIGEL SHORT'S BEST GAMES. Henry Holt, 1993. 64 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Oversize Trade paperback (9 x 11 inches). Illustrated. Near Fine. Tight copy with small neat notes inside rear cover. Top rear corner of cover has a short thin crease. ISBN: 0805030514 $6.95. Presents twelve games, demonstrating the full range of Short's mastery and providing invaluable lessons for anyone seeking to improve their own game.

191487 KEENE, Raymond. THE MOSCOW CHALLENGE: Karpov Kasparov. NY: Macmillan, 1985. 140 pp. First edition. Trade paperback. Profuse b/w illustrations. VG. Light edge and corner wear. Pages yellowed. Covers with bit of discoloration. ISBN: 002028750X $14.95.

190919 KHALIFMAN, Alexander. OPENING FOR WHITE ACCORDING TO ANAND 1.e4, Book III. Bulgaria: Chess Stars, 2004. 355 pp. Trade paperback. Illustrations. Index. Near Fine. ISBN: 9548782413 $24.

180386 KING, Daniel. HOW TO WIN AT CHESS: 10 Golden Rules to Follow. London: Cadogan Books, 1995. 127 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Near Fine. Appears unread. ISBN: 1857440722 $5.95.

176336 KINSELLA, W.P. BOX SOCIALS. NY: Ballantine, 1992. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0345377494 $5.95. Third novel by the author of 'Shoeless Joe', 'The Iowa Baseball Confederacy' & other baseball novels. Set in western Canadian small towns, ball fields, barns & bedrooms & 'populated by some of the quirkiest, rowdiest, hottest-blooded fans in fiction...a brilliantly comic, full-color portrait of North American life in the 1940s'.

176337 KINSELLA, W.P. BOX SOCIALS. NY: Ballantine, 1992. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Tiny scrape rear of dustjacket, otherwise Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0345377494 $2.95. Third novel by the author of 'Shoeless Joe', 'The Iowa Baseball Confederacy' & other baseball novels. Set in western Canadian small towns, ball fields, barns & bedrooms & 'populated by some of the quirkiest, rowdiest, hottest-blooded fans in fiction...a brilliantly comic, full-color portrait of North American life in the 1940s'.

188780 KLEINFIELD, Sonny. A MONTH AT THE BRICKYARD: The Incredible Indy 500. NY: Rinehart Winston, 1977. 229 pages. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Index. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket in protective glassine. ISBN: 0030177111 $11.95.

178735 KLINE, Richard. BODY BUILDING with Bar Bells & Dumbells. LA: Healthways Hollywood, 1945. 60 pages. Stapled paperback. Very Good. Light edgewear. Some pencil notes on one of the 'Progress Record' pages in the rear where someone noted their measurements in 1956 over a 3-month period (they did good!). $8.95. Trainer to Hollywood stars including George Raft, Gary Cooper, Lloyd Nolan, Cary Grant & Fred MacMurray. 12 years physical director at Paramount Pictures. Instructions in six courses.

189876 KOCH, Ed. FISHING THE MIDGE: A New and Revised Edition of an Angling Classic. Harrisburg: Stackpole, 1988. First Edition. 137 pages. Hardcover in dustjacket. Illustrated. Foreword by Joe Brooks. Near Fine in Very Good++ dustjacket with two small tears to top edge of front cover. Previous owner's embossment on title page. ISBN: 0811706214 $19.95.

189514 KOEHLER, Jack H. THE SCIENCE OF POCKET BILLIARDS. Lacuna Hills: Sportology Publications, 1989. 262 pp. Second paperback printing. Oversize trade paperback, 8.5 x 11 inches. Tables, figures, b/w photos and illustrations. Glossary. Good. Light to medium edge and corner wear. Former owner's name penned on front endpaper. Reading crease along hinge of front cover. 20 percent of text with highlighting. ISBN: 0962289019 $50.

182691 KOLTANOWSKI, George. 100 CHESS TRAPS. San Francisco: Master Publications, no date [ca. 1959]. 6 pages. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Very Good. $15.

