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By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, Royal Winter Fair: 1962
Seller ID: 015722
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. View more info
By: Ainslie, Tom
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Trident Press:
Seller ID: 012761
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, dust jacket illustration by Paul Bacon. 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 geneal wear. Dust jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. View more info
By: Anonymous
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Calcutta, ITC Limited/Wills: 1987
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014337
ISBN: 0 86131 837 4
Condition: Good
An unused diary w/a wealth of personal and statistical information and photographs concerning the world's best cricket players. Unpaginated. Uncommon. View more info
By: Beaumont, Bill
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Stanley Paul/Hutchinson Publishing Group: 1982
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 015027
ISBN: 0 09 150750 2
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. View more info
By: Cauz, Louis E.
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Toronto, Deneau Publishers & Company Limited/The Ontario Jockey Club: 1984
Edition: Limited Edition
Inscription: Signed & Numbered by Author
Seller ID: 012656
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. View more info
By: de Bruine, R.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Elsevier Pockets A14: 1959
Seller ID: 016411
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, and careless opening will probably cause it to split). Uncommon. (C/BT) View more info
By: Engel, George S. (editor) (produced by Lyle Kenyon Engel)
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Pocket 95058: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016912
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 ... View more info
By: Fison, R.Y., and R.L. Hollands
Price: $11.00
Publisher: London, Nicholas Kaye: 1951
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009269
Condition: Good to Very Good
England's captain from 1932 to 1934, "one of the greatest players of the 1930s," and the hockey correspondent of the 'Sunday Times,' "one of the best writers and thinkers on the game," here combine their efforts to produce a book covering all aspects of the game of field hockey, beginning with a brief history, to the principles of the game, the various positions of the players, tactics, and much else; Introduction by T.L. Rowan; grey cloth, 158 pgs., illustrated; some sunning to top edge of front cover, faint cover soil, dusty/lightly soiled edges, moderate general wear; View more info
By: Folster, David
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Fredericton, The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame: 1983
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 010946
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 ... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada/Random House of Canada: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 013741
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." This copy signed (on title page) by Gillespie. Blue boards w/white spine lettering, 311 pages (+ Acknowledgements), map end papers. Lightly rubbed dust jacket w/thin scratches. An unread copy. View more info
By: Greig, Andrew
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Inscribed & signed by Greig, on title page
Seller ID: 018268
ISBN: 0297848356
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... View more info
By: Harkes, John, with Denise Kiernan
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Chelsea, Sleeping Bear Press: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 015613
ISBN: 1-866947-49-X
Condition: Very Good
The first American to play in soccer in the English Premier League tells his story. Signed by Harkes on front end paper. 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. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fredericton, Department of Agriculture, Province of New Brunswick: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 016253
Condition: Good
A look at the struggling harness racing industry in New Brunswick in 1988. The report was compiled during Alan R. Graham's stint as agriculture minister. Photocopied typscript, unpaginated. This item is heavier than the average book, so additional postage will probably be required. View more info
By: Keough, Marje (edited by Dee Murphy),
Price: $45.00
Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Amateur Sports Federation: 1977
Seller ID: 016627
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. An uncommon item. View more info
By: Kidd, Bruce
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto & Buffalo & London, University of Toronto Press: 1999
Edition: 3rd edition
Inscription: Inscribed & Signed by Author
Seller ID: 015268
ISBN: 0-8020-7664-5
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. This copy inscribed and signed by Kidd on title page. 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 ... View more info
By: McKnight, Bob
Price: $5.00
Publisher: New York, Pageant Press: 1952
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008945
Condition: Good
assuring the reader that it's possible to make a living by betting on the ponies, the author, "who knows all there is to know about the track, has written a realistic, authoritative, down-to-earth guide to racing."; black cloth, 118 pgs.; slant, edge foxing, moderate general wear; dj w/sunned spine, chipping, piece torn from top left corner of front panel/top spine, sticker pull to bottom spine, rubbing, impressions, general wear; View more info
By: Perry, Ronald H.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, J.M. Dent & Sons: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 018278
Condition: Good to Very Good
An authority on canoeing offers "Hints for the beginner and suggestions for the expert." 66 pages (including bibliography), foreword by Taylor Statten. The flaws are not significant, but hey, we'll list them for you, since we don't want to be one of those lazy dilettantes who tell you that a book *may* have an issue, or *might* be possessed of that flaw or other, or *could* be a former library book or somesuch. Moderate edgewear, a little wear to corners/spine ends, circular stain (probably the ubiquitous coffee cup) to front cover, light general wear. View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Company: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014257
Condition: Good to Very Good
Wraps edition published simultaneously with the hardcover. From pioneers such as Jackie Robinson and Willie O'Ree and Althea Gibson, to icons such as Muhammad Ali and Walter Payton and Jim Brown, this is "a sweeping and comprehensive look at black athletes in American sports." Contains hundreds of action photographs celebrating "close to 1,000 personalities, from the early days of organized sports in the late nineteenth century to the present." 435 pages (including Index). A bit of spine roll, some edgewear, impressions, moderate general wear. Internally tight and clean. View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Bowling Green University Popular Press: 1975
Seller ID: 011294
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; cover by J. Michael Huffman; 107 pages, illustrated; moderate general wear; View more info
By: Waters, Earle C., Paul E. Hawk, and John Y. Squires
Price: $9.50
Publisher: Anapolis, United States Naval Institute: 1961
Edition: 3rd edition
Seller ID: 013992
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. View more info
By: Yates, Brock
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Sterling Publishing: 1962
Seller ID: 013979
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. View more info
By: Young, David
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Toronto, Summerhill Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015168
ISBN: 0-920197-04-3
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, cover illustration by Janet Wilson. Previous owner's name/date on front end paper. View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Fredericton, Fredericton Curling Club: 1954
Seller ID: 013547
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. View more info
By: Young, Scott
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Toronto, The Ryerson Press: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015545
Condition: Very Good
A collection of forty-nine 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. View more info
