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194857 ALEXANDER, Shaun with Cecil Murphy. TOUCHDOWN ALEXANDER. Eugene: Harvest House, 2002. 224 pages. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Additional info ribbon around bottom third of dustjacket shows edgewear. ISBN: 0736919376 $10.95.

198405 ALLEN, Maury. BROOKLYN REMEMBERED: The 1955 Days of the Dodgers. Sports Publishing, 2005. 213 pages. 1st printing, 1st edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Light wear along edges. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. ISBN: 1582619433 $14.95.

188214 ALLMAN, Fred L. CARE & CONDITIONING OF THE PITCHING ARM FOR LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL. Anna Publishing, 1978. 63 pages. 3rd printing. Trade paperback. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Very Good. No names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0893050083 $7.95.

190975 ANGELL, Robert. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ROBERT ANGELL. Viking, 1970. 153 pages. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket in protective mylar. dustjacket has light sunning & soiling on rear panel. ISBN: 0670259160 $23.

187129 ARMOUR, Mark (ed.). RAIN CHECK: Baseball in the Pacific Northwest. Society for American Baseball Research, 2006. 128 pages. 2nd edition. Large Trade paperback. Illustrated. Photos from the David Eskenazi collection. Near Fine. Light bump bottom corner, tiny horizontal spine crack. ISBN: 1933599022 $6.95. Published in conjunction with SABR's national convention in Seattle. Sampler of the region's ballparks as they shone in their heyday, the glory and heartbreak of teams in cities throughout the region, and a wide swath of the region's baseball figures. Historical photos from Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane and Vancouver, BC.

196347 ARON, Jaime. THE BEST DALLAS-FORT WORTH SPORTS ARGUMENTS: THE 100 MOST CONTROVERSIAL, DEBATABLE QUESTIONS FOR DIE-HARD FANS. Naperville: Sourcebooks, 2007. 288 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Index. Fine. Book is clean and tight. ISBN: 1402208219 $6.95.

187731 Avalon Hill. BASEBALL STRATEGY BOOKCASE GAME. (Game 81). Avalon Hill Game Co., 1973. Boxed Game, complete, with rulebook, handbook of official rules, score sheets, player pawns, pitch cards, roster cards, game board. Near Fine box in Very Good+ slipcase. About half the score sheets have been used (blanks can be photo copied). $14.95.

200259 BALOGH, James C. and William J. Walker. GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. Lewis Publishers, 1992. 951 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated, charts and graphs. Index. Very Good laminated pictorial boards. Light shelfwear, small bump to corner. ISBN: 0873717422 $25.

193918 BALZER, Howard M. (Editor). OFFICIAL BASEBALL REGISTER: 1981. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1981. 624 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0892040726 $7.95.

193919 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 $7.95.

193920 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 $7.95.

194067 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.

194264 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 mylar. One-inch closed tear to Dustjacket. ISBN: 0811701808 $30.

187284 BETHEL, Dell. [intro by Mel Stotlemyre]. INSIDE BASEBALL: Tips and Techniques for Coaches and Players. Reilly and Lee, 1969. 87 pages. Large Trade paperback. Photos and drawings. Intro by Mel Stotlemyre. Good+. Nice solid copy with much cover wear and two tiny splits at the top of the spine. Internally bright and clean. $2.95.

195666 BETTIS, Jerome with Teresa Varley. DRIVING HOME: My Unforgettable Super Bowl Run. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2006. 179 pages. Large Hardcover. Color photos. Includes DVD. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket with Near Fine DVD. Board corners lightly bumped. Tiny tear to top of Dustjacket at spine; mild creasing to Dustjacket edges. ISBN: 157243838X $14.95.

198562 BOE, Alfred (editor) et al. ARETE: The Journal of Sport Literature, IV:1 Fall 1986. San Diego State University, 1987. 202 pages. 1st printing, 1st edition. Trade paperback. Very Good+. Book is clean and tight. No names, marks or tears. $6.95.

198577 BOE, Alfred (editor) et al. ARETE: The Journal of Sport Literature, IV:1 Fall 1986. San Diego State University, 1987. 202 pages. 1st printing, 1st edition. Trade paperback. Very Good+. Book is clean and tight. No names, marks or tears. $6.95.

192679 BOND, Jim. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE TROPHY. Portland: Privately printed, 1952. 44 pages. 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. $8.95.

190943 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 mylar. ISBN: 0297819844 $25.

185120 BONINGTON, Chris. EVEREST: The Hard Way. London: Arrow, 1977. 352 pages. Mass Market paperback. Color plates. appendices, index. Very Good. Cover creases. ISBN: 0099159406 $3.95. Success on SW Face of Everest by Dougal Haston and Doug Scott, then again by Peter Boardman and Pertemba. See 'Neate 96'.

189140 BORIK, Otto. BUDAPEST GAMBIT. Collier Books, 1986. 100 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. A volume in the Macmillan Library of Chess series. Near Fine. Outside edges age-tanned. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0020175000 $11.95.

197148 BOSS, David and Jim Natal. FROM FIRST DOWN TO TOUCHDOWN: The Official NFL Beginner's Guide to Football. Gallery Books, 1990. 48 pages. Hardcover. Football dictionary. Illustrated. Good. Ink marks to several pages. ISBN: 0831794003 $9.95.

188125 BOTVINNIK, Mikhail and Yakov Estrin. THE GRUENFELD DEFENCE. [Defense]. Rhm Press, 1980. xvii+371 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Very Good+ but for felt-tip mark top of text block. Tight, solid and clean; no names, tears or spine creasing. ISBN: 0890580170 $9.95.

198492 BOYD, Ruth E. and Melissa J. Paul. THE ARABIAN HORSE BIBLIOGRAPHY. The Arabian Horse Trust, 1985. vi + 180 pages. Hardcover. Illustrations. Index. Near Fine publisher's cloth. $60.

189139 BRONSTEIN, David. 200 OPEN GAMES. Dover, 1991. xiv+240 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index. Translated by Philip Booth. Near Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0486268578 $6.95.

197619 BURGESS, Graham. CHESS: Tactics and Strategy. Ditson, NJ: Castle Books, 2002. 537 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated. Glossary. Appendices. Index. Fine in Near Fine nicked dust jacket. ISBN: 0785815163 $9.95.

187225 BURGESS, Robert F. SUNKEN TREASURE: Six Who Found Fortunes. Dodd Mead, 1988. xvi+334 pages. 1st printing / edition. 48 pages of photos. Appendix. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Bright attractive book, tight with no names or markings. Jacket has light wear at the corners, minuscule closed tear top front edge. ISBN: 0396088481 $9.95. Stories of the world's most famous and daring treasure hunters: Art McKee, Kip Wagner, Robert Marx, Burt Webber, Barry Clifford, and Melvin Fisher. By the author of 'Sinkings, Salvages and Shipwrecks'.

199111 BURRARD, Major Sir Gerald. THE MODERN SHOTGUN. Volume I. The Gun. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1950. 242 pages. Hardcover. 14 plates + text illustrations. Appendix. Index. Very Good blue cloth. Light rubbing to top and foot of spine. Former owner's name and bookshop label of Alberts Bookshop, Perth Western Australia. Interiors clean and tight. $50. Originally published in 1931, this is the first printing of the revised edition.

195525 BYRNE, Robert. ANATOLY KARPOV: The Road to the World Chess Championship. Bantam, 1976. 177 pages. 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.

195840 BYRNE, Robert. BYRNE'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF POOL AND BILLIARDS: A Cornucopia of Instruction, Strategy, Anecdote, and Colorful Characters. Harcourt & Brace, 1996. xii+259 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. Bibliography. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket in protective mylar. Light edgewear to Dustjacket at flap folds. ISBN: 0151001669 $14.95.

194155 CAMERA, Phil. FLY TYING WITH SYNTHETICS: Patterns and Techniques. Specialty Book Marketing, 1992. 190 pages. 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. Jacket has light edge and corner wear; and some light rubbing on rear panel. ISBN: 0896581748 $25.

187530 CAPABLANCA, J.R. (Jose Raoul). A PRIMER OF CHESS. Harvest / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. 281 pages. 1st Harvest printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Very Good. Bright tight and clean. Thin spine reading crease. Small stain bottom rear corner with little to no effect to the pages. No names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0156739003 $4.95. 'Systematic Instruction from beginning to advanced levels by one of the great players of all time'.

189927 CARMICHAEL, John P. Carmichael (editor). MY GREATEST DAY IN BASEBALL: 47 Dramatic Stories By 47 Famous Stars. Grosset and Dunlap, 1951. 250 pages. Reprint. Hardcover. Illustrated. A volume in the Big League Baseball Library Series. Very Good+. Tiny bump and tear head of spine. Clean, solid and bright, no names or markings. $9.95.

193917 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 $5.5.

193895 CARTER, Craig. THE COMPLETE BASEBALL RECORD BOOK. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1986. 301 pages. Large Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Light edgewear & name to front endpaper. ISBN: 0892042109 $9.95.

193890 CARTER, Craig; Tom Dienhart; Joe Hoppel. 1992 AMERICAN LEAGUE BOX SCORES AND OFFICIAL AVERAGES. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1992. 157 pages. Large Trade paperback. Very Good. Shelfwear & light staining to fore-edge. ISBN: 0892044527 $9.95.

188603 CEY, Ron. HOW TO PLAY THIRD BASE. [A Movie In Your Pocket ]. Follett, 1977. Not paginated. Short oblong trade paperback. Near Fine. Bottom rear corner has a small thin crease. ISBN: 0695808672 $12.95. Flip book with photos of Cey on each page demonstrating how to field 3rd base, with accompanying text tips.

188639 CHANDLER, Murray. SICILIAN 2 C3 :1 E4 C5 2 C3. (New Edition). Batsford, 1987. 128 pages. 1st printing this edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index. Very Good. Small clipped corner of the front endpaper (name removed), light age-browning of the page edges. Solid, tight and clean; marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0713456515 $6.95.

187528 CHARUSHIN, Victor. ALEKHINE'S BLOCK: The Tactician's Handbook, Vol. 1. Pickard and Son, 1997. 95 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Indexes of players and openings. Translated by Anatoly Lein. Near Fine. Appears unread. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or creasing. Basically as new but cover has light shelf wear. ISBN: 1886846065 $25.