191431 KOLTANOWSKI, George. CHESSNICNOTES. Coraopolis: Chess Enterprises, 1978. 100 pp. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Multiple b/w photos and illustrations. Signed by the author. Very good. Light edge and corner wear. Staple rust. Covers with light soiling. ISBN: 0931462010 $45.

191438 KOLTANOWSKI, George. 100 SHORTCUTS TO CHESS VICTORY. San Francisco: Privately Printed, no date. 12 pp. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Good. Light edge and corner wear. Text-edges browned. Light cross-creasing along spine. Copy once folded in half; vertical crease down middle. $9.95.

175523 KONIG, Imre. CHESS FROM MORPHY TO BOTWINNIK: A Century of Chess Evolution. NY: Bonanza Books, 1950. 202 pages. Reprint. Hardback. Illustrated with diagrams. A few tiny DJ tears, Near Fine in Near Fine- dustjacket. $8.95. Recorded games by famed masters of the game, how they developed the most famous openings & their fight for the center, with underlying ideas illustrated with 100 annotated games. Reprint of the 1950 edition. The author was a member of the famed Viennese School of Chess.

189030 KONIKOWSKI, Jerzy. THE ARKHANGELSK SYSTEM IN THE RUY LOPEZ. Coraopolis, PA: Chess Enterprises, 1987. 89 pp. Trade paperback. Index. English translation by Paul Janicki. Very Good. Top corner ever-so-lightly bumped. ISBN: 0931462681 $12.95.

184308 KOPEC, Danny [Daniel] with Rudy Blumenfeld. PRACTICAL MIDDLEGAME TECHNIQUES. London: Cadogan Chess, 1997. 128 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine. No names, marks, creases or tears. ISBN: 1857441427 $13.95.

179280 LaBLANC, Michael L. HOTDOGS, HEROES & HOOLIGANS: The Story of Baseball's Major League Teams. Canton: Visible Ink Press, 1994. 581 pages. 2nd printing of the 1st edition. Large Oblong Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Foreword by Ernie Harwell. Near Fine. ISBN: 081039748X $4.95.

184303 LALIC, Bogdan. THE QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENCE. [Defense]. London: Cadogan Chess, 1996. 208 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Near Fine. No names, marks, creases or tears. Appears unread. ISBN: 1857441575 $20.

188763 LAPCHICK, Richard. SMASHING BARRIERS: Race and Sport in the New Millennium. NY: Madison, 1991. 329 pages. Light blue trade paperback. Fine, but for gift inscription. ISBN: 1568331770 $9.95.

193322 LAWSON, James R. THE ADVANCED POOL PLAYER'S HANDBOOK. Manteca, CA: Cue House, 1993. 118 pp. Trade paperback. Review copy. Near Fine. Stamped Review Copy on title page, back endpaper, top edge of pages. ISBN: 0945071914 $20.

194311 LAWSON, Victor E. AMERICA'S SWIMMING PRIMER. NY: Padell Book Company, 1943. 90 pp. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated. 5 pages of interesting ads for books from same company. Very Good. Only minor wear and scuffing. $19.95.

181461 LEAMER, Laurence. ASCENT: The Spiritual and Physical Quest of Willi Unsoeld. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1982. 392 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Glossary. Very Good in Very Good- dustjacket. Jacket has small piece missing top front spine corner, tear at the jacket fold, small chip top rear fold. A little tape residue front endpaper from attached gift card indicating Willi 'personally enriched my life extensively'. Jacket is in protective mylar. ISBN: 0671417347 $9.95. Unsoeld, a legendary Pacific Northwest mountaineer, died in an avalanche on nearby Mt. Rainier.

176506 LIBBY, Bill & Vida Blue. VIDA: His Own Story. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice- Hall, 1972. 248 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Very Good in Very Good- dustjacket which has wear at the spine ends. ISBN: 0139417737 $1.

