16th Annual All-Breed Dog Show of the Columbia Kennel Club
Columbia, South Carolina: 1954. 68pp, stapled wrappers. Very good with fading to covers, minor foxing.
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ABC's of Billiards Billiard and Bowling Institute of America
1948. Narrow 8vo, 24pp, green stapled wrappers. Illustrated guide to billiards. About very good, covers soiled and bit stained.
The American Hoyle Or Gentleman's Handbook of Games (Hoyle's Games)
New York: Charles T. Dillingham & Co, 1892. 7 x 5", brown cloth with gilt, 514 pp plus ads. A very good copy with mild wear to covers and toning to pages.
Collection of Four NRA Booklets
Washington DC: National Rifle Association, 1959-1963. In very good condition with mild wear, creasing, and/or foxing. NRA Pistol Rules. 1963. Oblong booklet, blue wrappers, 49pp NRA Smallbore Rifle Rules. Oblong booklet, orange wrappers, 56pp. NRA Home Firearm Safety Instructor's Guide. 1962. 8vo, yellow wrappers, 20pp. Basic Pistol Marksmanship. 1959 8vo.....
Constitution Rules and Schedule of the Knoxville Bowling League
Knoxville, Tennessee: Knoxville Litho Co, 1915. 19pp, green printed wrappers, staple bound. Minor soiling to covers and rusting to staples. Very good.
Deutsches Jagdmaler-Album. Original-Holzschnitte Von 26 Der Besten Deutschen Jagdmaler Den Mitarbeitern Des "Waidmann"/Album of Hunting Scenes Illustrated by German Artists Original Wood-Engravings by Twenty-Six of the Most Celebrated Sportsmen-Artists, Co-Labourers of the "Waidmann" A Journal For Sportsmen and Lovers of the Chase: First Illustrated German Sporting Newspaper.
Leipzig, etc: Paul Wolff, Etc, 1881. Folio, 62pp, original green cloth with gilt title and decoration, portrait frontispiece plus 26 hunting engravings by famous German artists, contributers to "Waidmann", Germany's first illustrated sporting newspaper (the final leaf consists of a prospectus for the paper). Text in English, French and German.....
Early Panoramic Photograph of the Notre Dame Football Team
Notre Dame: 1920s. Massive panoramic photograph depicting the legendary Notre Dame Football team of the 1920s. Creased, tape repaired through center.
ECHOES OF THE HARVARD-YALE FOOT BALL GAME OF 1890 BEING A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERAL BUT ENTERTAINING EXPRESSIONS OF REJOICINGS OF THE HOUR
Cambridge: Charles H. Thurston, 1890. 9.5 x 7”, original cream printed wrappers, 24pp. Scarce song book printed to commemorate the November, 1890 victory of Harvard Foot Ball over Yale. Foxing to wrappers, a hint of creasing.
Edgar, Nebraska Football Team Photo
Nebraska: 1930. Photo measuring 5 x 7", placed into larger matting, showing a youth football team. On the football in the photo are the letters "S.N.A.A" and the date 1930. The mount bears the photographers stamp of Livington in Edgar, Nebraska. Very good, bit of rubbing to photo.
Elliot Murphy's AQUASHOW Souvenir Program
[New York]: [1948]. 8.5 x 11", pictorial wrappers, 16pp. Illustrated program, printed in blue, grey and black, for a synchronized swimming and diving show in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Together with two tickets to the show. No date, but text mentions the 1946 season. Together with two pink printed tickets to.....
Florida Gators Basketball Program
1970. Program for game vs. Auburn. Very good, rubbed and creased.
A Handbook of Archery
Evansville, Indiana: Indian Archery & Toy Corp, [1920s]. 8pp, green wrappers. Fair with toning and soiling, tear to rear wrapper.
Hawbuck Grange or, the Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.
London: Printed For Subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co, Circa 1892. 9.25 x 6.25", red cloth with gilt illustration and lettering, [14], 265, 30, 30 pp, black and white and color illustration plates by H.K. Browne (Phiz) and W.T. Maud. Subscription edition.....
