Category: Sports (miscellaneous)

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Horse Show Programme (Program), November 9th-17th, 1962

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Royal Winter Fair : 1962

Seller ID: 015722

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

The programme for the 1962 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, held in Toronto. In addition to listing the times of events and the competitors, this contains an article on Arthur Godfrey and his horse Goldie, a fold-out detailing the 10 courses and jumps, messages from various dignitaries, information on the terminology of horse shows, a multitude of advertisements, and more. 212 pages (including indices), blank notes pages, copiously illustrated. Some edgewear, handling wear, 3/8" tear to top edge of back cover. Internally tight and clean, with no previous owner's markings. Uncommon.
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AINSLIE'S JOCKEY BOOK The Relationship of Jockeys to the Winning and Losing of Horse Races

By: Ainslie, Tom

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Trident Press

Seller ID: 012761

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

In comprehensive fashion the author "shows how the trainer's choice of jockey relates to all the other aspects of handicapping." Black boards w/illustration in blind, orange cloth backstrip w/black spine lettering, 145 pages. Father's Day gift inscription to previous owner, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, a bit of wear to corners/spine ends, two short tears to bottom spine, moderate general wear. Dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve.
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Wills Cricket Diary 1987-88

By: Anonymous

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Calcutta, ITC Limited/Wills : 1987

Seller ID: 014337

ISBN-13: 9780861318377

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

An unused diary w/a wealth of personal and statistical information and photographs concerning the world's best cricket players. Unpaginated. Uncommon.
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Thanks to Rugby (initialed by author)

By: Beaumont, Bill

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Stanley Paul/Hutchinson Publishing Group : 1982

Seller ID: 015027

ISBN-13: 9780091507503

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

One of modern rugby's most famous players relates his life story. Initialed by Beaumont ("See you in NZ/BB") on title page. Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 208 pages, illustrated. Bent corners, bumped spine ends, mild slant, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light rubbing, scratches, some corner wear.
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THE PLATE, A Royal Tradition (signed/numbered)

By: Cauz, Louis E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Toronto, Deneau Publishers & Company Limited/The Ontario Jockey Club : 1984

Seller ID: 012656

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A complete and detailed history (until 1984, at any rate) of North America's oldest horse race. Provides the details of each race, comprehensive lists of Plate starters, winners, jockeys, trainers, sires, and much else. This edition limited to 500 numbered and signed slipcased copies, of which this is #61. Brown cloth w/burgundy cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 301 pages, illustrated. Light general wear, in lightly soiled slipcase. A nice copy of an impressive title. A heavy book, so additional postage will be required.
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Modern Skien

By: de Bruine, R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Elsevier Pockets A14 : 1959

Seller ID: 016411

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good to Very Good

Dutch-language text. 159 pages (including list of ski slopes, terminology), illustrated. Moderate edgewear, impressions, mild spine roll, tanning. Internally tight (will require careful handling, though, since the binding has undoubtedly dried over the past half-century plus, and careless opening will probably cause it to split).
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The Dodge Book of Performance Cars

By: Engel, George S. (editor) (produced by Lyle Kenyon Engel)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Pocket 95058 : 1967

Seller ID: 016912

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback original. Contains information on Don Garlits, Don White, Lee Roy Yarbrough, Bud Faubel, Bobby Harrop, Dave Strickler, Roger Lindamood, Ramchargers, Cotton Owers, Danny Ongais, Dave Pearson, A.J. Foyt, Sam McQuagg, Art Malone, Dick Landy, and The Smoke Eaters, with "inside stories of such great cars as The Turbo-Honker, The Cotton Picker, Little Red Wagon, Color Me Gone, The Yankee Peddler, The Hustler, The Original Dependable, The Flying Carpet, The Candymatic, The Swamp Rat, The Mangler, The Dragmaster Dart, The Flying Barn Door, and King Goat." Bill France, president of NASCAR and...
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ELITE, The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, Le Temple de la Renommee sportif du Nouveau-Brunswick

By: Folster, David

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Fredericton, The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame : 1983

Seller ID: 010946

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

#11 of a limited edition of 100 copies. A very scarce edition of a publication honouring a variety of New Brunswick, Canada, athletes from all areas of sport, both professional and amateur. Athletes include Earle B. Avery, Hilton Belyea, Jack Burke, Robert Copp, Gordie Drillon, Yvon Durelle, Arthur Finnamore, Charles Gorman, Peter C. Kelly, Sybil Beatteay Mitchell, H. Sigurd Nielsen, Clement O'Connor, the Paris Crew, Margaret Purdy, the Saint John Trojans basketball team, the Sussex Amateur Athletic Association, the Thistle Curling Team, Mable Thomson, the UNB basketball team from 1945, UNB ru...
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PLAYING THROUGH, A Year of Life and Links Along the Scottish Coast

By: Gillespie, Curtis

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada/Random House of Canada : 2002

Seller ID: 013741

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st printing w/complete number sequence. The author chronicles "the year he spent with his family among the gorse, heather, and golfers of Gullane, Scotland, a town of a few thousand people east of Edinburgh, and the site of the 2002 British Open Championship." Blue boards w/white spine lettering, 311 pages + acknowledgements), map end papers. Lightly rubbed dust jacket w/thin scratches. An unread copy.
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PREFERRED LIES, A Journey to the Heart of Scottish Golf (inscribed & signed)