178731 LINDRUM, Horace. POOL SNOOKER & BILLIARDS NY: Tradewinds Publishing, 1976. 144 pages. 1st US edition. Oversize hardcover. Illustrated with 16 pages of color photographs, more than 50 diagrams explaining the games, numerous black and white photographs. Glossary of terms. Index. Very Good+ in Fine mylar protected dustjacket. Both endpapers have light dampstaining. ISBN: 0909163049 $7.95.

181984 LINN, Ed. TED WILLIAMS: The Eternal Kid. NY: Bartholomew House / Sport Magazine, 1961. 175 pages. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback original (PBO). Sport Magazine Library # 3. Very Good+. Name inside front cover and name stamp on front endpaper. Small cover crease bottom front corner. No spine reading creases, solid and clean. $4.95. 'An Original Life Story'.

175895 LITTLEFIELD, Bill & Henry Horenstein. BASEBALL DAYS: From the Sandlots to the Show. Bulfinch/Little, Brown, 1993. 151 pages. 1st edition. Large Hardback. Photographs by Henry Horenstein. Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0966677625 $3.95. The many faces & flavors of baseball's colorful culture, bright stars, tryout washouts, women's teams, old-timers, stickball contests on the streets of Caracas etc.

184304 LIVSHITZ, August. TEST YOUR CHESS IQ: Master Challenge. London: Cadogan Chess, 1998. 122 pages. Reprint. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Fine but for tiny drop spot on one page (not affecting text or diagrams). No names, marks, creases or tears. ISBN: 1857441443 $25.

189839 LOHREN, Carl. ONE MOVE TO BETTER GOLF. Columbia: Acorn Sports, 1983. 123 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 8.5 x 11.25 inches. Profuse b/w illustrations. Near Fine/G. Light edge and corner wear. Dj: with a one-inch piece missing from upper corner of front panel; medium edge and corner wear; and rubbing - in protective glassine. ISBN: 0671224441 $50.

188031 LONG, Master Hei. DRAGONS TOUCH: Weakness of the Human Anatomy. Boulder: Paladin Press, 1983. 177 pages. Red trade paperback. Illustrated. Photos. Near Fine. Gift inscription on front end page. ISBN: 0873642716 $11.95.

192024 LONG, Master Hei. IRON HAND OF THE DRAGON'S TOUCH: Secrets of Breaking Power. Boulder: Paladin Press, 1987. 104 pp. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good. Light scratches to cover; tiny tear at spine heel; light staining to back cover. ISBN: 0873644344 $9.95.

181592 LONGRIGG, Roger. THE HISTORY OF HORSE RACING. NY: Stein and Day, 1972. 320 Pages. 1st printing / edition. Large Hardback. Profusely illustrated, 32 color plates and 130 b/w. Index. Foreword By Paul Mellon. Fine- in Near Fine- dustjacket. Small, neatly inked gift inscription. Jacket lightly rubbed. Tight, clean, gift quality. ISBN: 0812814886 $16.95. From ancient times to the present. Lotta horse flesh.

176150 LORENZ, Tom. GUYS LIKE US. NY: Viking, 1980. 255 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket but for a short and a tiny dustjacket edge tear. ISBN: 0670358150 $1. Funny & sad novel about softball & good ole boy culture, of a schlemiel in south Chicago whom you wouldn't want to meet on a bet.

184623 LOS ANGELES DODGERS. LOS ANGELES DODGERS 1966 OFFICIAL SOUVENIR YEARBOOKS. Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Club, 1966. 54 pages. Stapled paperback. Illustrated. Very Good. Cover is bright and clean with split along the top of the spine to the first staple, light corner crease top front. $28. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...the good ol' days, when bleachers were a buck! Includes material on Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, review of the 1965 World Series.

193097 LYON, Robert. WATER MARKED: Journal of a Naked Fly Fisherman. Lyon Island: Water Marked Press, 1999. 207 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Index. Signed by Author. Near Fine. Book is clean and tight. ISBN: 1888345144 $9.95.

191473 LYTLE, Horace. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR BIRD DOG. Dayton: A. F. Hochwalt Company, 1942. 224 pp. Hardback. Very Good-. Spine slightly slanted; cover board appears on first glance to be stained red, but this could be by design; aging to page edges and wear to spine. ISBN: B000J3UNBE $9.95.

