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Lake Champlain, Vermont: Young Men's Christian Association of Vermont, volume xiv, numbers 1 to 16, 1924. Octavo (9" x 6"), 109 pages, occasional illustration from photographs & art work by F. Harrison Stafford & Robert E. Allen. Original stapled paper wraps. Moderately soiled, light edge wear including a closed tear (about 1.25") at rear cover, staples rusted causing minor staining, otherwise Very Good. Sixteen issues of the Abnaki Herald, the journal of the nation's oldest YMCA all boy's camp. The camp was founded by Byron Clark in 1901 and is still in existence today. The theme of the journal reflects the camp motto, "Help the Other Fellow."
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The Abnaki Herald: The Journal of Camp Abnaki, Owned & Operated by the Young Men's Christian Association of Vermont, on Hero Island, in Lake Champlain.
by [Vermont; Periodical]. Howe, Lawrence P. (editor in chief).
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A Chronicle of Belair.
by [Maryland]. BALTZ, Shirley Vlasak.
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Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee, (1984). First edition. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 135, ii, & 178 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of plates Publisher's gilt-lettered green cloth. Lightly rubbed, slightly soiled, sporadic minor foxing, previous owner's name in ink at first blank page, otherwise Very Good.
Built in 1745 in Bowie, Belair Mansion was the home of Provincial Governor of Maryland, Samuel Ogle The estate bred thoroughbred race horses, including two Triple Crown winners, over the course of three centuries.
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Congressional Country Club 1924 - 1984.
by DOLAN, Anne Reilly (editor), with historical text by Neil Strawser.
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[Bethesda, Maryland: published by the club], printed in Baltimore by Wolk Press, no date [1984]. Tall 4to, 108 pp, profusely illustrated mostly from photographs, many in color. Publisher's light blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & decorated with the crest of the club on the upper cover, in printed dust jacket. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with modest edge wear & rubbing Published in conjunction with the club's 60th anniversary & replete with all the information expected in a history of an auspicious country club Additionally includes a fascinating chapter on the period of time between 1943 & 1945 during World War II when club membership was evacuated & the facility became "Area F," the primary training facility for the OSS, predecessor to the CIA.
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Dominion Day Celebration at Welbeck Abbey by the Kind Courtesy of Their Graces The Duke and Duchess of Portland. July First, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen.
by Duke & Duchess of Portland \[William & Winifred Anna Cavendish-Bentinck\], compliments of Major T.F. Elmitt.
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Aldershot, [England]: printed by Gale & Polden, Wellington Works, 1918. Two leaves (7.75" by 10") folded once vertically forming 8 pages (2 blank), printed on card stock, with original mounted photograph depicting Welbeck Abbey on the front cover and, internally, a baseball scorecard and diagram for the match between Mansfield & Worksop from the Canadian Forestry Camps.Folded once vertically as issued & twice horizontally (spurious), soiled, edge wear, brief pencil annotation on rear cover, once cord-bound, cording now failed, otherwise Good or so.
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Fronton "Jai-Alai," The Spanish National Ball Game. The only Fronton in Cuba having official court measurements … Concordia and Lucena Street, Havana, Cuba: "Bookmakers and Pari-Mutual Betting."
by [Cuba, Sports, Gambling].
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Havana, San Juan de Dios y Villegas: Impresos Martin, no date (ca. 1949). Illustrated brochure, bifolium (9.5" x 6.25"), 4 pages, with photographic illustration depicting General Wood, who founded the Fronton, & teammates at page 4.Removed from a scrapbook leaving glue staining & scuffing at the upper margin of the last page, old folds, creasing, edge wear including a couple of short tears & small losses, good or so & still quite useful.
Presents "description & rules of the game" on pp. 2 & 3.
This fronton was established in 1901 by General Leonard Wood, then military governor of Cuba. The facility, now in ruins, closed in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution when Fidel Castro banned sporting or recreational events involving betting.
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Go For Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf. Signed copy.
by PALMER, Arnold & William Barry Furlong.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, (1973). Third printing, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Arnold Palmer at the second blank page. Octavo (9.25" x 6.25"), 252 pages, illustrated. Publisher's white cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.Previous owner's small name & address label at the front pastedown, unobtrusive brief stain at the front edge of the text block, otherwise near fine in dust jacket light edge wear, a small stain at the top of the front fold, & creasing at the flaps, still about very good.