195423 CHERNEV, Irving. THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE GAMES OF CHESS EVER PLAYED (62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy). Simon & Schuster, 1965. 277 pages. Reprint. Trade paperback. Multiple b/w photos and illustrations. Good+. Minor edge and corner wear. Text-edges browned. Slight splaying of covers. Spine cocked. ISBN: 0671215361 $25.

186679 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.

195602 CHRISTENSEN, Loren W. SOLO TRAINING: The Martial Artist's Guide to Training Alone. Hartford: Turtle Press. 2001. 303 pages., Third printing. Multiple b/w photos. Very Good. Covers lightly rubbed. Half-dozen pages with turned-down corners. ISBN: 1880336596 $13.95.

194254 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.

196022 CLARK, Roland. POT LUCK. A. S. Barnes, 1945. 101 pages. 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. $16.95.

185854 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 $2.95. 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.

185106 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 $1.95. History of cards, how players get on the cards, collectors and the art of collecting, rare cards, the Topps factory, error cards, etc.

198836 COHEN, Marvin. BASEBALL THE BEAUTIFUL: Decoding the Diamond. Links Books, 1974. x + 120 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good trade paperback; slight bend to top back edge. ISBN: 0825630304 $6.95. Introduction by Jim Bouton; illustrations by Paul Spina.

190267 COHEN, Shlomo. THE SEA I LOVE. Tel Aviv: Seapen Books, 1977. Unpaginated oblong Hardcover in illustrated boards that are plastic coated. 85 color photos. Very Good. Small gouge in spine, no dustjacket (as issued?). Small tear in plastic on back cover. $15.95. Some material in this book is also in THE RED SEA DIVER'S GUIDE.

194370 COMAN, Dale Rex. PLEASANT RIVER. Norton, 1966. 169 pages. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by the Author. Near Fine in Very Good clipped dustjacket. Dustjacket edge worn with small chips and tears. ISBN: 089272031X $12.95.

194060 CONAN, Neal. PLAY BY PLAY: Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League. Crown, 2002. First Edition. 242 pages. Hardcover in dustjacket. Dedicated and SIGNED by the author. Near Fine in Fine dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0609608711 $19.95.

194278 COOK, Beatrice. TILL FISH DO US PART. Morrow, 1950. 249 pages. Reprint. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Very Good / Good. Former owner's name penned on front endpaper. Text-edges with some yellowing and soiling. Jacket: 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.

193392 CRAMER, Richard Ben. JOE DIMAGGIO: The Hero's Life. Simon and Schuster, 2002. 436 pages. First edition. Hardcover. Multiple b/w photos. Index. Very Good+ / F. Fore edge with a small smudge. Front cover with 3,4 light smudges. Dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0684853914 $13.95.

201636 CRUDELLI, Chris. THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR: Martial Arts and Fighting Styles from Around the World. DK / Dorling Kindersley, 2008. Large Hardcover. First American edition. Color photos. Glossary. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Small tear to jacket. Else bright, tight and clean; no names or markings. $25.

189072 DAMSKY, Yakov. THE BATSFORD BOOK OF CHESS RECORDS. Batsford, 2005. 364 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Indexes. Translated by John Sugden. Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Unread. ISBN: 0713489464 $4.95.

194244 DELACOUR, Jean. THE WATERFOWL OF THE WORLD (Volume One). London: Country Life, 1954. 284 pages. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 7.5 x 10.25. Maps, 16 color plates by artist Peter Scott. G+ / Good. 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. Jacket has 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 mylar. $65.

186833 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. $17. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...the good ol' days, when bleachers were a buck! (And Tiger Stadium still existed).

193111 DIVINSKY, Nathan. THE BATSFORD CHESS ENCYCLOPEDIA. London: Batsford, 1990. 247 pages. 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. Jacket has lightly rubbed covers, & very light edge & corner wear - in protective mylar. ISBN: 0713462140 $21.

187529 DONALDSON, John. ESSENTIAL CHESS ENDINGS FOR ADVANCED PLAYERS. Chess Digest, 1995. 123 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of players. Fine-. As new but for a few tiny signs of shelf wear. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or creasing. ISBN: 0875682634 $25.

188144 DONALDSON, John. ICON (Inside Chess Opening Novelties): Sicilian Alapin, 1.e4c5 2.c3. Seattle: International Chess Enterprises, 1994. iii+96 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of players. Near Fine-. A few tiny signs of shelf wear. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 1879479222 $14.95.

189136 DONALDSON, John. MERAN DEFENSE. Seattle: Chess Enterprises, 1987. 111 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Very Good. Thin short razor cut front cover, name on front endpaper whited out. Solid copy, free of names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0931462649 $6.95.

186834 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. $20. 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.

188051 EARLY, Gerald. THE CULTURE OF BRUISING: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and Modern American Culture. Ecco Press, 1994. 285 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Notes. Fine in Fine- dustjacket. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears, price intact. ISBN: 0880013109 $4.95.

186687 ECKERT, Doug. SICILIAN SCHEVENINGEN: Keres Attack. Chess Enterprises, 1986. 126 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good+. No names, marks, or tears. ISBN: 0931462541 $16.95.

194056 ERICKSON, Hal. BASEBALL IN THE MOVIES: A Comprehensive Reference, 1915-1991. Jefferson: McDonald, 1992. ix+402 pages. Hardcover. Photos. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine. Small crease to top edge of one page. ISBN: 0899506577 $30.

182997 ERWIN, Phil (ed.). 1984 PITCHER AND 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'.

195460 EUWE, M. FROM MY GAMES 1920-1937. Dover. 1989. 232 pages. Reprint. Trade paperback. Multiple b/w illustrations. Good+. Light edge and corner wear. Slight yellowing of text-edges. Surface creasing on both covers. Copy bowed. ISBN: 0486231119 $14.95.

187541 EUWE, Max and Walter Meiden. CHESS MASTER v. CHESS AMATEUR. New Delhi: Tarang Paperbacks, 1989. 305 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good+ but for couple page corners turned down. Bright and clean, no names or markings. ISBN: 0706944097 $3.95.

187531 EVANS, Larry. CHESS CATECHISM, Including the Ten Best Games of the Modern Era. Simon and Schuster, 1970. 250 pages. Hardcover. Diagrams. Very Good. No names or tears. Lacks the dustjacket. Excellent reading or reference book. ISBN: 0671204912 $2.95. Nice collection, from seven Grandmasters, discussing chess openings.

193410 FAINARU, Steve and Ray Sanchez. THE DUKE OF HAVANA: Baseball, Cuba, and the Search for the American Dream. VIllard, 2001. First Edition. 338 pages. Hardcover in red dustjacket. Index. Near Fine in Fine dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0375503455 $11.95.

194462 FAIRBAIRN, Steve. THE COMPLETE STEVE FAIRBAIRN ON ROWING. London: The Kingswood Press in association with the Steve Fairbairn Memorial Trust, 1990. 574 pages. Hardcover. 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 and 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, and his mere presence among them was more than once responsible for turning defeat into victory'.

184861 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.

186643 FIELDS, Paul. THE BARCZA-LARSEN DEFENSE. Chess Enterprises, 1991. 109 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Fine. Appears unread. ISBN: 0945470177 $4.95.

186069 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 $4.5.

195367 FISCHER, Bobby; Stuart Margulies; Donn Mosenfelder. BOBBY FISCHER TEACHES CHESS. Bantam, 1978. 334 pages. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated with diagrams. Very Good+. Mild crease to spine; light wear to back cover. ISBN: 0553130536 $19.95.

195835 FISCHER, Bobby; Stuart Margulies; Donn Mosenfelder. BOBBY FISCHER TEACHES CHESS. Bantam, 1978. 334 pages. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated with diagrams. Near Fine-. Faint crease to spine; light shelfwear. ISBN: 0553130536 $20.95.

188651 FLEAR, Glenn. THE SLAV FOR THE TOURNAMENT PLAYER. Cadogan Books / David and Charles, 1988. 150 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of variations. Near Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0713456353 $8.95.

194266 FLING, Paul N., & Donald L. Puterbaugh. THE BASIC MANUAL OF FLY-TYING: Fundamentals of Imitation. 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.

187279 FOLEY, Red. RED FOLEY'S BEST BASEBALL BOOK EVER. 1990. Little Simon, 1990. 96 pages. 1st printing / edition. Large Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good. Solid copy with all 130 stickers present and unused. Bottom rear cover edge has a crease and small closed tear, last two pages have a little wood smoke on the bottom. ISBN: 0671694820 $1.95.

188629 FOLEY, Red. RED FOLEY'S BEST BASEBALL BOOK EVER. 1990. Little Simon, 1990. 96 pages. 1st printing / edition. Large Trade paperback. Illustrated. Near Fine. Bright, tight copy with all 130 stickers present and unused. No names, markings or spine creasing. ISBN: 0671694820 $3.95.

192632 FROMM, Pete. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN. Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 1994. 212 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 081170937X $10.95.

188355 GALLAGHER, Joe. BEATING THE ANTI-SICILIANS. Henry Holt, 1994. 160 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Diagrams. Index. Fine-. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread, gift quality. ISBN: 0805035753 $13.95.

193159 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.

183576 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 $2.95. Rates over 2,000 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.

185437 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 $4.95.

193914 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 $7.95.

183764 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.

195800 GILL, Harvey, with Richard Dungworth, et al. THE USBORNE COMPLETE SOCCER SCHOOL. Tulsa: EDC Publishing, 1998. 255 pages. First U. S. edition. Hardcover. Profuse color photos and illustrations. Fine. No dustjacket issued. ISBN: 0746029187 $25.

189071 GIZYCKI, Jerzy. A HISTORY OF CHESS. London: Abbey Library, 1972. 374 pages. 1st English language printing / edition. Large Hardcover. Profusely illustrated, some in color. Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Small name front endpaper. Bottom corner of the pages have a slight curl. Jacket has a small tear head of the spine, creasing along the top rear edge. ISBN: 0719600863 $16.95.

187163 Great Moments in Sports Editors. [Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey]. THE BEST FROM GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTS. Cape Magazine, 1961. 191 pages. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback. Very Good. Owner name stamped on front endpaper. Tiny corner creases to the cover, spine lightly caved. Solid and square. $3.95. Articles on Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey and many others.

197176 GREENFIELD, Arthur. ANATOMY OF A BULLFIGHT. Longmans, Green and Co., 1961. 115 pages. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Glossary. Index. Very Good in Very Good nicked dust jacket in protective mylar. Book plate to front endpaper. Light scuffing to Dustjacket. $11.95.