189867 MacDONALD, Alexander. ON BECOMING A FLY FISHERMAN. NY: David McKay, 1959. 168 pp. Hardback. Photos. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Light edgewear including a couple of small tears under a half-inch deep to top edge of DJ. ISBN: B0006AVOEA $14.95.

193325 MACYOUNG, Marc Animal. CHEAP SHOTS, AMBUSHES, AND OTHER LESSONS. Boulder: Paladin Press, 1989. 274 pp. Trade paperback. Photos. Brand New. ISBN: 0873644964 $14.95.

183022 MARQUSEE, Mike. REDEMPTION SONG: Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties. Verso, 1999. 310 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Illus., b&w photos. Notes on Sources, Index. Fine- in Fine- dustjacket. Minuscule spot top front corner of fore-edge. Unread. ISBN: 185984717X $9.95. Excursion through the politics and culture of the 1960s, back in the days when Ali was reviled as an American 'traitor' and stripped of his boxing crown. An eloquent antidote to the apolitical celebration of Ali as 'a Great American,' asserting instead his unique emergence as a moral spokesman and beacon on a world stage.

179404 MARSHALL, John Douglas, (ed.) [ Sherman Alexie, Lynda Barry ]. HOME FIELD: Nine Writers at Bat. Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1997. 214 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrations by Tina Hoggatt. 'Signed by the Editor'. Fine in Fine- dustjacket. ISBN: 1570610967 $6.95. Essays by some Pacific Northwest heavy hitters: Sherman Alexie, Lynda Barry, Larry Colton, Bryan Di Salvatore, Timothy Egan, Robert Leo Heilman, John Douglas Marshall, Holly Morris, & John Owen.

189792 MARTIN, Milton Fox. TROUT LORE. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. First Edition. 93 pages. Large hardcover. Photos. Very Good in Good dustjacket in protective glassine. Top edge slightly soiled; inch-deep chip to back panel of dj and other less obvious chips and tears. ISBN: B0006APW2K $14.95. Photographs by Lawrence Madison.

182677 MASIN, Herman L. CURVE BALL LAUGHS. Pyramid, 1958. 189 pages. Mass Market paperback. Very Good. Nice bright book with small crease bottom front corner affecting front cover and the first several pages. Light wear at the spine corners. Name stamp on front endpaper. No spine creases. $2.95. Baseball humor stories.

193414 MASKELL, Dan. FROM WHERE I SIT. London: Collins, 1988. 302 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket but for light edgewear. ISBN: 0002182939 $25.

175855 McCARTHY, John P. YOUTH BASEBALL: The Guide for Coaches & Parents. Cincinnati: Better Way Books, 1996. 166 pages. 2nd edition Trade paperback. Illustrated. Glossary. Index. Near Fine. ISBN: 1558703985 $1.

189398 McCLANE, A.J. THE PRACTICAL FLY FISHERMAN: An Updated Edition of the Fly Fishing Classic. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1975. First Edition thus. 271 pages. Hardcover in white dustjacket. Photos. Index. Foreword by Arnold Gingrich. Fine- in Near Fine dustjacket with light sunning. ISBN: 0136893988 $14.95.

176342 McCLUSKEY, John, Jr. MR. AMERICA'S LAST SEASON BLUES. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State U, 1983. 243 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Very light fading along DJ spine, otherwise Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0807111201 $3.95. Novel by an African American author, of a man trying to become Black football superstar, attempting a comeback from injuries & a faltering marriage. McCluskey wrote 'Look What They Done to My Song' & is a contributor to 'Black World'.

179906 McMILLAN, Robin. THE GOLFER'S HOME COMPANION: A Cornucopia of Information, Articles, and Listings. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1993. 258 pages. 1st printing / edition. Oversize Hardcover. Illustrated with many full color photographs. Near Fine- in Very Good+ dustjacket, in protective mylar. Remainder mark on bottom of book, small light smudge foredge. Jacket has tiny closed tear. ISBN: 0671700545 $1.95.