Lloyd's Register of Shipping Rules & Regulations for the Construction & Classification of Yachts Volume 1. Wood Yachts--Sailing, Auxiliary & Full Power
London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1929. 4to, 77 pp followed by 23 full page and double page charts, original green cloth. Staining and soiling to front cover, damp stain to upper corner of pages, binding cracked between title page and front endpaper, bit of toning and foxing.
New Jersey Horseshoe Pitching Archive
Middlesex, NJ: 1960s. A collection of material relating to the Middlesex Horshoe Pitchers' Club of New Jersey, including 112 photographs (many 8 x 10", some of which are annotated on the backs) depicting horshoe pitching competitions, including the 1971 world horseshoe tournament held in Middlesex; also includes a program and.....
Official Program Englewood Vs. Forrest High
Florida: 1959. Program measuring 10 x 8", 24pp, pictorial cover depicts a football player. Florida high school football program. Very good, rubbed and creased.
Official Rules of Softball
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1937. 8vo, 8opp, green pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Spalding's Athletic Library number 12R. Laid in is a hand drawn plan of a softball diamond. An attractive copy with toning to pages, rubbing to covers, 3/4 inch separation along head of spine.
Original Cabinet Photograph of the Montclair Military Academy Baseball Team
Montclair, New Jersey: Circa 1900. Albumen photograph measuring 8 x 6.5", on a larger mount. The image depicts a high school baseball team wearing uniforms initialed "M.M.A". Someone has written in blue ink "Montclair Military Academy?" on the back of the photograph. A real photo postcard from the same period.....
Original Photographs of an America's Cup Race
Circa 1940s-19502. 37 black and white photographs, held together accordion style, depicting racing yachts and taken from a boat involved in or adjacent to the race. In excellent condition overall, a couple of photos creased.
Original Photographs of the US Olympic Diving Teams
No Place: Circa 1952. Ten black and white photographs measuring 5.5 x 4", depicting the US Men's and Women's Diving team in competition. No date, but the photographs appear to be from around 1950. Together with 18 miscellaneous photographs, acquired from the same lot, possibly belonging to one of the.....
P.G.A. OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 1938-39
[New York]: Professional Golfers' Association of America, [1939]. 8vo, 163pp, yellow wrappers. Includes an essay "The Golf Professional" by George J. Jacobus, P.G.A. President, as well as "Open Tournament Golf" by Fred J. Corcoran, manager of the P.G.A tournament bureau, plus listings of golf tournament records through the year 1939.....
Pair of Pompton Lakes Training Camp Postcards Signed by Joe Louis' Staff
New Jersey: Circa 1950s-1960s. Two pictorial postcards of the boxing faciltiirs at Pompton Lakes Training Camp, where Joe Louis trained, one signed by Louis' Secretary Kiah Sayles, the other signed by his manager Marshall Miles as well as William Rowe, president of Louis public relations firm as well as a......
Photograph Album of Fox Hunting Images Compiled by Betty Babcock, Member of the Meadow Brook Hounds and Author of "Betty Babcock's Illustrated Hunting Diary"
1930s. Large pictorial "Scrap Book" binding containing 48 photographs, moslty 8 x 10" images taken by professional photographers, most accompanied by hadnwritten captions. Album compiled by Betty Babcock, depicting the hunstmen, horses, and hounds of the Meadow Brook Hounds engaged in various hunts and riding events, including meets at West.....
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TEXAS LUTHERAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM.
Seguin, Texas: 1916. 12 x 10” photograph on mount (edges chipped, scratch to photograph), with a Seguin, Texas photographers stamp. Depiction of the 1915-16 football team wearing Texas Lutheran College uniforms. The school, located in Seguin, is today known as Texas Lutheran University.
Pure Oil's 1938 Football Schedule
N.P. 1938. 7 x 2.5", color pictorial wrappers with motor oil ads on the backs and football player on front cover. Pages flip upwards and contain the college football schedule for 1938. The last two pages print the rules of football. A hint of soiling to covers, toning to pages.....