189215 GREFE, John. THE OFFBEAT SICILIAN: Unorthodox Ways to Win with White. Chess Enterprises, 1987. 51 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Near Fine. ISBN: 0931462703 $11.95.

189150 GREIF, Martin. 200 PERPLEXING CHESS PUZZLES. Sterling Publishing, 1997. 139 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Very Good+ but for gift inscription front endpaper. Cover has light edgewear. Bright, tight and clean; no markings or spine creasing. ISBN: 0806997273 $7.95.

194268 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 Dustjacket & other lesser edgewear. $14.95.

197023 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 $37.

188656 HARMAN, Ron AND Shaun Taulbut. WINNING WITH THE SCANDINAVIAN. Henry Holt, 1993. 145 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Bibliography. Near Fine-. Light top corner bend to about half the rear pages, light crease rear cover. Bright, tight and clean with light cover wear; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 0805029354 $7.95.

197719 HARRIS, Chris and Sue. ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LURES. Ramsbury, England: Crowood, 1993. 122 pages. Hardcover. Photos. Appendices. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 1852237376 $11.95.

193970 HEMMLEB, Jochen, with Larry A. Johnson and Eric R. Simonson. GHOSTS OF EVEREST: The Search for Mallory and Irvine. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1999. 203 pages. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 9 x 10 inches. Profuse color and b/w photos. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Dustjacket with light rubbing - in protective mylar. ISBN: 0898866695 $17.5.

192693 HENSON, Lou, with Skip Myslenski. LOU; Winning at Illinois. Champaign: Sagamore, 1989. 265 pages. Second printing. Hardcover. Multiple b/w photos. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. F / Near Fine. Dustjacket with some light edge wear. ISBN: 0915611244 $18.95.

184752 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. $3.95. With Ichiro Suzuki on the cover. Includes special photos from their great 1995 season, scattered throughout as 'break' pages between each section.

192712 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.

192713 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.

198233 HOFF, Felix. KYUDO: The Way of the Bow. Boston: Shambhala, 1999. 352 pages. Trade paperback. Glossary. Recommended reading. Very Good. ISBN: 1570628521 $11.95.

193377 HOLLAND, Lawrence. THEIR FINEST HOUR: The Battle of Britain. San Rafael: Lucasfilm, 1989. 192 pages. No edition stated. Spiral-bound trade paperback. Profuse b/w photos. Near Fine. Light edge and corner wear. $9.95.

193803 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.

194882 HORRY, John. THE HISTORY OF SQUASH RACKETS. Brighton: A.C.M. Webb, 1979. x+183 pages. Hardcover. Illustrations and photos. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0861890078 $9.95.

195420 HORTON, M. H. MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY AS SURVEYED IN LJUBLIANA 1969 (Complete With All the Games). U. K.: The Chess Player, 1969. 36 pages. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Publication No. 94. Very Good. Some very light cross-creasing along spine. Light fading on spine area. Covers with a bit of light soiling and staining. $9.95.

194267 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.

181663 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 $1.75.

190381 ISHIKAWA, Takahiko, & Donn F. Draeger. JUDO TRAINING METHODS, A Sourcebook. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1967. 324 pages. 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. Dustjacket 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. Dustjacket in protective mylar. $45.

188658 JACOBS, Byron. WINNING WITH THE BENKO. Henry Holt, 1995. 144 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Diagrams. Index. Near Fine but for bump top near the rear with resulting light crease top rear cover corner. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0805039082 $5.95.

187083 JAMES, C.L.R. CRICKET. Allison & Busby, 1986. 319 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Edited by Anna Grimshaw. Fine- in Near Fine dustjacket. Outer edges of the pages are age-browned (cheap paper). Jacket has minuscule tears top spine corners, touch of spine sunning. ISBN: 0850316774 $23. Chronological listing of 50 years of James' writing about cricket. James was also a left communist, an advocate of workers' self-emancipation and a social critic.

187259 JONES, Thom. SONNY LISTON WAS A FRIEND OF MINE: Stories. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. 312 pages. 1st British printing / edition, appears to precede the 1st US paperback (published in 2000). Trade paperback in dustjacket. Fine-, unread copy. Touch of wear along the bottom of the front cover. Jacket has a tiny minor ding on the back. ISBN: 0316472409 $5.95. Third book of short stories by this Washington resident who was in his 40s and working as a janitor when his stories began to appear. His experiences and the suicide of his boxer father in a mental institution provided some of the material for his fiction writing.

190294 JORAVSKY, BEN. HOOP DREAMS, A True Story of Hardship & Triumph. Atlanta: Turner Publishing, 1995. 301 pages. Hardcover. First edition. Photos. Like new. Dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 1570361533 $4.95. Book published after 'hit' movie.

194156 JORGENSEN, Poul. DRESSING FLIES FOR FRESH AND SALT WATER. Rockville Center, Freshet Press, 1973. 192 pages. First edition. Oversize hardcover, 9.75 x 10.25 inches. Profuse color and b/w photos and illustrations. Index. Very Good. No dustjacket. 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.

188655 KARPOV, Anatoly. WINNING WITH THE SPANISH. Henry Holt, 1994. 174 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of variations. Fine-. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 0805032894 $11.95.

189151 KEENE, Raymond and Byron Jacobs with Tony Buzan. MAN v MACHINE: The ACM Chess Challenge, Garry Kasparov v IBM's Deep Blue. B.B. Enterprises, 1996. 111 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Fine. No names, marks, creases or tears. Appears unread. ISBN: B000OLRME2 $6.95.

189135 KEENE, Raymond and David Goodman. MANEUVERS IN MOSCOW: Karpov-Kasparov II. NY: Collier, 1986. 124 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. A volume in the Macmillan Chess Library. Very Good. Pages edges are age-browned. Solid copy, no names, markings or spine creasing. ISBN: 0020287208 $7.95.

186688 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, creasing or tears. ISBN: 0713472448 $6.95.

188178 KEENE, Raymond. THE EVOLUTION OF CHESS OPENING THEORY: From Philidor to Kasparov. Pergamon, 1985. 220 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index. Very Good. Light spine creasing. Bright, solid and clean; no names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0080241271 $14.95.

195459 KEENE, Raymond. THE MOSCOW CHALLENGE: Karpov Kasparov. Macmillan, 1985. 140 pages. First edition. Trade paperback. Profuse b/w illustrations. Very Good. Light edge and corner wear. Pages yellowed. Covers with bit of discoloration. ISBN: 002028750X $14.95.

181647 KINSELLA, W.P. BOX SOCIALS. Ballantine, 1992. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Fine in Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0345377494 $4.95. Third novel by the author of 'Shoeless Joe', 'The Iowa Baseball Confederacy' and other baseball novels. Set in western Canadian small towns, ball fields, barns and bedrooms and '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'.

181648 KINSELLA, W.P. BOX SOCIALS. NY: Ballantine, 1992. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket but for tiny scrape rear of jacket. ISBN: 0345377494 $1.95. Third novel by the author of 'Shoeless Joe', 'The Iowa Baseball Confederacy' and other baseball novels. Set in western Canadian small towns, ball fields, barns and bedrooms and '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'.

193417 KLEINFIELD, Sonny. A MONTH AT THE BRICKYARD: The Incredible Indy 500. Rinehart Winston, 1977. 229 pages. Stated 1st edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Index. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0030177111 $11.95.

183184 KLINE, Richard. BODY BUILDING with Bar Bells and 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!). $4.95. Trainer to Hollywood stars including George Raft, Gary Cooper, Lloyd Nolan, Cary Grant and Fred MacMurray. 12 years physical director at Paramount Pictures. Instructions in six courses.

193979 KOEHLER, Jack H. THE SCIENCE OF POCKET BILLIARDS. Lacuna Hills: Sportology Publications, 1989. 262 pages. 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.

185738 KOLTANOWSKI, George. 100 CHESS TRAPS. San Francisco: Master Publications, no date [ca. 1959]. 6 pages. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Very Good. $10.95.

193613 KONIKOWSKI, Jerzy. THE ARKHANGELSK SYSTEM IN THE RUY LOPEZ. Chess Enterprises, 1987. 89 pages. Trade paperback. Index. English translation by Paul Janicki. Very Good. Top corner ever-so-lightly bumped. ISBN: 0931462673 $12.95.

186685 KOPEC, Danny [Daniel] with Rudy Blumenfeld. PRACTICAL MIDDLEGAME TECHNIQUES. London: Cadogan Chess, 1997. 128 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine. No names, marks, creasing or tears. ISBN: 1857441427 $11.95.

188659 KOTRONIAS, Vassilios. BEATING THE CARO-KANN. Henry Holt, 1994. 112 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Diagrams. Indexes of variations and partial games. Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Gift quality, appears unread. ISBN: 0805032843 $7.95.

187114 KOVACS, Laszlo M. SICILIAN: Poisoned Pawn Variation. Pergamon Press, 1986. 156 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover, glossy green illustrated boards. Diagrams. Bibliography. Near Fine. Covers lightly rubbed. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0080297552 $18.95.

189854 KRAKAUER, Jon. INTO THIN AIR: A Personal Account of The Mount Everest Disaster. The Illustrated Edition. Villard, 1998. 407 pages. 1st printing / edition. Largish square hardcover, white cloth. 250+ B&W photos. With a new Postscript by the author. Near Fine in Very Good illustrated see-through acetate dustjacket. Jacket has a tin tear bottom rear edge, a few creases and a vertical crease top to bottom of the front panel. Book is right, tight and clean; no names or marks. ISBN: 0375502807 $24. Survivor's harrowing classic account of summiting during the deadliest season in the history of Everest.

189219 KURZDORFER, Peter. THE TAO OF CHESS: 200 Principles to Transform Your Game and Your Life. Adams Media, 2004. 242 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Near Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks, tears or spine creasing. ISBN: 1593370687 $3.95.

183577 LaBLANC, Michael L. HOTDOGS, HEROES AND HOOLIGANS: The Story of Baseball's Major League Teams. Canton: Visible Ink Press, 1994. 581 pages. 2nd printing of the 1st edition. Oversize Oblong Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Foreword by Ernie Harwell. Near Fine. ISBN: 081039748X $2.95.

186681 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, creasing or tears. Appears unread. ISBN: 1857441575 $15.95.

188657 LANE, Gary. BEATING THE FRENCH. Henry Holt, 1994. 157 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of variations. Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Gift quality. Appears unread. ISBN: 0805032924 $12.95.

193402 LAPCHICK, Richard. SMASHING BARRIERS: Race and Sport in the New Millennium. Madison, 1991. 329 pages. Light blue trade paperback. Fine, but for gift inscription. ISBN: 1568331770 $9.95.

