A Sporting Life from TBCL The Book Collection Library

Chicago: Time Inc, 1954. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. THE SCARCE FIRST ISSUE Of Sports Illustrated. 4to. Illustrated wrappers. The FIRST ISSUE, Volume 1, Number 1. August 16, 1954. Complete, with 6 pp. TOPPS baseball card fold-out ( Mays, Moon, Law, Snider, Turley, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, et al ).The cover photo according to the archives of Sports Illustrated is… Read more about this item

New York: Dover, 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Dover edition. 8vo., decorated wrappers, pp192. Introduction by Fred Reinfeld. Well illustrated throughout. From the distinguished library of Maurice Fox, several times Canadian Chess Champion, with his signature and date on the ffe and with gift inscription to Fox from his friend Louis Geller - both… Read more about this item

Moscow: 1953. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Presentation Copy of the first edition in Russian. 8vo., pp.456. Publisher's grey cloth covered boards stamped in gilt & black. Heavily illustrated with game diagrams. A very good copy without dustwrapper. Inscribed in 1954 by Alexander Kotov. From the distinguished library of Maurice Fox, several times Canadian Chess Champion, with his signature &… Read more about this item

London: Witherby & Co, 1911. First Edition.. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Aflalo, Frederick G. A FISHERMAN'S SUMMER IN CANADA. Inscribed. London: Witherby & Co., 1911. 8vo., 147pp. Publisher's gilt-stamped burgundy cloth, 24 black & white photo plates. Neatly inscribed in black ink on the front free endpaper: "J.K.L. Ross esq. from / the author, in pleasant… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Buckley. William F. AIRBORNE. New York: Macmillan, 1977. 8vo., 252pp. Black & white photo illustration throughout plus 8 color plates. Blue cloth with orange & white titles. plus 8 color plates. Author Barnaby Conrad's comment that "Airborne is a book about sailing the way… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition. First Edition. William F. Buckley Jr. RACING THROUGH PARADISE: A Pacific Passage. New York: Random House, 1987. First Edition. 8vo., 344pp. with 20 maps & plans, 2 yacht plans & 90 black & white photos, plus 16 pages with 32 colour photos. Scrimshaw with passage engraved endpapers. This is Buckley's third book… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, (1980), 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Barich, Bill. LAUGHING IN THE HILLS. New York: The Viking Press, (1980). First edition. Author's superb First Book about horse racing & track life. 8vo. A fine copy in like neatly price-clipped dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. William F. Buckley Jr. WIND FALL - THE END OF THE AFFAIR. New York: Random House, 1992. First Edition. 8vo., A fine copy in like dustwrapper. Ronald Reagan wrote: "When Bill Buckley slows down, it is to a speed that leaves others in the… Read more about this item

Virginia: Privately Printed, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Vickers, Captain Reginald J., M.C. A PLEA FOR SANITY IN THOTOUGHBRED RACING. Inscribed. Virginia: Privately Printed, 1962. Quarter brown cloth over beige cloth covered boards with yearling photo on the cover in about very good condition showing moderate use. 8vo., 55pp. Signed & dated by Vickers… Read more about this item

Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1929. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Signed. Hazlitt, William. THE FIGHT: AN ESSAY. Woodstock, VT: Elm Tree Press, 1929. Sm. 8vo., 30pp. A lovely reprint of an 1822 essay by noted critic William Hazlitt, comissioned by Marjorie Barlow with an introduction by Robert H. Davis, #345 of… Read more about this item

N.p. [Toronto]: Oberon Press, (1979), 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Seymour Segal. Seymour Segal. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Hood, Hugh. Segal, Seymour. SCORING The Art Of Hockey. Signed. N.P. Oberon Press, (1979). First Edition Inscribed by Canadian artist Seymour Segal and embellished with a bold full-page drawing of a hockey player with a puck… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1965], 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. McPhee, John. A SENSE OF WHERE YOU ARE. A Profile of William Warren Bradley. Inscribed Presentation Copy. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1965). First Edition of John McPhee's first book profiling Bill Bradley, the finest basketball player… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First edition. 8vo. A fine copy in dustwrapper. 8vo., xiv, 289pp. SIGNED by Dunphy on the title page. Can ya beat that? An excellent copy.

Markham: Peguin Canada, 1987. 1st Edition, Early Printing. Soft cover. 1st Edition, Early Printing. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, later impression Inscribed by the author on the title page. A fine bright, fresh copy in pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 196 pp.

Don Mills: Totem Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Edition Inscribed by the author on the half-title. A bright, fresh copy in pictorial stiff card wrappers, as issued. 8vo. 190 pp.

Toronto: The Musson Company, 1908. Hardcover. Hardcover. First Canadian illustrated edition. 4to., 215pp. Gilt decorated & lettered red cloth. A touch of rubbing else a lovely near fine copy, the gilt sharp & fresh, the covers & spine bright. Frontispiece & 24 colour illustrated plates tipped-in, all prin ted tissue guards present & in excellent condition.

Toronto: Collins, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo., pp. 303. Illustrations in Color & Black & White. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper showing minimal use.