Arnold Palmer (1929 - 2016) was the winner of 29 PGA Tour events including 7 major championships. As noted by Jack Nicklaus, "Arnold transcended the game of golf. He was more than a golfer or even great golfer. He was an icon. He was a legend. Arnold was someone who was a pioneer in his sport. He took the game from one level to a higher level, virtually by himself."
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Gridiron Courage.
by [Football, Juvenile Audience]. ALTON, Everett E., with illustrations by Bob Meyers.
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Chicago, New York, Toronto, Mexico City: Wilcox & Follett Company, (1949) First Edition. 8vo, [8], 236 pp, with illustrations in text by Bob Meyers. Publisher's red cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacketA fine copy in very good dust jacket, lightly rubbed & slightly soiledThe author was a football star at the University of Chicago and athletic director at Roosevelt High School Apparently, this title is his only book. As he notes on the dust jacket:"The football plays in this story are those I have used again and again on the field They have won many games for many teams here in Chicago - just as they won for Kimball in Gridiron Courage"
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The H. & D. Folsom Arms Co., Manufacturers of Shotguns, Leather and Canvas Goods, Catalogue No. 23. Importers and Jobbers of General Sporting Goods.
by [Trade Catalog]. H. & D. Folsom Arms Company.
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New York: H. & D. Folsom Arms Co., no date (ca. 1920). Quarto (11" x 9"), 152 pages, profusely illustrated, some in color. Original pictorial printed paper wraps, stapled, backed in black-lettered blue cloth.Worn: Covers with edge wear including tears & creasing, rear cover with loss & tears now repaired with archival tissue on the recto, last leaf of text with tears (also repaired) just touching text, numerous page corners creased, sporadic soiling, still a serviceable about Good copy.A lengthy & generously illustrated catalog which includes pricing. Focused primarily on firearms & accessories including shotguns, rifles, revolvers, & semi-automatic pistols, the company manufactured their own products under the Crescent trademark but also represented other manufacturers including Parker, Baker, Ithaca, Winchester, Remington, Ivor Johnson & more. In addition to firearms, this catalog also provides an enormous selection of general sporting goods including baseball equipment, knives, ice & roller skates,…
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Intimate Golf Talks.
by Dunn, John Duncan & Elon Jessup.
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New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1920. First edition. 8vo, 240 pp. including 82 illustrations from photographs. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth with a mounted half tone illustration depicting a golfer who has just completed his swing on the upper cover. Donovan & Murdoch/ Game of Golf & the Printed Word, 15530.Binding lightly rubbed & soiled, upper cover a bit splayed, faint stain briefly affecting the upper margin (diminishing through p. 45), occasional minor foxing, previous owner's name in pencil at ffep, good or better.
As co-author Elon Jessup, then associate editor of Outing magazine, writes in the Foreword: "There may be golfers who can make a better score on the links than John Duncan Dunn, but I am thoroughly convinced that there is not a living man who knows more about golf and how to teach it."
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Keystone Kids.
by [Baseball]. TUNIS, John R.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1945). Early printing. Octavo (8.25 x 5.25"), 209 pages. Publisher's gray cloth lettered & ruled in maroon in pictorial dust jacket.Moderate foxing/ offsetting at pastedowns, first & last blank pages & edges of the text block, otherwise very good in very good corner-clipped dust jacket, a bit faded at the spine, lightly rubbed & soiled, with modest edge wear.
"This is the story of two brothers who come up from a minor league baseball team to join the Dodgers. They play the important keystone combination - second base and shortstop - and their success depends not only on their individual skill but on the complete coordination with which they work together ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket
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Krahn, McMahon & Allied Families, Three Photo Albums, 1882 - 1929
by [Wisconsin]. [Photography]. Various photographers, compiler unknown.