192230 McROBERT, Stuart. BRAWN: Bodybuilding for the Drug-Free and Genetically Typical. Nicosia, Cyprus: CS Publishing, 1993. 231 pp. Trade Paperback. Index. Very Good. Slight crease across middle of spine; light wear to covers. ISBN: 9963783805 $9.95.

189780 MECK, Charles R. MEETING & FISHING THE HATCHES. NY: Winchester, 1977. viii+194 pp. Hardback. Photos. Index. Near Fine in Very Good clipped dustjacket. Faint soiling to top edge; light edgewear to dj including two small tears under a quarter-inch deep. ISBN: 0876912323 $9.95.

175502 MITCHELL, David A. MITCHELL'S GUIDE TO THE GAME OF CHESS: A Complete Course of Instruction for Beginners. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1920. 117 pages. 1st printing of the 2nd edition. Small Hardback, . Illustrated. Nice bright Near Fine copy in relatively clean dustjacket with tears and small piece missing front. $11.95. Revised edition, containing new games, Marshall's best games, modern end-games & problems.

175476 MITCHELL, Greg. JOY IN MUDVILLE: A Little League Memoir. Pocket Books, 2000. 256 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated by Matt Galemmo. Fine in dustjacket. ISBN: 0671035312 $1.95. Humorous, sensitive account of father & son learning life amid trials & joys of youth baseball. We remember the first part, when does the second part happen? Film rights sold to Tom Hanks production company.

179503 MIZERAK, Steve & Michael Panozzo. STEVE MIZERAK'S COMPLETE BOOK OF POOL. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1990. 195 pages. Large Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good. Nice clean copy with some light damp puckering last few pages. ISBN: 0809242559 $5.95.

187370 MONEY, Keith. JOHN CURRY. NY: Knopf, 1978. 224 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 9.5 x 12 inches. Profuse b/w photos. Signed by John Curry. Signature appears on front endpaper. Near fine, in a Very Good+ dust cover. Some minor corner wear & fading about edges. DJ: with generally light edge & corner wear; a bit of rubbing - in protective glassine. ISBN: 0394501349 $34.

182685 MOON, Bucklin (Editor). CHAMPS AND BUMS. NY: Lion Books, 1954. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback original (PBO). Lion Books #229. Very Good+ but for binding crack at the contents page. Bright, square but tender copy. No reading creases, names or markings. $5.95. 11 stories: 'Ernest Hemingway, William Saroyan, Budd Schulberg, Nelson Algren, Irwin Shaw and other [Jack London] superb writers with their greatest stories of the men who live--and sometimes die--in the world's most savage game'.

179471 MORRIS, Holly. A DIFFERENT ANGLE: Fly Fishing Stories by Women. NY: Berkley Books, 1996. 270 pages. 1st trade edition. Trade paperback. Near Fine. ISBN: 0425151344 $1.95.

177866 MULLARKEY, Karen (ed.). BASEBALL IN AMERICA: From Sandlots to Stadiums, a Portrait of Our National Passion by 50 of Today's Leading Photographers. SF: Collins, 1991. 223 pages. 1st edition. Large Hardback, folio. Illustrated with hundreds of gorgeous color photographs. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with tiny tear top rear corner flap fold. ISBN: 0002157314 $6.95.

192732 MULLIN, John 'Moon'. THE BEST CHICAGO SPORTS ARGUMENTS: THE 100 MOST CONTROVERSIAL, DEBATABLE QUESTIONS FOR DIE-HARD CHICAGO FANS. Naperville: Sourcebooks, 2007. 292 pp. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Index. Fine. Book is clean and tight. ISBN: 1402208219 $9.95.

176118 MUNGO, Raymond. CONFESSIONS FROM LEFT FIELD: A Baseball Pilgrimage. NY: Dutton, 1983. 169 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 052524168X $2.95. Like 'Zen & the art of baseball appreciation.' A former 60s long-haired radical & one-time Seattle bookseller (Montana Books), Red Sox fan & underground journalist ('Famous Long Ago') spends two seasons traveling around the country watching baseball in all its variety & splendor.