189126 LASKER, Edward. CHESS STRATEGY. NY: Dover, 1959. xv+282 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Very Good+. Rear cover has to thin lamination creases. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0486205282 $6.95. Principles of action above and beyond moves. Acclaimed by Capablanca, Keres, et al.

196727 LAWSON, James R. THE ADVANCED POOL PLAYER'S HANDBOOK. Manteca, CA: Cue House, 1993. 118 pages. Trade paperback. REVIEW copy. Near Fine. Stamped Review Copy on title page, back endpaper, top edge of pages. ISBN: 0945071914 $17.95.

197392 LAWSON, Victor E. AMERICA'S SWIMMING PRIMER. Padell Book Company, 1943. 90 pages. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated. 5 pages of interesting ads for books from same company. Very Good. Only minor wear and scuffing. $19.95.

189180 LEVY, David N. L. and Raymond D. Keene. HOW TO PLAY THE OPENING IN CHESS. Collins, 1974. 224 pages. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Diagrams. Index. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Jacket has a small tear head of the spine. Bright, tight and clean; no names or markings. ISBN: 0004105788 $11.95.

183181 LINDRUM, Horace. POOL SNOOKER AND 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 $3.95.

181359 LITTLEFIELD, Bill and Henry Horenstein. BASEBALL DAYS: From the Sandlots to the Show. Bulfinch, 1993. 151 pages. 1st edition. Large Hardback. Photo by Horenstein. Fine in Fine- dustjacket. ISBN: 0821219553 $1.95. The many faces and flavors of baseball's colorful culture, bright stars, tryout washouts, women's teams, old-timers, stickball contests on the streets of Caracas, etc.

186682 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, creasing or tears. ISBN: 1857441443 $17.95.

195845 LONG, Master Hei. IRON HAND OF THE DRAGON'S TOUCH: Secrets of Breaking Power. Boulder: Paladin Press, 1987. 104 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good. Light scratches to cover; tiny tear at spine heel; light staining to back cover. ISBN: 0873644344 $9.95.

199576 LUSCH, Ed. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO WESTERN GAMEFISH. Frank Amato Publications, 1988. 125 pages [+16 pages. color plates]. Large Trade paperback. Illustrated. Photos. Index. Light shelfwear. Very Good. ISBN: 0936608390 $7.95. Three sections are devoted to various species of fish (salmon, trout and char, warm-water gamefish) and a fourth section is organized by state.

195450 LYTLE, Horace. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR BIRD DOG. Dayton: A. F. Hochwalt Company, 1942. 224 pages. Hardcover. 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.

194251 MacDONALD, Alexander. ON BECOMING A FLY FISHERMAN. David McKay, 1959. 168 pages. Hardcover. Photos. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Light edgewear including a couple of small tears under a half-inch deep to top edge of Dustjacket. ISBN: B0006AVOEA $14.95.

185928 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 $8.95. 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.

197735 MARTIN, Craig [editor]. FLY-FISHING IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. Albuquerque , New Mexico: University of New Mexico 1997. 250 pages. Small Trade paperback. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine. ISBN: 082631290x $7.95.

194193 MARTIN, Milton Fox. TROUT LORE. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. First Edition. 93 pages. Large hardcover. Photos. Very Good in Good dustjacket in protective mylar. Top edge slightly soiled; inch-deep chip to back panel of Dustjacket and other less obvious chips and tears. ISBN: B0006APW2K $14.95. Photographs by Lawrence Madison.

196789 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.

189131 MASON, James. THE ART OF CHESS. NY: Dover, 1958. xii, 378p. Trade paperback. 448 diagrams. Bibliography. Revised and edited by Fred Reinfeld and Sidney Bernstein with a supplement 'How Do You Play Chess'. Very Good. Heavy wear along the spine edges, but clean and unmarked, no spine creasing. ISBN: 0486204634 $4.95.

189170 MASON, James. THE ART OF CHESS. NY: Dover, 1958. xii, 378p. Trade paperback. 448 diagrams. Bibliography. Revised and edited by Fred Reinfeld and Sidney Bernstein with a supplement 'How Do You Play Chess'. Very Good. Spine reading crease. Solid, no names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0486204634 $3.95.

181651 McCLUSKEY, John, Jr. MR. AMERICA'S LAST SEASON BLUES. Louisiana State University, 1983. 243 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Fine in Fine dustjacket but for ight fading along the jacket spine. ISBN: 0807111201 $2.95. Novel by an African American author, of a man trying to become Black football superstar, attempting a comeback from injuries and a faltering marriage. McCluskey wrote 'Look What They Done to My Song' and is a contributor to 'Black World'.

195983 McROBERT, Stuart. BRAWN: Bodybuilding for the Drug-Free and Genetically Typical. Nicosia, Cyprus: CS Publishing, 1993. 231 pages. Trade Paperback. Index. Very Good. Slight crease across middle of spine; light wear to covers. ISBN: 9963783805 $9.95.

188143 MEDNIS, Edmar. STRATEGIC THEMES IN ENDGAMES. (Second Edition). Chess Enterprises, 1991. 124 pages. 1st printing / edition of the 2nd edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Fine-. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks, tears or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 0931462940 $14.95. By a Grandmaster whose specialty is the endgame.

189127 MEDNIS, Edmar. PRACTICAL KNIGHT ENDINGS. Chess Enterprises, 1993. 188 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Fine-. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks, tears or spine creasing. ISBN: 0945470355 $6.95. By a Grandmaster whose specialty is the endgame.

189216 MEDNIS, Edmar. THE KING IN THE ENDGAME. Chess Enterprises, 1997. 104 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Near Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks, tears or spine creasing. ISBN: 0945470657 $24.95. By a Grandmaster whose specialty is the endgame. Adapted from his book 'King Power in Chess' (1982), focusing on the endgame.

200925 MILLER, Sasha and Ben W. Miller. GURPS WITCH WORLD: Roleplaying in Andre Norton's Witch World. Steve Jackson Games, 1989. First edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Good. Stain to fore-edge; bookplate inside of front cover; general wear to covers. ISBN: 1556341431 $14.95.

181065 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. Near Fine copy in relatively clean dustjacket with tears and small piece missing front. $8.95. Revised edition, containing new games, Marshall's best games, modern end-games and problems.

181046 MITCHELL, Greg. JOY IN MUDVILLE: A Little League Memoir. Pocket Books, 2000. 256 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated by Matt Galemmo. Fine in Fine- dustjacket. ISBN: 0671035312 $1. Humorous, sensitive account of father and son learning life amid trials and joys of youth baseball. We remember the first part, when does the second part happen? Film rights sold to Tom Hanks production company.

192293 MONEY, Keith. JOHN CURRY. Knopf, 1978. 224 pages. 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. Jacket has generally light edge & corner wear; a bit of rubbing - in protective mylar. ISBN: 0394501349 $34.

188604 National Baseball Hall of Fame. BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAMERS: Creating History. [Flash-Pack]. National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1995. 36 cards, boxed set of informative picture cards. Some duotone sepia, some in color. Fine set of cards in Near Fine illustrated card box. $30. First in a series of informative picture cards featuring Hall of Famers, designed to teach about the impact each member had on the evolution of the game. The set includes members from each era in the sports history.

198920 National Collegiate Athletic Bureau. 1953 OFFICIAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK. Extracts of the Official Basketball Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, 1952. 190 pages. Small Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Light shelfwear. A few check marks in pencil. $11.95.

198921 National Collegiate Athletic Bureau. 1954 OFFICIAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK. Extracts of the Official Basketball Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, 1953. 190 pages. Small Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Light shelfwear. Piece of transparent tape on cover, but no tear underneath. $11.95.

195884 NIELSON, Aksel J. BRIDGE WITH THE THREE MUSKETEERS. London: Kaye & Ward, 1978. 233 pages. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white diagrams. Very Good in Very Good clipped dust jacket in protective mylar. Light pencil markings throughout. Dustjacket has light rubbing and yellowing on rear panel. ISBN: 0718212010 $9.95.

189125 NIMZOVICH, Aron. [edited by Fred Reinfeld]. MY SYSTEM: A Treatise on Chess. David McKay, 1975. 372 pages. Reprint, the Revised Edition of 1947, edited by Fred Reinfeld. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Very Good+. Light scattered foxing top & a little on the fore-edge, and 1 faint spine stress crease. Internally bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0679140255 $14.95.

188810 NISENSON, Sam. A HANDY ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO BASEBALL. Permabooks, 1950. 189 pages. 1st printing / edition. Small Hardcover. Illustrated. Very Good-. Small penciled name and address on the front endpaper. Page edges lightly age-browned. Tiny splits head of the spine corners, tiny crack rear spine fold, light corner wear. $12.95.

194044 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.

194066 NUFER, Doug. 1990 GUIDE TO NORTHWEST MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. Sammamish: Sammamish Press, 1990. 147 pages. Trade paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0942381084 $14.95.

189683 O'NAN, Stewart and Stephen King. FAITHFUL: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season. Scribner, 2004. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Jacket shows light shelfwear. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears; price intact. ISBN: 0743267524 $4.95.

183987 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. $4.95. Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki on the cover. Dozen articles, profiling players, unsung heroes, prospects, Pat Gillick, Lou Pinella, chronology highlighting the season, etc.

196037 OBERRECHT, Kenn. THE PRACTICAL ANGLER'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL FISHING. Winchester, 1978. 276 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Gift inscription on front endpaper; spine dented. Dustjacket has yellowing and half-inch closed tear along top edge. ISBN: 0876912501 $12.95.

199117 OLMEDO ALVAREZ, Julio. LOS TOROS. Cidad Real: Perea Ediciones, [no date]. 110 pages. Large Trade paperback. Illustrated. Light shelfwear. Very Good. ISBN: 8477290512 $19.95. A collection of full-page color paintings and illustrations of bulls and bull fighting. Introduction in Spanish.

186285 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.

186494 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 $1.95. 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.

189034 PACHMAN, Ludek. ATTACK AND DEFENCE IN MODERN CHESS TACTICS. (Defense). David McKay, 1973. 248 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Indexes. Translated by P.H. Clarke. Very Good+. Small corner crease top corner of one page. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0679141006 $14.95.

190174 PACHMAN, Ludek. MODERN CHESS TACTICS: Pieces and Pawns in Action. David McKay, 1979. 216 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Indexes. Translated by P.H. Clarke. Very Good. Light spine reading crease, cover has light edge wear and a small closed tear bottom rear spine fold. Solid copy, no names, marks or tears. ISBN: 0679144021 $11.95.