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[Marathon County, Wisconsin ?]: unpublished, various photographers, compiler unknown, 1882 - 1929 Approximately 279 mostly silver gelatin photographs (some albumen & other types) housed in 3 folio "scrapbook" albums, heavily annotated in manuscript & occasionally typed throughout. No doubt compiled later, the photos vary in size from approximately 1.25 inches by 1.25 inches to 10 inches by 13 inches & are a mix of amateur & professional images. Included in the group are snapshots, cdv's, cabinet cards, at least one tintype & one cyanotypeThe images, which are secured in the albums by old black photo corners, vary in condition but are generally Very Good Several show edge wear (including small losses), fading, moderate soiling, & silver mirroring Several are detached or partially detached from the cornersThe annotations, apparently added later (1940's?) provide names, dates, places, etc. Beginning with Frank Carl Krahn, who was a locomotive engineer from Manitowoc &, later, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the…
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Outline of Plan for the Organization and Development of Shenandoah Country Estate and Colonial Country Club at Shannondale Springs near Charlestown, Jefferson County, West Virginia.
by [CRANE, C.L.].
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Charlestown, West Virginia: Shenandoah Country Estate, no date [1919]. First edition. Narrow octavo (9" x 3.75"), 8 pages, illustrated, in original textured green card covers lettered & decorated in gilt. Additionally included is a promotional brochure for the club (dated 1924 in ink) comprising a single sheet measuring 7" x 6.25" folded once to form 4 pages. Worn: newly stapled (replacing rusted staples), rear cover torn horizontally (now repaired with archival tissue), staining from a previous repair, gilt dull, foxed & soiled, previous owner's name in pencil at page one, otherwise Good. The brochure is foxed & the same previous owner's name is in pencil on the front cover. "The club house will be constructed of stone and will be of colonial design ... It will be commodious and modern with every facility and up-to-date appointments ... A splendid 18-hole golf course as well as a 9-hole course will be provided ... A polo ground, aeroplane landing field, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, and race…
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Princeton '99." [cover title].
by [Photo Album]. [Princeton University]. Pach Bros.
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New York: Pach Bros, No date [1899] First edition Commercially published photo album, oblong folio (10.5" x 14") containing 19 thick card leaves (38 pp), with photos (7.75" x 10.5" & smaller) mounted recto & verso. Original half pigskin & cloth. Presents small oval portraits (14 to a page) of 42 administrators & faculty on 3 pages, 224 students in the same format on 16 pages, 14 images (2 to a page) depicting clubs & sports teams on 7 pages, 2 panoramic views of football competition with Yale on 1 page, & 14 images showing campus architecture (1, 2, & 4 to a page) on the final 11 pages.Binding worn: lacking backstrip, rubbed & scuffed Internally attractive excepting modest foxing & handling smudges mostly in the margins. Pach Brothers, Photographers was founded in the mid-1860s in New York City by German-born brothers Gustavus, Gotthelf, & Morris Pach, the firm was in business until 1967. Beginning in the 1870s, in addition to their core business photographing famous and ordinary Americans, the Pach… Read More
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The Roar of the Crowd: The True Tale of the Rise and Fall of a Champion. Signed Copy
by CORBETT, James J., with Foreword by Robert Gordon Anderson.
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New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. First edition, this copy inscribed, signed, and dated in ink by Corbett on the recto of the frontis. 8vo, xiv & 329 pp. plus 16 plates. Publishers gilt-lettered green cloth in pictorial dust jacket.Page 329 roughly opened causing small losses in the margin (text unaffected), otherwise fine in moderately edge worn dust Jacket (including short tears and small loses), lightly browned at the spine and folds, otherwise very good."We cannot help but feel that The Roar of the Crowd will be read as long as the world loves a clean, honest, and courageous fighter, both within the ropes and in those harder battles of life outside the ring." (Excerpted from the dust jacket).
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The Tigers of Princeton: Old Nassau Football.
by DUNN, Jay.
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Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers, (1977) First edition Octavo (9.25" x 6"), 436 pp., profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's orange fabricoid lettered in Black, in pictorial dust jacketCovers with brief wear at corners & edges, previous owner's name in ink at front pastedown, offsetting at pastedown & ffep from news clipping, otherwise very good in moderately soiled & rubbed dust jacket with light edge wear including a couple of small losses, about very good.The author was sports reporter for the Trentonian newspaper in New Jersey.
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Young Razzle.
by [Baseball, Juvenile Audience]. TUNIS, John R.
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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949. First edition. 8vo, 192 pp. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in black, in pictorial dust jacket.A fine copy in near fine dust jacket, lightly soiled, with trace edge wearThe seventh title (of eight) in The Kid from Tomkinsville Brooklyn Dodgers series. Author Tunis is characterized as "the 'inventor' of the modern sports story"
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