181990 National Collegiate Athletic Bureau Publications Committee. OFFICIAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK 1960. NY: National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, 1960. 192 pages. 1st printing / edition. Small Trade paperback, red pictorial covers. Illustrated. Very Good+ but for 1/2-inch dig in the front cover near the spine. Light edge and corner wear. clean, solid and bright all around. $9.95.

176070 NEFT, David S. & Richard M. Cohen. THE SPORTS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BASEBALL 1996. St. Martin's Griffin, 1996. 701 pages. Large Trade paperback. Very Good but for front cover crease. ISBN: 0312141351 $2.95. History of every player & every team from 1901 through 1995, with detailed statistics & summaries of each year, from Opening Day through the World Series, along with key historical developments in the game.

192087 NIELSON, Aksel J. BRIDGE WITH THE THREE MUSKETEERS. London: Kaye & Ward, 1978. 233 pp. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white diagrams. Very Good in Very Good clipped dust jacket in protective glassine. Light pencil markings throughout. DJ has light rubbing and yellowing on rear panel. ISBN: 0718212010 $9.95.

189603 NOLL, Roger G. GOVERNMENT AND THE SPORTS BUSINESS: Studies in the Regulation of Economic Activity. Washington: Brookings Institute, 1974. 445 pages. Trade paperback. Index. Very Good. Name to front endpaper; bottom corner lightly bumped; crease to front cover; bottom edge dusty. ISBN: 0815761058 $9.95.

189634 NUFER, Doug. 1990 GUIDE TO NORTHWEST MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. Sammamish: Sammamish Press, 1990. 147 pages. Trade paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0942381084 $14.95.

179921 O'NEILL, Shane (ed.). SEATTLE MARINERS 2001: A Season in Baseball Heaven. Seattle: O'Neill Sports Ink / National Publisher Services, 2001. 96 pages. Large Trade paperback, magazine style. Very Good+. Light wear at the corners. $6.95. Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki on the cover. Dozen articles, profiling players, unsung heroes, prospects, Pat Gillick, Lou Pinella, chronology highlighting the season, etc.

190095 OAG, Shay. IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH: Antonia Ordonez. NY: Coward-McCann, 1969. 262 pp. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Profuse b/w and (color) photos. Very Good+ / Very Good. Very light edge and corner wear. Text-edges with light yellowing. DJ: with light edge and corner wear; some rubbing, and yellowing of liners - in protective glassine. $19.95.

192304 OBERRECHT, Kenn. THE PRACTICAL ANGLER'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL FISHING. NY: Winchester, 1978. 276 pp. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper; spine dented. DJ has yellowing and half-inch closed tear along top edge. ISBN: 0876912501 $14.95.

179439 OKRENT, Daniel & Steve Wulf. BASEBALL ANECDOTES. Cambridge, 1989. 386 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Book has an unobtrusive security tag on the copyright page. ISBN: 0195043960 $2.95.

183604 OLNEY, Ross R. DAREDEVILS OF THE SPEEDWAY. Tempo, 1968. 165 pages. Mass Market paperback. Photos. Tempo # T177. Foreword by Johnnie Parsons. Very Good. Moderate spine slant with a reading crease. Cover photos clean and bright. $2.95.

179383 OWENS, Tom. OFFICIAL BASEBALL CARD PRICE GUIDE: 1991Collector's Edition. Lincolnwood: Publications International, 1991. 320 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Hardback. Illustrated laminate boards. Profusely illustrated in color. Near Fine, but for a few small shallow razor cuts rear cover. Clean and tight. ISBN: 1561730092 $1. Over 33,000 card prices covering 43 years of cards.

183945 OWENS, Tom. COMPLETE BOOK OF 1991 BASEBALL CARDS. Publications International, 1990. 320 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Pictorial hardcover. Profusely illustrated with over 2500 cards in color. Near Fine. No dustjacket, as issued. Bright, clean and tight, appears unread. ISBN: 1561730084 $3.95. Rates over 2,500 cards by Topps. Donruss, Fleer and Score, full-color cards pics and complete 1989 and lifetime stats. Includes in-depth profiles for over 600 players, buying and selling strategies. Picks of the best 1990 card for each player.