184318 PAIGE, LeRoy (Satchel) as told to David Lipman. MAYBE I'LL PITCH FOREVER. University of Nebraska, 1993. 295 pages. 3rd printing. Trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0803287321 $5.95.

186678 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 creasing. ISBN: 1889323039 $6.95.

188319 PANDOLFINI, Bruce. THE BEST OF CHESS LIFE AND REVIEW: Volume 1, 1933-1960. Fireside Chess Library, 1988. 611 pages. 1st printing, 1st edition. Trade paperback. Index. Near Fine. Book is clean, tight and glossy; no names, marks, spine creasing or tears. ISBN: 0671619861 $16.95.

194280 PATRICK, Roy. TIE YOUR OWN FLIES. Privately Published, 1971. 149 pages. Tenth printing. Trade paperback. Profuse b/w illustrations. Fine. $9.95.

183528 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 $1.95. Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons. Covers his first year, and the difficulties of trying to make it to the bigs.

187535 PAULEY, Gilbert (ed.). NORTHWEST BASS AND PANFISH GUIDE. Seattle: The Western Bass Club, 1978. 191 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Very Good. Solid clean copy with faint damp stain front cover and slight effect fore-edge. $4.95.

200039 PEARCE, Michael. SPORTING CLAYS. Expert Techniques for Every Kind of Clays Course. Stackpole Books, 1991. 149 pages. Hardcover. Photos. Appendices. Very Good cloth in very good dust jacket. Jacket in protective wrapper. ISBN: 0811719146 $9.95. Expert trapshooting shooting methods.

182705 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Vol 74, #9, August 1980. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1980. Trade paperback. Very Good+. $1.

183484 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. $8.95.

183485 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 39, Number 1. December, 1946. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1946. 71 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Index. Very Good+. $11.95.

183486 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. $11.95.

183487 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. $11.95.

183488 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 42, Number 13. December, 1950. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1950. 78 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $11.95.

183489 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 43, Number 13. December, 1951. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1951. 96 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $11.95.

183490 PERIODICAL. THE MOUNTAINEER. Volume 47, Number 13. December, 1954. Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1954. 134 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good+. $11.95.

197322 PIEROTH, Doris. THEIR DAY IN THE SUN: Women of the 1932 Olympics. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996. 186 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated. Notes. Rosters. Bibliography. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0295975539 $14.95.

189495 POLGAR, Laszlo. CHESS: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games. Tess Press, 1994. 1104 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Bibliography. Introduction by Bruce Pandolfini. Very Good++. Spine is lightly caved, but no creasing. Bright, solid and clean; no names or markings. ISBN: 1579121306 $14.95.

193745 POLIN, Robert, and Michael Rain. PINBALL WIZARDRY: The Theory and Practice of the Art and Science of Pinball. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1979. 128 pages. 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 $70.

198402 POLIZZI, Rick and Fred Schaefer. SPIN AGAIN: Board Games from the Fifties and Sixties. Chronicle Books, 1991. 120 pages. Large trade paperback. Color photographs. Very Good. Small bump to corner, light shelf wear. ISBN: 0877018308 $8.95. From game show and television tie-ins, classics like Mentor, Operation, Clue, and Life, to much more esoteric games, a delightful collection of classic games and designs.

201002 PRESTON, Dave. MOTORCYCLE 101: A Common Sense Primer for Today's Rider. Seattle: Mixed Media Publishing, 2003. 132 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Fine. ISBN: 0974742007 $8.95. Common sense advice written with a good sense of humor.

194154 RADCLIFFE, William. FISHING FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. Burt Franklin, 1969. 468 pages. Reprint. Brown, cloth boards with gilt stamping on spine. 55+ b/w photos and illustrations. Index. Very Good+. No dustjacket. 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.

189133 RANTALA, M.L., Eric Schiller and Alan Watson. BILLY COLIAS, Midwest Master. Chess Enterprises, 1996. 190 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Diagrams. Chronology. Indexes. Near Fine. Front cover has small light label discoloration to the lamination. ISBN: 0945470568 $5.95. A collection of 101 annotated games by a young Senior Master who died in 1993.

193943 RATHGEBER, Bob. CINCINNATI REDS SCRAPBOOK. Virginia Beach: JCP, 1982. 151 pages. 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 dustjacket. Some minor edge and corner wear. ISBN: 0938694057 $13.95.

198077 REEMTSMA, Jan Philipp. MORE THAN A CHAMPION: The Style of Muhammad Ali. Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 172 pages. Hardcover. Notes. Bibliography. Boards in dust jacket. Very Good. ISBN: 0375400303 $7.95. A character study of the man and the way he came to reflect many of our own, deep cultural patterns - centering its narrative frame on Ali's legendary 1975 bout with Joe Frazier in Manila. Reemtsma also provides portraits of Ali's other great opponents - Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Ken Norton et al - as well as exploring Ali's choregraphy, style, and persona.

190340 REICHLER, Joseph L. THE GREAT ALL-TIME BASEBALL RECORD BOOK. Macmillan, 1981. 544p. Book Club edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. In protective mylar. ISBN: 0026031000 $8.95.

194947 REINARD, Ken. THE COLONIAL ANGLER'S MANUAL OF FLY FISHING AND FLYTYING. Lancaster: Fox Books, 1995. 106 pages. First edition. Trade paperback. Profuse color and b/w photos. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Very Good+. Minor edge and corner wear. Covers with light rubbing and related surface wear. ISBN: 1565230396 $14.95.

199575 REMUS, Timothy. HOW TO BUILD A CHEAP CHOPPER. Stillwater: Wolfgang Publications, 2004. 144 pages. Large Trade paperback. Color photos. Sources. Very Good. Slight warp to book body. ISBN: 1929133170 $14.95. 5 start-to-finish assembly sequences. Covers Sportster, Big Twin & Metric choppers. Over 400 color images.

193991 RETTALIATA, Janis. THE BALTIMORE BALLPARK PROJECT: The Creation of a Baseball Stadium. Baltimore: Janis Rettaliata, 1992. Unpaginated. No edition stated. Oversize trade paperback, 10.5 x 9 inches (oblong). Profuse color photographs by Janis Rettaliata. Inscribed & SIGNED by the author. Near Fine. Light edge and corner wear. $45.

194252 REYNOLDS, W. F. R. FLY AND MINNOW: Common Problems of Trout and Salmon Fishing. London: Country Life, 1930. xi+155 pages. Hardcover. 8 plates of line drawings by the author & diagrams. Index. Good. Three-quarter inch long tear to cloth binding at top of spine; board corners lightly worn. $19.95.

187562 RICE, F. Philip / Baird Hall / Mark Sosin / Mel Marshall / Joseph Bates, Jr.. LURES, FLIES AND BAITS FOR FRESHWATER FISH / FRESHWATER TACKLE / ANGLER'S SAFETY AND FIRST AID / FISH COOKERY / READING THE WATER. Outdoor Life Books, 1971. 5 separate books. Small Trade paperbacks. Illustrated. Indexes. Near Fine. Spines are a little darkened. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. $9.95. Five books together, saves a bundle on shipping. All Outdoor Life Take-Along Books. Uniform size and color, each with vinyl covers.

190787 RICE, Grantland & BRIGGS, Clare. THE DUFFERS HANDBOOK OF GOLF. Stamford: The Classics of Golf, 1988. Hardcover. Fine. $11.95.

198403 RICHARDSON, Mike and Sue. WHEELS: Christie's Presents the Magical World of Automotive Toys. Chronicle Books, 1999. 192 pages. Large trade paperback. Color photographs. Index. Very Good. Light edge wear. ISBN: 0811823202 $11.95. The history of collectible toy cars from 1890 to the present. Includes a section of collectors information, with glossary of terms, auction information, museums, etc.

190955 RIDGEWAY, Rick. THE LAST STEP: The American Ascent of K2. Seattle: Mountaineers, 1980. 301 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Hardcover. Heavily illustrated with color pictures. Fine in Very Good dustjacket in protective mylar. Light wear around edges, & scuffing on back panel. ISBN: 0898860075 $75.

201665 RITCHIE, Andrew. MAJOR TAYLOR: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer. Bicycle Books, 1988. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. 32 pages of photos. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Jacket has small chips and tears. Light foxing to endpapers and edges. Else bright, tight and clean; no names or markings. ISBN: 0933201141 $9.95.

189029 ROBERTIE, Bill. BASIC ENDGAME STRATEGY: Rooks and Queens. Cardoza Publishing, 2000. 144 pages. 2nd printing of the 1st edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Fine-. Light cover rubbing. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Unread. ISBN: 0940685892 $3.95.

189736 ROBERTIE, Bill. WINNING CHESS TACTICS. Cardoza Publishing, 2002. 2nd edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Near Fine. 2 tiny fore-edge spots. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 1580420753 $3.95.

194192 ROBERTS, Don. NYMPH FISHING LAKES: Formerly Flyfishing Stillwaters. Portland: Frank Amato, 1978. 74 pages. Large white trade paperback. Photos. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine. Light shelfwear. ISBN: 0936608420 $9.95.

194607 ROBERTSON, John. GUIDE TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. Dick and Fitzgerald, 1888. 308 pages. Reprint. Red, cloth boards with gilt stamping on cover and spine. Good. No dustjacket. Medium edge and corner wear. Spine slightly darkened. Front endpaper with lower corner torn away. Former owner's name penned on front endpaper and title-page. Text-edges browned. $40.

181104 ROBINSON, Sharon [Jackie Robinson]. STEALING HOME: An Intimate Family Portrait By The Daughter Of Jackie Robinson. HarperCollins, 1996. 243 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket but for felt-tip remainder line bottom. ISBN: 006017191X $4.5.

184060 ROGERS, Neal and Linda, Lefty Kreh and Stu Apte. SALTWATER FLY FISHING MAGIC. NY: Lyons and Burford, 1993. 156 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Hardcover. Over 200 color illustrations. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Near Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Inscription from previous owner on front end paper. ISBN: 1558212531 $19.95.

183100 ROSENBURG, John M. THE STORY OF BASEBALL: A completely illustrated and exciting history of America's national game. NY: Random House, 1964. 178 pages. Oversize Hardcover. Illustrated. Photos. Very Good without dustjacket. Rubbing on front panel. $1.95.

