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Last Updated January 13, 2012


1. Badsworth. THE LAWS AND PRINCIPLES OF BRIDGE WITH CASES AND DECISIONS REVIEWED AND EXPLAINED.. New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. 1st Edition. 283 pages. 1903 first edition. Red cloth covers with gold illustrated front cover and gold title on the spine. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. A clean and tight copy of the scarce first edition. $150.00

2. Bonder, James B. HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL COACH.. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1960. 208 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. $4.95

3. Boyden, Elizabeth. CONTRACT BRIDGE OF 1930.. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. , 1929. Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn else near VG dust jacket. $15.00

4. Foster, R.F. ROYAL AUCTION BRIDGE.. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912. 346 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Faded spots to the bottom of the front and back covers. The dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edge and some browning. $14.00

5. Fuoss, Donald E. QUARTERBACK GENERALSHIP AND STRATEGY.. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1958. 154 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. Underlining. There is quite a bit of underlining scattered throughout the text. $4.00

6. Healey, William Albert. COACHING AND MANAGING HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.. Danville, Illinois: Interstate Printers & Publishers, 1952. 260 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $3.35

7. Heyliger, William; (illustrator), Louis G. Schroeder. Stan Kent, Varsity Man.. Saalfield, Publishing, 1936. Softbound flexible covers. The text block is cracking, but still holding together. Some warping to covers and slight cocking to the spine. Light soiling to the front cover. Contents complete. $5.00

8. Holgate, James. FUNDAMENTAL FOOTBALL.. New York: Ronald Press Company, 1958. 100 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. Some pencil scribblings on outside covers, and there are pen scribblings on the front inside endpaper and paste-down. No text pages are marked. $9.25

9. Huff, Sam. DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL.. New York: Ronald Press Company, 1963. 117 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips to the edges. $28.50

10. Lee, F.J. THE COMPLETE CHESS-GUIDE.. New York: Frederick Warne, Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and corners. A few discolored spots and soiled spots to the binding. Corners slightly bumped. $9.95

11. Lewis, Dio. NEW GYMNASTICS FOR MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN.. Boston: Fields, Osgood and Company, 1869. 286 pages. Heavy shelf wear to the binding. The top and bottom of the spines have pieces of cloth missing. Corners and board edges are rubbed and there is discoloration and fading to the covers. Some scattered foxing to the pages. Binding is tight. Illustrated with diagrams throughout. $29.95

12. Mestre, Neville de. The Mathematics of Projectiles in Sport.. Cambridge University Press, 1990. 188 pages. Glossy softbound covers. Light shelf wear to the edges of the covers. $17.00

13. Mihori, Fukumensi. JAPANESE GAME OF "GO".. [n.p.]: Japanese Board of Tourist Industry, 1939. 76 pages. Flexible stiff paper covers. Ex-library copy, with library marks and card pocket inside back cover. Shelf wear to the spine and the edges. Text block starting to crack in the middle, but still holding together. $15.00

14. O'Connor, W. Harold. COACH' S GUIDE TO WINNING HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD.. West Nyack, New York: Parker Publishing Co., 1965. 236 pages. Shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. $5.00

15. Patrick, Lucille Nichols. THE CANDY KID:. Cheyenne, Wyoming: Flintlock Pub. Co, 1969. 179 pages. Signed by the author. Slight shelf wear to the spine and corners. The dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges and some soiling. $55.00

16. Pelts, Roman & Lev Alburt. Comprehensive Chess Course. Volumes I & II. How to Teach Chess to Beginning and Intermediate Players.. New York: Lev Alburt, 1988. 448 pages. Large softbound covers. The back cover has a crease at the top corner from being bent. Overall near very good condition. $5.75

17. Renick, Marion. CHAMPION CADDY.. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. 131 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. Scarce in dust jacket. $12.00

18. Reshevsky, Samuel. RESHEVSKY ON CHESS, THE US CHAMPION TELLS HOW HE WINS.. New York: Chess Review, 1948. 272 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. $15.00

19. Sanders, Everett L.. THE BLUE BOOK OF SPORTS, SPORT CHARACTERS - - - PAST AND PRESENT. COMPRISING: PHOTOGRAPHS, BIOGRAPHIES, EDITORIALS, STORIES AND RECORDS OF INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT EVENTS, CLUBS, COLLEGES, ATHLETIC TEAMS, AND INDIVIDUALS.. Los Angeles: Everett L. Saunders, 1931. 421 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $9.95

20. Stuhldreher, Harry A. KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. 335 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips missing from the edges. $7.50

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