183536 OYAMA, Masutatsu. VITAL KARATE. Japan Publications, 1972. 127 pages. Trade paperback. Profusely illustrated with photos. Very Good+. Clean bright solid book. ISBN: 0870401432 $6.95.

180441 PAIGE, LeRoy (Satchel) as told to David Lipman. MAYBE I'LL PITCH FOREVER. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1993. 295 pages. 3rd printing. Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0803287321 $7.95.

181991 PAIGE, LeRoy (Satchel) as told to David Lipman. MAYBE I'LL PITCH FOREVER. NY: Black Cat, 1963. 252 pages. 1st Black Cat edition, Mass Market paperback. Very Good. Name stamp on front endpaper. Small cover crease bottom front cover and at the fore-edge, faint spine reading crease. ISBN: 0803287321 $5.95.

184295 PALATNIK, Sam and Lev Alburt. THE KING IN JEOPARDY: The Best Techniques for Attack and Defense. (Comprehensive Chess Course Series, Volume 4). Chess Information and Research Center, 1996. 250 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine- but for slight cover curl bottom rear corner. Bright clean book, a solid copy with no names, marks or spine creases. ISBN: 1889323039 $8.95.

191993 PALATNIK, Sam and Lev Alburt. CHESS TACTICS FOR THE TOURNAMENT PLAYER. New York: Chess Information and Research Center, 1996. 243 pp. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good. Shelfwear. ISBN: 1889323020 $10.95. Written by two Grand Masters, this was endorsed by Garry Kasparov as revealing the 'once secret Russian method of chess training.' It contains hundreds of strikingly beautiful positions arranged by difficulty and designed to sharpen tactical recognition and vision.

178153 PANEK, Richard. WATERLOO DIAMONDS: A Midwestern Town & It's Minor League Team: NY: St. Martin's, 1995. 373 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine- in lightly rubbed Fine- dustjacket. ISBN: 0312132093 $3.95. Funny & lyrical account of a year in the history of Waterloo's long & storied baseball tradition.

189905 PATRICK, Roy. TIE YOUR OWN FLIES. Privately Published, 1971. 149 pp. Tenth printing. Trade paperback. Profuse b/w illustrations. Fine. $9.95.

179203 PATTON, Jim. ROOKIE: When Michael Jordan Came to the Minor Leagues. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1995. 220 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0201409593 $3.95. Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons. Covers his first year, & the difficulties of trying to make it to the bigs.

178265 PEARY, Danny. WE PLAYED THE GAME: 65 Players Remember Baseball's Greatest Era, 1947-1964. NY: Hyperion, 1994. 643 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Hardcover. Illustrated. Index. Introduction by Lawrence Ritter. Fine- in Fine- dustjacket. ISBN: 0786860081 $7.95. Oral history documenting the game in halcyon days before the Dodgers went west & baseball lost it's innocence.

175287 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Vol 76, #7, June, 1982. Seattle: 1982. 147 pages. Trade paperback. Vol 76, #7, June, 1982. Illustrated. $2.95.

176296 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. 1983-1990. Seattle: The Mountaineer, 1991. 136 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Maps, photos. Fine. $4.95. Newest edition of the Mountaineers annual publication after a 7 year hiatus.

177003 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER 1977. Volume 72, No. 9. July 1978. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1978. 208 pages. Trade paperback, light brown wraps. Near Fine. $4.95. Outings, Reports, Roster lists for Seattle & other Puget Sound areas, etc.

177873 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER ANNUAL, 1991-1992. Volume 79. Seattle: The Mountaineer, 1993. 160 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $7.95.

177875 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER 1978. Volume 73, No. 8. July 1979. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1979. 148 pages. Trade paperback, light green wraps. Very Good. $7.95. Outings, Reports, Roster lists for Seattle & other Puget Sound areas, etc.

177968 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Vol 74, #9, August 1980. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1980. Trade paperback. Very Good+. $1.95.

