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Last updated January 18, 2010


1. Baisi, Neal. COACHING THE ZONE AND MAN-TO-MAN PRESSING DEFENSES. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1961. 190 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges. Some underlining to a few pages. $18.00

2. Barsis, Max. SKI WHIZ! BOTTOMS UP, OLD AND NEW. New York, Stephen Daye Press: 1945. In scarce dust jacket! Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with small chips and tears to edges. Nice illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket has chipping and wear to edges and some browning and discoloration, but is very presentable and scarce on this title A book of whimsical cartoons and drawings dealing with skiing and skiing mishaps. $15.00

3. Blount, Joe. THE SMORGASBORD OFFENSE FOR WINNING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1965. 214 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some wear to the edges and a few small tears, but is overall very presentable. Scarce. $75.00

4. 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. $20.00

5. Boyden, Elizabeth. CONTRACT BRIDGE OF 1930. New York, Harcourt, Brace & Co. : 1929. Shelf wear, else VG in edge-worn else near VG dust jacket. $25.00

6. Brocklin, Norm Van. NORM VAN BROCKLIN'S FOOTBALL BOOK: PASSING, PUNTING, QUARTERBACKING. New York, Ronald Press Company: 1961. 115 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips to the edges. $38.00

7. Curtice, Jack C. THE PASSING GAME IN FOOTBALL. New York, Ronald Press Company: 1961. 117 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has tears and chips to the edges. $50.00

8. Engen, Alan K. & Gregory C. Thompson. FIRST TRACKS: A CENTURY OF SKIING IN UTAH. Salt Lake, Gibbs-Smith: 2001. 192 pages. VG in lightly edge-worn dust jacket. A beautiful book, with hundreds of photographs. $49.50

9. Evashevski, Forest. SCORING POWER WITH THE WINGED T OFFENSE. Dubuque, Iowa, W.C. Brown Co: 1957. 231 pages. Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and the corners. Binding tight. $55.00

10. Frank Tousey, Publisher. HOW TO FENCE: CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTION FOR FENCING AND THE USE OF THE BROADSWORD. ALSO INSTRUCTION IN ARCHERY. DESCRIBED IN TWENTY-ONE PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. New York, Frank Tousey, Publisher: 1898. 60 pages. Paper covers show some browning to the edges. Pages are slightly browned. There is a small chip to the bottom of the back cover. Overall near very good condition. A beautiful copy of a scarce 19th-century fencing and archery instruction book. $100.00

11. Fuoss, Donald E. CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL DRILLS FOR TEACHING OFFENSES AND DEFENSIVE FUNDAMENTALS AND TECHNIQUES. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1964. 346 pages. Spiral-bound flexible card covers. Slight wear to covers, but overall clean and tight. $6.00

12. 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. $10.00

13. George, Elvan. THE SPLIT-T IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1958. 215 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. $7.50

14. George, Elvan & Ralph Evans. WEIGHT TRAINING FOR FOOTBALL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1959. 159 pages. Some shelf wear to the binding. Dust jacket has chips and tears to the edges. $7.00

15. 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. $10.25

16. 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. $10.00

17. 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. $25.00

18. Hutchinson, Horace G. GOLF GREENS AND GREEN-KEEPING.. London, Offices of Country Life: 1906. 219 pages. Rare first edition. Bound in red cloth, with gold titles on front cover and spine. There is shelf wear to the spine edges. The corners are bumped a bit. There is some fading to the spine edges, and the top edges of the spine has a small bleed-through stain that affects a small portion of the tops of many of the pages. This is on the gutter side of the pages and really only affects a small area, not any of the text or illustrations. The binding is tight. A few page edges have creases from being folded over at the top. Complete with all of the historic photographic illustrations of famous British golf courses of the day. $550.00

19. Ingram, Stan. ANTHONY, A TALE OF TWO SKIS: A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTHONY LAKES SKI AREA AND EARLY SKIING IN THE LOCALITY. Baker, Oregon, Record-Courier Printers: 1971. 124 pages. Softbound covers. Some wear to the covers. $15.00

20. Jones, Gomer. MODERN DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1960. 273 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has chips to the edges. $15.00

21. Katchmen, George A. HOW TO ORGANIZE AND CONDUCT FOOTBALL PRACTICE. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1962. 242 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. $20.00

22. Kelner, Alexis. SKIING IN UTAH, A HISTORY. 1980. 255 pages. Softcovers. Some shelf wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Binding tight and pages clean. A rare title. $45.00

23. Kuwashima, T. Shozo. JUDO: FORTY-ONE LESSONS IN THE MODERN SCIENCE OF JIU-JITSU. New York, Prentice-Hall: 1951. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with some chipping to edges. Thirteenth printing, published in 1951. $9.50

24. 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

25. McClow, L.L. TUMBLING ILLUSTRATED. New York, A. S. Barnes and Company: 1936. 212 pages. Some wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. A clean bright copy. $8.00

26. 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. $17.50

27. Montgomery Ward. HOME GAMES AND PARLOR AMUSEMENTS: GAMES, CONUNDRUMS, AND FORFEITS DESIGNED FOR THE PARLOR, THE HEARTH, LAWN SOCIABLES, ETC. Chicago, Montgomery Ward: 1909. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. A small book with numerous ideas for games and amusements. A few pages have pencil marks, not serious. A few pages have creases at the edges from being folded. $25.00

28. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. "GOOD MORNING": AFTER A SLEEP OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, OLD-FASHIONED DANCING IS BEING REVIVED. Dearborn, Michigan, Dearborn Publishing: 1926. Some shelf wear. Softbound covers. $3.50

29. 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. $6.00

30. Reebenacker, Noel. HOW TO DEVELOP A SUCCESSFUL HIGH SCHOOL PASSING ATTACK. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1965. 241 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips and tears to the edges. $8.50

31. 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. $18.95

32. Rice, Homer. THE EXPLOSIVE SHORT T. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1963. 204 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust jacket has small tears and chips. Scarce. $65.00

33. 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. $19.95

34. The Major. THE CHECKER PRIMER, INCLUDING BACKGAMMON AND DICE. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1887. Small softbound covers. Some discoloration & soiling to the paper covers. Pages are browned at the edges. A scarce and early checkers book. $12.50

35. Unruh, Otto D. HOW TO COACH WINNING FOOTBALL. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall: 1960. 179 pages. Shelf wear and some fading to binding. Corners are slightly bumped. $8.00

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