185309 ROTH, Allan (editor). WHO'S WHO IN BASEBALL 1961. NY: Who's Who in Baseball Magazine, 1961. 128 pages. 1st printing / edition. Small Trade paperback, red pictorial covers with Roger Maris on the front. Photos. 46th edition. Very Good-. Name stamp on front endpaper. Cover: Head of the spine has a small piece missing and a 1-1/2 inch split along the rear edge, tiny splits bottom spine edges; bottom front corner has two corner creases. Light scuffing all-around. The text pages are solid and free of any markings. $9.95. Lifetime Records of More Than 470 Players. Scarce.

185310 ROTH, Allan (editor). OFFICIAL COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK 1961. NY: Who's Who in Baseball Magazine, 1961. 128 pages. 1st printing / edition. Small Trade paperback, red pictorial covers with Roger Maris on the front. Photos. 46th edition. Very Good-. Name stamp on front endpaper. Cover: Head of the spine has a small piece missing and a 1-1/2 inch split along the rear edge, tiny splits bottom spine edges; bottom front corner has two corner creases. Light scuffing all-around. The text pages are solid and free of any markings. $7.95.

198133 ROY, Alexander. THE DRIVER: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World. HarperEntertainment / HarperCollins, 2007 326 pages. Hardcover. Boards in dust jacket. As new. ISBN: 0061227935 $19.95. The high-speed true account by the underground racer and seven-time road rally champion.

197712 RUDMAN, Steve; Karen Chave [editors]. WASHINGTON VS USC: September 22, 1990, Commemorative Centennial Edition. Professional Sports Publications, 1990. 176 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Very Good-. Light soiling to covers. $14.95.

184119 RUTH, Babe, Leo Durocher, Mel Ott and 44 Others, as told to John P. Carmichael, et al. MY GREATEST DAY IN BASEBALL. NY: Bantam, 1948. 247 pages. 1st printing / edition. Mass Market paperback. Bantam #500. Very Good+. Clean bright covers, but spine ends have tiny chips top and bottom. $3.95.

182897 RYAN, Nolan with Mickey Herskowitz. KINGS OF THE HILL: An Irreverent Look at the Men on the Mound. NY: HarperCollins, 1992. 243 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Photos. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0060183306 $1.95.

193881 RYAN, Will. SMALLMOUTH STRATEGIES FOR THE FLY ROD. Lyons & Burford, 1996. First Edition. 212 pages. Hardcover in green dustjacket. Illustrated. Photos. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Light edgewear to Dustjacket. ISBN: 1558213430 $12.5.

188653 SAPI, Laszlo and Attila and Schneider. SICILIAN DRAGON YUGOSLAV 9 Bc4. Collier / Macmillan, 1989. 220 pages. 1st Collier printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of variations. Near Fine. Long faint thin crease front cover. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 002029803X $9.95.

188654 SAPI, Laszlo and Attila and Schneider. SICILIAN DRAGON: Classical and Levenfish Variations. Collier / Macmillan, 1989. 245 pages. 1st Collier printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of variations. Near Fine. Outside edges of pages faintly age-tanned. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 0020298048 $6.95.

195834 SASAMORI, Junzo and Gordon Warner. THIS IS KENDO: The Art of Japanese Fencing. Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1970. 159 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated. Photos. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Very Good textured and embossed black cloth with minor edgewear in Very Good creased, clipped dust jacket. Label of former owner affixed to back endpaper. ISBN: 0804805741 $11.95. A fully-illustrated introduction to the traditional art of Japanese fencing, including the origin and history of kendo; basic principles and techniques; physical and psychological aspects; relationship between kendo and Zen; traditions regarding etiquette and techniques. Offers clear-cut descriptions of the most important strikes, offensive and defensive positions, and training exercises.

184639 SAYLES, John. PRIDE OF THE BIMBOS. Harper Perennial, 1992. 1st Harper Perennial printing, Trade paperback. Very Good+. Clean and tight, no spine creasing. ISBN: 0060974753 $2.95. Sayles's outrageous, poignant and hilarious first novel, about a circus sideshow softball team-The Brooklyn Bimbos-who play in drag at scraggly small towns across the South.

188093 SAYLES, John. PRIDE OF THE BIMBOS. Scribner's, 1987. 1st Scribner Signature edition. Trade paperback. Fine-. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0684188724 $3.95. Sayles's outrageous, poignant and hilarious first novel, about a circus sideshow softball team-The Brooklyn Bimbos-who play in drag at scraggly small towns across the South.

188674 SCHIFFER, Don (editor). [Mel Allen]. WORLD SERIES ENCYCLOPEDIA. [1903-1960]. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961. 256 pages. 1st Mass Market paperback printing / edition, paperback original (PBO). Illustrated by Willard Mullin. Introduction by Mel Allen. Good. Top darkened, cover has light wear all-around. Book is square and tight, no names, markings or tears. $1.95. Game-by-Game Highlights. Lifetime stats of all 1136 Players.

186683 SCHILLER, Eric. WORLD CHAMPION OPENINGS. Cardoza, 1997. 383 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine. No names, marks, or tears. ISBN: 0940685698 $5.25. 'The Definitive Guide to the Concepts and Secrets of Chess Openings as Played by World Champions'.

186684 SCHILLER, Eric. COMPLETE DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENINGS. Cardoza, 1998. 288 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Near Fine but for small splash stain on the fore-edge. No names, marks, creasing or tears. ISBN: 0940685914 $5.5. 'Cardoza Publishing's Essential Opening Repertoire Series'.

189134 SCHILLER, Eric. COMPLETE DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENINGS. Cardoza, 1998. 288 pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Indexes. Near Fine. Spine faintly sunned. Bright, tight and clean. No names, marks, spine creasing or tears. ISBN: 0940685809 $7.95. 'Cardoza Publishing's Essential Opening Repertoire Series'.

189195 SCHILLER, Eric. HYPERMODERN OPENING REPERTOIRE FOR WHITE. Cardoza, 1999. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Good. Bright and tight, but with a tiny deep bullet puncture affecting the last 2/3 of the book. Annoying defect, but text is readable throughout. No names, markings or creasing. ISBN: 158042015X $2.95. 'Cardoza Publishing's Essential Opening Repertoire Series'.

185436 SCHWARTZ, Larry. TOPPS BASEBALL CARDS OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS BASEBALL CLUB. Price Stern Sloan, 1991. Not paginated. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback, glossy blue cover. Illustrated with color cards. Near Fine. ISBN: 0843124563 $4.95. The Seattle Mariners, from 1977-1988. Memorable and not so memorable faces. Includes miscellaneous stats.

201775 SCOTT, William D. CHINESE KUNG-FU (KENPO): An Introduction. Charles E. Tuttle, 1976. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Photos. Index. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Light soiling to edges of pages. Jacket has slight wear to edges; spine panel is sunned. Else bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or jacket tears. ISBN: 0804811563 $16.95.

184039 SEATTLE MARINERS. YOU GOTTA LOVE THESE GUYS!: 1996 -- Slugging Their Way Into Baseball History. Seattle: Seattle Mariners, 1996. Video tape, 60 minutes. New, unopened in shrink wrap. $6.95.

184121 SEATTLE MARINERS. MARINERS MAGAZINE. Volume 4 Issue 1. 1993. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1993. 96 pages. Illustrated. Near Fine. $11.95. Sweet Lou: The Pinella Era Begins in Seattle.

184122 SEATTLE MARINERS. MARINERS MAGAZINE. Volume 2 Issue 2. 1990. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1990. 112 pages. Illustrated. Clean and tight Very Good+. $4.95.

185561 SEATTLE MARINERS. ON DECK: The 1986 Official Program and Souvenir Magazine of the Mariners. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1986. 88 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Very Good+. $10.95. Issued three times yearly. Ten Years of Mariners Baseball.

185562 SEATTLE MARINERS. ON DECK: The 1983 Official Program and Souvenir Magazine of the Mariners. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1983. 68 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Very Good+. $9.95. Issued three times yearly. The M's Agitating Skipper, Rene Lachman. Conversation with Seattle's 'Ancient Mariner', Gaylord Perry.

185563 SEATTLE MARINERS. ON DECK: The 1986 Official Program and Souvenir Magazine of the Mariners. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1986. 88 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Very Good. Light damp effect along the spine. $9.95. Issued three times yearly. Spike Owen, Mike Morgan, Manager Dick Williams. Includes someone's two scorecards for April 20 and 21, against the Twins and Athletics.

185564 SEATTLE MARINERS. SEATTLE MARINERS 1992 OFFICIAL PROGRAM and SCORECARD. Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1992. 60 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Near Fine. $9.95. Feature articles: Bill Plummer, The Outfield, Ken Levine, the Youngsters. Kevin Mitchell, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Jay Buhner on the cover. Score sheets from May 7 and 25th, against the Blue Jays and Orioles, laid in.

186827 SEATTLE MARINERS. ON DECK: The 1985 Official Program and Souvenir Magazine of the Mariners. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1985. 84 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Very Good+. $17. Issued three times yearly. New skipper Chuck Cottier, etc.

186828 SEATTLE MARINERS. ON DECK: The 1982 Official Program and Souvenir Magazine of the Mariners. (Seattle). Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1982. 52 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Very Good. Vertical crease middle of the magazine, tiny light stain front cover. $17. Issued three times yearly. Gaylord Perry, Todd Cruz, George Argyros, Rene Lachman, etc. Six Years of Mariners Baseball.

186829 SEATTLE MARINERS. SEATTLE MARINERS 1980 OFFICIAL PROGRAM and SOUVENIR MAGAZINE. Seattle: Seattle Mariners Baseball Club, 1980. 52 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Good. Staples pulling at the spine. $15. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...the good ol' days in the Kingdome!.

184205 SEATTLE MARINERS. [Randy Adamack, Tim Hevly, eds.]. MARINERS MAGAZINE: The Official Seattle Mariners Magazine. Volume 11, Issue 5, 2000 Post-Season Edition. Seattle: Mariners Baseball Club, 2000. 78 pages. Magazine, profusely Illustrated. Fine. Tiny bump top. $5.95. Ichiro, A-Rod, Edgar, Bones, Sweet Lou, etc. Includes full-page profiles on each member of the team, the season in review, and more.

184206 SEATTLE MARINERS. [Randy Adamack, Tim Hevly, eds.]. MARINERS MAGAZINE: The Official Seattle Mariners Magazine. Volume 11, Issue 5, 2000 Post-Season Edition. Seattle: Mariners Baseball Club, 2000. 78 pages. Magazine, profusely Illustrated. Near Fine, tiny crease bottom front corner. $4.95. Ichiro, A-Rod, Edgar, Bones, Sweet Lou, etc. Includes full-page profiles on each member of the team, the season in review, and more.