177969 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Vol 74, #9, August 1980. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1980. Trade paperback. Very Good+. $1.95.

179145 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 38, Number 1. December, 1945. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1945. 64 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Index. Very Good. Tiny edge tears to wallet edges. $15.95.

179146 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 39, Number 1. December, 1946. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1946. 71 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Index. Very Good+. $15.95.

179147 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 39, Number 13. December, 1947. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1947. 80 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. Tiny tear foot of spine of wallet edge cover. $15.95.

179148 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 40, Number 13. December, 1949. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1949. 86 pages. Trade paperback, green wraps. Photos. Very Good. Light discoloring edges and bottom of covers. $15.95.

179149 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 42, Number 13. December, 1950. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1950. 78 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $15.95.

179150 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 43, Number 13. December, 1951. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1951. 96 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $15.95.

179151 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 47, Number 13. December, 1954. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1954. 134 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $15.95.

178267 PERIODICAL. Ness, Verna, et al (eds.) THE MOUNTAINEER 1975. Volume 70, No. 7. June 1976. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1976. 159 pages. Trade paperback. Very Good+. $6.95. Outings, Reports, Roster lists for Seattle & other Puget Sound areas, etc.

190533 PICKELHAUPT, Bill. CLUB ROWING ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY, 1869-1939 (Featuring the South End Rowing Club). San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1995. 94 pp. First edition. Oversize trade paperback, 8.5 x 11 inches. Profuse b/w photos. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Signed by the author. Fine. $30.

194192 PIEROTH, Doris. THEIR DAY IN THE SUN: Women of the 1932 Olympics. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996. 186 pp. Hardcover. Illustrated. Notes. Rosters. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0295975539 $14.95.

189208 POLIN, Robert, and Michael Rain. PINBALL WIZARDRY: The Theory and Practice of the Art and Science of Pinball. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1979. 128 pp. First edition. Trade paperback. Profuse b/w illustrations. Signed by Michael Rain. Very Good-. Light edge and corner wear. Spine faded. Couple very light reading creases. Text-edges with a bit of smudging. Covers with some rubbing, scratching and related surface wear. ISBN: 0136762212 $75.

188418 QUINN, James. THE HANDICAPPER'S CONDITION BOOK: An Advance Treatment of Thoroughbred Class. NY: Daily Racing Form Press, 2000. 208 pp. Revised & updated edition. Hardcover. Bibliography. Appendices. Fine in Fine dustjacket. DJ in protective glassine. ISBN: 0964849348 $19.95.

189742 RADCLIFFE, William. FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. NY: Burt Franklin, 1969. 468 pp. Reprint. Brown, cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine. 55+ b/w photos and illustrations. Index. Very Good+. No Dj. Very light edge and corner wear. Text-edges with a bit of yellowing. Pages 469-73 improperly trimmed at bindery, hence are creased with edges sticking out. $30.

176109 RAINS, Rob. MARK McGUIRE: Home Run Hero. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. 227 pages. 2nd printing. Hardback. Photos. Near Fine in like dustjacket. ISBN: 0312201621 $1.5. First full length biography, a bit of a quickie, of baseball's premiere slugger.

189474 RATHGEBER, Bob. CINCINNATI REDS SCRAPBOOK. Virginia Beach: JCP, 1982. 151 pp. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 8.75 x 11.25 inches. Red, cloth boards with white stamping on cover and spine. Profuse b/w photos. Index. Near fine. No Dj. Some minor edge and corner wear. ISBN: 0938694057 $17.95.

185059 REICHLER, Joseph L. THE GREAT ALL-TIME BASEBALL RECORD BOOK. NY: Macmillan, 1981. 544p. Book Club edition. Hardback. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. In protective glassine. ISBN: 0026031000 $8.95.

179057 REICHLER, Joseph L. (ed.). THE BASEBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA: The complete & Official Record of Major League Baseball. 6th edition. NY: Macmillan, 1985. 2248 pages. 1st printing, 6th edition, revised, updated and expanded. Hardback. Appendices. Near Fine but for