By: Greig, Andrew

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson : 2006

Seller ID: 018268

ISBN-13: 9780297848356

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

After surviving a serious illness, a man renews his acquaintance with golf, travelling "to 18 courses on his road to recovery, from the wild, sheep-tended links of Orkney and Iona, to industrial Bathgate and to the more celebrated fairways of Scotland's great links courses." Inscription reads: "To David -- who plays and understands/the game from boyhood!/All best,/Andrew Greig." Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, illustrated pastedowns, map end papers, 279 pages + a page of website links to courses played. Gently bumped spine ends, bumped bottom left corner of back cover, in lightly rubbed dust...
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CAPTAIN FOR LIFE and other temporary assignments (signed)

By: Harkes, John, with Denise Kiernan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chelsea, Sleeping Bear Press : 1999

Seller ID: 015613

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The first American to play in soccer in the English Premier League tells his story. Black cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 228 pages (including photo credits), illustrated. Bumps to spine ends/bottom edge/bottom corners, in rubbed dust jacket w/a few impressions/thin scratches.
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Spirit of '77, Jeux Canada Games '77

By: Keough, Marje (edited by Dee Murphy)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Amateur Sports Federation : 1977

Seller ID: 016627

Binding: Spiral Bound Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

An account of the 1977 Canada Summer Games held in St. John's, Newfoundland, in August of 1977. Contains a complete history of the 1977 Canada Summer Games, including team members and medal winners. Unpaginated, illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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The Struggle for Canadian Sport (inscribed & signed)

By: Kidd, Bruce

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Toronto & Buffalo & London, University of Toronto Press : 1999

Seller ID: 015268

ISBN-13: 9780802076649

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"Winner of the 1997 North American Society for Sports History book award and an honourable mention for the Canadian Historical Association's 1997 Sir John A. Macdonald Prize." An ambitious undertaking detailing the social history of Canadian sport. Inscription reads: "For Sally,/in admiration and/friendship. All the/very best for Salt Lake/City./Bruce." The Sally in question is Sally Rehorick of Fredericton, New Brunswick, who served as Canada's Chef de Mission for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. 323 pages (including notes, credits, index), illustrated. Moderate general readi...
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The Five Circles

By: May, Barbara

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Toronto, Thomas Allen : 1958

Seller ID: 019246

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

This one "tells the true story of Cilroy, a Canadian half-bred hunter, who accomplished what most of the world's greatest horsemen believed impossible, and in doing so helped bring a coveted award to Canada." May takes a bit of liberty with the story, telling it in the horse's voice. Yellow covers w/blue lettering to front cover/spine, 160 pages (including glossary). Gently bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, tanned/lightly soiled edges, a couple of turned corners, rust stains (from paper clips) to top of front pastedown/first end paper and, in varying degrees, to tops of several pages,...
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Journal of Popular Culture: SPORTS: A Social Scoreboard

By: Snyder, Eldon E. (editor)

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press : 1975

Seller ID: 011294

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A collection of essays intended "to highlight sport as a metaphoric scoreboard that reflects and records the 'game of social life.'" Contributors include the editor, George Moss, Benjamin Lowe & Mark H. Payne, Rudolf K. Haerle, Jr., Christian Messenger, Randy Roberts, Ron Cummings, Kevin Kerrane, and Max Webb. 107 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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Soccer

By: Waters, Earle C., Paul E. Hawk, and John Y. Squires

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Anapolis, United States Naval Institute : 1961

Seller ID: 013992

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The authors present "an up-to-date manual that would meet the requirements of soccer coaches and players in every stage of development." Navy cloth w/white lettering to front cover/spine, 172 pages (including glossary, appendixes, index), illustrated. Previous owner's name/address to top of front pastedown, moderate general wear, in moderately worn dust jacket.
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Guide to Racing Cars

By: Yates, Brock

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Sterling Publishing : 1962

Seller ID: 013979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Yates provides a guide to "the lingo of the track," the classification of cars, the sport's development, the prize races, and much more. Blue leatherette w/red illustration to front cover, red spine lettering, 144 pages (including index), illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends/edges, in price-clipped, worn dust jacket.
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The Golden Age of Canadian Figure Skating

By: Young, David

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Summerhill Press : 1984

Seller ID: 015168

ISBN-13: 9780920197042

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"This book is the story of Canada's thirteen gold medalists, their fellow competitors, and the skating pioneers who blazed the way in the early years." Barbara Ann Scott association copy. Taped onto the front end paper is a small piece of lined paper torn from a spiral notebook, on which is written, "With best wishes/Barbara Ann Scott." 200 pages (including index), illustrated. Previous owner's name/date on front end paper.
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A Century of Curling in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1854-1954

By: Young, Rev. Dr. George M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Fredericton Curling Club : 1954

Seller ID: 013547

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Published in celebration of the Fredericton Curling Club's one hundredth anniversary. 56 pages, illustrated. Soiled covers, bits of paper stuck to same (presumably from a missing dust jacket), gift inscription to previous owner, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Sports Stories

By: Young, Scott

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, The Ryerson Press : 1965

Seller ID: 015545

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of 49 of the author's "best sports columns and features from the Globe and Mail," covering the Grey Cup, Nick Weslock, Danny Murtaugh, Eddie Shack, and a whole passel of others. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 165 pages. Rubbed dust jacket w/light rubbing, thin scratches, 1/2" tear to top edge of front panel.
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Category: Sports (miscellaneous)