186830 SEATTLE RAINIERS. SEATTLE RAINIERS 1973 OFFICIAL SCOREBOOK. Seattle Rainiers Baseball Club, 1972. 18 pages. Stapled magazine. Illustrated. Very Good. Score card on the center foldout are filled in (Rainers win 7-1). Coupon on the last page removed Haffecting the text of a small article on page 17. $15. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...the good ol' days in Sicks' Stadium - General Admission a buck fifty, Box seats for 2 Buckaroonies!.

194068 SELZER, Jack. BASEBALL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: An Overview. Cooperstown: SABR, 1986. 26 pages. Stapled paperback pamphlet. Very Good. Slight bend to top corner. ISBN: 0910137242 $9.95.

193821 SHARNOFF, Lora. GRAND SUMO: The Living Sport and Tradition. Weatherhill, 1993. 241 pages. Trade paperback. Photos. Illustrated. Glossary. Very Good. Light bumping to corners. ISBN: 083480283X $9.95.

194194 SHEELY, Terry W. THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK ON WASHINGTON'S CLAMS/CRABS/SHELLFISH. Snohomish: Osprey, 1978. First Edition. 114 pages. Grey trade paperback. Photos. Illustrated. Near Fine. ISBN: B0006DYI2M $9.95.

194243 SHERIDAN, Jim, Editor. LYMAN SHOTSHELL HANDBOOK. Middlefield: Lyman Gun Sight, 1969. 160 pages. First complete edition. Paperback with Comb-binding, with subject tabs. Good. Heavy wear, especially along fore edge. Crease down middle of back cover. Some freckling along inside hinge of back cover. $25.

186798 SHIELDS, David. BLACK PLANET: Facing Race During an NBA Season. Crown, 1999. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fine in Fine- dustjacket. Lovely copy, bright and quite tight with just the slightest signs of shelfwear. Unread. ISBN: 060960452X $11.95.

200899 SIDWELLS, Chris. COMPLETE BIKE BOOK. Dorling Kindersley, 2007. Hardcover. Illustrated. Glossary. Index. Near Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names or markings. $14.95.

186644 SILMAN, Jeremy B. THE NEO-SVESHNIKOV. Chess Enterprises, 1994. 112 pages. 2nd printing of the 1st edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Fine. Appears unread. ISBN: 0945470134 $4.95.

190189 SILMAN, Jeremy B. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CHESS STRATEGY. Siles Press, 1998. xxiv, 360 pages. 13th printing. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Fine. Appears unread. ISBN: 1890085014 $8.95.

198854 SINGER, Bobby. THE BOBBY SINGER METHOD: The Complete Approach to Mastering the Skill of Playing Winning Blackjack. Phoenix: The Bobby Singer Method, 1987. 68 pages. Book bound in three-ring binder; second binder contains 6 cassette tapes. Illustrated. Includes two blank 'decision drill' worksheets. Very Good. Pencil annotations to two pages. All cassettes present and in good shape. $35. Covers the basics of strategy, card counting (and not gettting caught) and money management.

201691 SKOTIDAS, Tom and Kai Zee. PLYOMETRIC POWER: The Martial Artist's New Training Method for Explosive Power. TCP International, 1994. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Spiral-bound. Photos. Bibliography. Index. Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names or markings. ISBN: 1885083009 $30.

182599 SLATTERY, Marty. DIAMONDS ARE TRUMPS. Memphis: St. Lukes Press, 1990. 267 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Presentation copy, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Very faint foxing top, otherwise Fine- in Fine- dustjacket. ISBN: 0918518784 $2.5. Enjoyably sentimental baseball novel about life in the minor leagues. An aging player has bone chips in his pitching elbow and scars on his middle-aged soul.

188610 SMITH, Ken and John Dunn (editors; Chess Digest). NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE. Chess Digest, 1973. 82 pages. Stapled paperback. Diagrams. Very Good+. Cover lightly browned along the spine. Solid, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. $5.95.

187275 SMITH, Robert. HIT HARD! THROW HARD! The Secrets of Power Baseball. Little, Brown, 1977. 216 pages. 1st edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Good++ in Near Fine jacket. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom of the text block, card pocket, endpaper corner is clipped. Jacket is price clipped, small label on the spine. ISBN: 0316801542 $1.95.

188718 STEWART, Mark. THE ULTIMATE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO BASEBALL CARDS. Crown, 1993. 135 pages. 'Uncorrected Proof'. Publisher's promo sheet laid in. Very Good but for wood smoke on the front cover (no odor). ISBN: 0517880350 $2.95.

188630 SUGAR, Bert Randolph. HALL OF FAME BASEBALL CARDS: 92 Collector's Cards Authentically Reproduced In Full Color. Dover Publications, 1978. 16 pages. Large Stapled paperback, covers and card pages on stiff glossy card stock. Very Good+. Tiny crease top front cover. Price blocked. All cards present, none detached. ISBN: 0486236242 $3.95. Cards 'Perforated For Easy Detaching'. Reproduces cards front and back, most in color.

186689 SUMMERSCALE, Aaron and Claire. INTERVIEW WITH A GRANDMASTER. London: Everyman Chess, 2001. 144 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Near Fine. Thin crease top front cover corner. Bright and tight. No names, marks, spine creasing or tears. ISBN: 1857442431 $7.95. 'The Thoughts and Games of Some of the World's Strongest Players,' what makes them tick and how they have acquired the highest titles. Michael Adams, Yasser Seirawan, Nigel Short, Alexander Khalifman, Joel Lauter, Sofia Polgar, Julian Hodgson, Emil Sutovsky, and Jonathan Rowson are interviewed, along with annotated games.

188924 TARTAKOWER, S. and J. Du Mont. 500 MASTER GAMES OF CHESS. [Book I: Open Games; Book II: Semi-Open Games; Book III: Closed Games]. Dover Publications. xxv+665 [+iv] pages. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Appendices. Index. Three books, complete in one volume. Very Good+. Two vertical creases front cover. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0486232085 $8.95. 150 years of master play from 1798-1938, with much hard-to-find material. Fully annotated games by the world's greatest players.

190956 TAYLOR, Rob. THE BREACH: Kilimanjaro & the Conquest of Self. Sudbury: Kibo Press, 1981 254 pages. Special Presentation edition. Trade paperback. Numbered 742 out of 1000. Very Good+. Little bit of soiling on bottom of pages. Nice & tight copy. $20.

190957 TAYLOR, Rob. THE BREACH: Kilimanjaro & the Conquest of Self. Sudbury: Kibo Press, 1981 254 pages. Limited, Special Presentation edition, SIGNED by the author. Trade paperback. Number 742 of 1000 numbered copies. Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket in protective mylar. Faint fading around edges & spine of book. dustjacket is slightly wrinkled on front panel. dustjacket is price clipped. ISBN: 0698110862 $20.

194063 THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH. MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STARS: Volume III. Cleveland: SABR, 1992. 184 pages. Light green trade paperback. Photos. Very Good. Corners lightly bumped. ISBN: 0910137498 $9.95.

183163 THE SPORTING NEWS, Barry Siegel (ed). OFFICIAL BASEBALL REGISTER -- 1988. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1988. 576 pages. Trade paperback. Very Good+. Two tiny foredge stains. Nice tight copy. ISBN: 0892042656 $2.95. In-depth stats. Active players appearing in at least one game, Player movements, Major League Managers, Coaches, and Umpires all have short Baseball biographies....& more.

183424 THE SPORTING NEWS, CARTER, Craig (ed.). THE SPORTING NEWS BASEBALL GUIDE: 1993. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1993. 536 pages. 1st edition. Trade paperback. Index. Very Good+. Thin spine reading crease. ISBN: 0892044586 $1.95. 1993 season, with 'The Almanac of the 1992 Season', the season in review.

183872 THE SPORTING NEWS, CARTER, Craig (ed.). OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK: 1982 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1982. 464 pages. 1st edition. Small Trade paperback. Very Good+. Nice tight copy. ISBN: 0892040831 $1.95. The infamous Pete Rose, with Stan Musial, on the cover. Nolan Ryan on rear cover. Tim Raines pictured inside the front cover and Ron Davis inside the rear cover.

183873 THE SPORTING NEWS, CARTER, Craig (ed.). OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK: 1978 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1982. 576 pages. 1st edition. Small Trade paperback. Very Good+. Nice tight copy. ISBN: 0892040300 $1.95. George Foster on the cover. Sparky Lyle on rear cover. Lou Brock pictured inside the front cover and Willie McCovey inside the rear cover.

183162 THE SPORTING NEWS, Jeff Paur (ed). OFFICIAL BASEBALL REGISTER -- 2001. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 2001. 672 pages. Trade paperback. Very Good+. Bit of cover scuffing. Nice tight copy. ISBN: 0892046457 $5.95. In-depth stats. Active players appearing in at least one game, Player movements, Major League Managers, Coaches, and Umpires all have short Baseball biographies....& more.

183868 THE SPORTING NEWS, MARCIN, Joe (ed.). OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK: 1976 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1976. 560 pages. 1st edition. Small Trade paperback. Near Fine-. ISBN: 0892040068 $1.95. Rod Carew on the cover. Dave Lopes on rear cover. Brooks Robinson is pictured inside the front cover and Rennie Stennett inside the rear cover.

183869 THE SPORTING NEWS, MARCIN, Joe (ed.). OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK: 1975 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1975. 512 pages. 1st edition. Small Trade paperback. Near Fine-. Light rubbing bottom corners. $1.95. Lou Brock on the cover (stolen base king, with 118). Don Money on rear cover. Fergie Jenkins pictured inside the front cover and Mike Marshall inside the rear cover.

183870 THE SPORTING NEWS, MARCIN, Joe (ed.). OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK: 1977 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1977. 560 pages. 1st edition. Small Trade paperback. Very Good+. Light wear top rear cover corner. ISBN: 0892040181 $1.95. San Diego Padres' Randy Jones on the cover. Mike Schmidt on rear cover. George Brett pictured inside the front cover and Nolan Ryan inside the rear cover.

183871 THE SPORTING NEWS, MARCIN, Joe (ed.). OFFICIAL BASEBALL RECORD BOOK: 1979 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1979. 576 pages. 1st edition. Small Trade paperback. Near Fine-. ISBN: 0892040440 $1.95. The infamous Pete Rose on the cover. Gaylord Perry on rear cover. Jim Palmer pictured inside the front cover and Rod Carew inside the rear cover.

184251 THOMAS, Scott. LEVELING THE FIELD: An Encyclopedia of Baseball's All-Time Great Performances as Revealed Through ADJusted Statistics. NY: Black Dog, 2002. 555 pages. 1st edition. Oversize Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Index. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 1579122558 $3.95.

189985 THOMPSON, Hunter S. HEY, RUBE. Simon and Schuster, 2004. 239 pages. 1st printing / edition. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof, printed yellow covers, precedes the hardcover 1st edition. Near Fine. Faint touches, here and there, of shelfwear on the cover. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 0684873192 $120. Dr. Gonzo has his say agin: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness - Modern History from the Sports Desk.

193494 TOLES, George. WORLD CHAMPIONS: The Official NBA Sonics Yearbook. Seattle: Moore Publications, 1979. 160 pages. First edition. Oversize hardcover. Profuse color & b/w photos. F / Very Good. Jacket has a half-inch tear at top of spine panel; light edge & corner wear; & light wear to front & rear surfaces. $16.95.

188383 TOOLE, F.X. [James Ellroy, foreword]. POUND FOR POUND. Ecco Press, 2006. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Foreword by James Ellroy. Fine in Fine- dustjacket. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. Price intact. ISBN: 006088133X $9.95. Toole 'loved the fight game. He came to it as a non-writer and left it as the best boxing writer of his era.' - James Ellroy.

182487 TOPEROFF, Sam. SUGAR RAY LEONARD AND OTHER NOBLE WARRIORS. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1987. 212 pages. 2nd printing. Hardback. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. ISBN: 0070650039 $1.95. Author sees Leonard as the best to be said about boxing. Using his career as a touchstone, Toperoff brings an exhilarating perspective to the whole glorious, grimy, big-monied, media-hyped world of pro-boxing.

186686 TSEITLIN, Mikhail and Igor Glaskov. THE BUDAPEST FOR THE TOURNAMENT PLAYER. Henry Holt, 1992. 143 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Index. Near Fine. Short light stress crease front cover. No names, marks, or tears. ISBN: 080502431X $9.95.

194421 TUNNEY, Jim. IMPARTIAL JUDGEMENT: The 'Dean of NFL Referees' Calls Pro Football As He Sees It. Franklin Watts, 1988. 263 pages. Second printing. Hardcover. 21 b/w photos. Index. SIGNED by the author. F/Near Fine. Dustjacket with light edge and corner wear. ISBN: 053115095X $19.95.

199605 URQUIDEZ, Benny. KING OF THE RING: How to Use Your Gym Equipment and Other Tricks of the Trade. Pro-Action, 1995. 323 pages. Black and white photos. Trade paperback. Near Fine but for light wear on bottom. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0961512644 $14.95.

188650 VAN DER WERF, Mark and Teun Van Der Vorm. PLAY THE NOTEBOOM. London: Cadogan Books, 1996. 128 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Index of variations. Fine-. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 1857441087 $24.95. One of the most uncompromising and exciting defenses to the Queen's pawn. First major monograph on the Noteboom, explaining the main ideas and variations through the use of 47 illustrative games.

188652 VARNUSZ, Egon. PLAY THE CARO-KANN. Second [2nd] Edition. Maxwell Macmillan, 1991. 261 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. List of illustrative games. Diagrams. Index of variations. Fine-. Book has a slight buckle. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 1857440137 $11.95.

194250 VENIARD, John. FLY-DRESSING MATERIALS. Winchester, 1977. xiii+146 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with drawings by Donald Downs and 14 four-color plates of photographs. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Name embossed to half-title and title page; light edgewear to Dustjacket. ISBN: 0876912676 $11.95.

194766 VON Gassner, Paul. FIGURE AND DANCE SKATING. A. and S. Publishing, 1949. 190 pages. First edition. Blue, cloth boards with white stamping on cover and spine. Oversize, 8.75 x 11 inches. Profuse b/w photos and illustrations. Very Good. No dustjacket. Light edge and corner wear. Three half-inch stains middle of front cover. Very light edge and corner wear. Spine slightly cocked at one end. $30.

195421 WADE, R. G. MODERN CHESS OPENING THEORY AS SURVEYED IN IBM TOURNAMENT, AMSTERDAM 1970 (Complete With All the Games). U. K.: The Chess Player, 1970. 36 pages. No edition stated. Staple-bound pamphlet. Publication No. 106. Very Good. Some very light cross-creasing along spine. Light fading on spine area. Covers with a bit of light soiling and staining. $9.95.

187532 WAITZKIN, Fred. MORTAL GAMES: The Turbulent Genius of Garry Kasparov. Putnam, 1993. 302 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Jacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0399138277 $11.95.

194796 WALKER, Eric. THE SINISTER FIRST BASEMAN & Other Observations. Millbrae: Celestial Arts, 1982. viii+170 pages. First edition. Trade paperback. Foreword by Frank Robinson. Near Fine. Faint crease to front cover. ISBN: 0890873356 $121.

189343 WATKINS, Dave. 74-75 SONICS: Official Seattle SuperSonics Yearbook . Seattle Supersonics, 1974. 80 pages. Stapled paperback pamphlet. Photos. Very Good+. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or tears. $11.95.

198845 WEINBERGER, Miro and Dan Riley (editors). THE YANKEES READER. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. 255 pages. Uncorrected proof. Trade paperback. Near Fine. ISBN: 0395587778 $6.95. Contributors include Ernest Hemingway, Roger Angell, Richard Hugo, Red Smith, David Halberstam, Yogi Berra, Doc Ellis, Willie Morris, et al.

188660 WELLS, Peter. THE COMPLETE SEMI-SLAV. Henry Holt, 1994. 304 pages. 1st US printing / edition. Diagrams. Index of variations. Near Fine-. Inadvertent bumps has left one page faintly creased, light indent to rear pages and cover edge. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. Appears unread. ISBN: 0713471166 $8.95.

200905 WHITNEY, Eleanor Noss. A MAH JONG HANDBOOK: How to Play, Score, and Win the Modern Game. Charles E. Tuttle, 1969. Hardcover. Twelfth printing of the First Edition. Illustrated. Glossary-Index. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or markings. ISBN: B003V6TIX0 $9.95.

193916 WIGGE, Larry, Craig Carter and Carl Clark (Editors). OFFICIAL BASEBALL DOPE BOOK: 1980 Edition. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1980. 464 pages. Small trade paperback. Photos. Near Fine. ISBN: 0892040580 $7.95.

195445 WILKENS, Lenny. THE LENNY WILKENS STORY. Paul S. Eriksson, 1974. xiv+174 pages. Hardcover. Photos. Introduction by Father Thomas S. Mannion. SIGNED and inscribed by Wilkens 5/31/74. Very Good cloth in Good torn dust jacket. Top edge a little dusty; couple of pages nicked. Dustjacket has several closed tears under one-inch deep. ISBN: 0839750323 $14.95. An autobiography by the basketball legend.

197793 WILLIAMS, J. D. THE COMPEAT STRATEGIST: Being a Primer on the Theory of Games of Strategy. McGraw-Hill, 1954. 234 pages. First edition. Hardcover. Pictorial illustrations by Charles Satterfield. Index. Very Good. Small notation in ink to inside of back cover. $19.95.

190505 WILLIS, E. J. WASHINGTON SPORTSMAN'S LOG. Portland: Sportsman Publications, 1962. 95 page stapled paperback booklet plus 37 numbered maps. No edition stated. 3-pocket portfolio with edges stapled to form the pockets for maps & booklet. Good. Overlapped edges of folder worn & torn in places. 2-inch closed tear at top of spine. Maps with a couple turned-down pages. $17.95.

190506 WILLIS, E. J. WASHINGTON SPORTSMAN'S LOG. Portland: Sportsman Publications, 1962. 95 page stapled paperback booklet plus 37 numbered maps. No edition stated. 3-pocket portfolio with edges stapled to form the pockets for maps & booklet. Good. Booklet: corner wear, spine cocked. Overlapped edges of folder worn & torn in places. 1-inch closed tear top of spine & top edge. Maps with a couple turned-down pages. Staples beginning to rust. $17.95.

189138 WILSON, Fred (editor). CLASSICAL CHESS MATCHES: 1907-1913. Dover, 1975. 227 pages. 1st printing / edition. Trade paperback. Diagrams. Very Good. Thin crease rear cover. Internally bright and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0486231453 $19.95. 157 games from 19 matches as reported in 'The Year-Book of Chess'.

201798 WILSON, William Scott [translator]. IDEALS OF THE SAMURAI: Writings of Japanese Warriors. Black Belt, 1982. Trade paperback. Twenty-first printing, 2010. Translation and Introduction by William Scott Wilson. Illustrations. Bibliography. Fine. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0897500814 $7.95.

192049 WOOLSEY, Elizabeth D. OFF THE BEATEN TRACK. Wyoming: Wilson Bench Press, 1984. 208 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Photos. Glossary. Index. Fine with gift note. Good+ dustjacket in protective mylar. ISBN: 0961352108 $14.95.

184681 WULFF, Lee (ed.). THE SPORTSMAN'S COMPANION: A Compendium of Advice on How to Identify, Stalk, Fish and Hunt American Fish and Game. NY: Harper and Row, 1968. 413 pages. 1st edition. Hardback. Illustrated. Glossaries. Index. Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket, a few tiny jacket edge tears. ISBN: B00005WXU3 $4.95. Includes Ted Janes, Henry Lyman, Clyde Ormund, and Frank Woolner.

191584 WULFF, Lee (ed.). THE SPORTSMAN'S COMPANION: A Compendium of Advice on How to Identify, Stalk, Fish & Hunt American Fish & Game. Harper & Row, 1968. 413 pages. 1st edition. Large Hardcover. Illustrated. Glossaries. Index. Very Good+/Very Good+. dustjacket in protective mylar $8.95. Includes Ted Janes, Henry Lyman, Clyde Ormund, and Frank Woolner.

186677 ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY, Eugene A. THE ART OF CHESS COMBINATION. Dover, 1974. xvi+222 pages. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Translated by J. Du Mont. Very Good. Bright clean book, front cover has light wear along cover fore-edge, and two long thin stress creases. Solid copy, no names, marks or spine creases. ISBN: 0486205835 $9.95. Reprint of the 1940 edition, with corrections added.

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