Sports from The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

Kenosha, WI: Cross Publications, 1946. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated card covers in similarly illustrated srlf wrappers. 137 pp. plus 6 pp. illustrated ads for Cross physical fitness items. Illustrated with drawings and with "pictures of famous strongmen and athletes" (such as "Mr. New York City" Ludwig Schusterich. Ed Thierault, "the greatest phsyique in Canada", Frank Leight, a Mr.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. First edition stated. Fine (humorous notation in red pencil on the fropnt free endpaper, "This book stolen from Nick Boros". We didn't do it. Promise.) in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 252 pp. with index. Noted boxing sportswriter Barney Nagler bemoans the level to which boxing fell by 1964--riddled with… Ler mais sobre este item

Portfolio/ Penguin, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 239 pp. with index. One of the most highly regarded inspirational/coaching books, written by the coach of Trinity Collage's squash and tennis teams and "the winningest coach in college sports history", Paul Assaiante. His squash team won 17 national titles (13… Ler mais sobre este item

Paul Crompton Ltd, 1994. Softcover. Fine. Illustrated softcovers. Fine. 133 pp. Illustrated with instructional photoghraphs. The author introduces the principles and techniques of the combative form of T'ai Chi. It varies from the style usually practiced in the West that emphasizes slow, meditative movements (the yin style), showing instead the hard, fast, fighting actions of the yang style.… Ler mais sobre este item

Ventura , CA: Thor Publishing Group, 1981. Second edition. Softcover. Very Good. Illustrated sofcovers. Second revised edition. 126 pp. with index. Illustrated throughout with instructional photographs. Tegner's classic work on the martial art of Kung Fu combined with the classical system of Chinese exercise, Tai Chi. Covers are somewhat toned though without creasing, but the interior is clean… Ler mais sobre este item

Warner Books, 1978. First edition thus. Softcover. Very Good. Quite scarce in any printing. First trade printing of this softcover original "underground bestseller" . 184 pp. Illustrations by Bill Brauer and calligraphy by Al Chung-liang Huang. A well preserved example, minor evidence of wear to the egdes, scuff to the head of spine extending a bit onto front… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Ecco, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed and dated by Kram on the title page. Fine in fine but price clipped dust jacket. Hardcover. 376 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. f.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition (stated) Hardcover. 375 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Fine, touch of offsetting to the endpapers. In very good dust jacket with rubbing to the edges and a coprner stain upper rear panel. One of the cornerstone sports related books of the 20th century, the… Ler mais sobre este item

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2006. Hardcover. fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 155 pp. Text in English. Collection of lifes' work and essential teachings of Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) who founded Kodokan Judo in Tokyo in 1882. Kodokan Judo was for Kano the culmination of a lifelong devotion to the jujutsu of the past, which he reorganized along educational… Ler mais sobre este item

Scribner, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unread example in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 330 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. A modern portrait of Joe Lewis who between 1935 and 1947 was the best-known Black man in America and possibly the world. A celebrity before anyone heard of Jackie Robinson, Lousi… Ler mais sobre este item

Rodale Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh example in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing with correct number line concluding with "1". Hardcover. 342 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. The story of perhaps the greatest all-around basketball player in history, told in his own words.

Crown, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine, price clipped dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Color illustrated endpapers. 267 pp. with biliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. On the night of March 2, 1962 in Hershey, Pennslyvania, a young and strijking athlete named Wilt Chamberlain, nicknamed the "Big Dipper" and playing… Ler mais sobre este item

Cedar Rapids, IA: ADCRAFT, 1957. Wraps. Very Good. Spiral bound in stiff light blue illustrated wraps. viii+ 279 pp. with index. Illustrated throughout with diagrams. Very good, small dark spot front cover. Complete and detailed guide for artistic swimming for individuals and groups (now known as synchronized swimming, an Olympic sport since 1984). The deals with all aspects… Ler mais sobre este item

Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 286 pp. with bibliography. Illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. A back-in-time novel based on golf's Ryder Cup. When her husband is transferred to England in 1976, Mrs. Winchester, an avid golfer, has a magical opportunity to meet and communicate with Samuel Rider, founder of… Ler mais sobre este item

Sports Publishing, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. First ediiton, first printing. Hardcover. 183 pp. with index.Illustrated with photos.

Sagamore Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Oversized hardcover in black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. 271 pp. with statistical appendix of players. Illustrated throughout with photos. A celebration of the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL with player by player stories, interviews, and photos. The Flyers came into being as an NHL expansion franchise… Ler mais sobre este item

Villard, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Firts trade edition stated. Fine in bright, crisp, price clipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY GEORGE FORMAN on the half-title page. Hardcover. 262 pp. Illustrated with photos. Autobiography of boxing great George Foreman. In 1968, barely out of his teens, George won an Olympic gold medal in Mexico City. In his early twenties,… Ler mais sobre este item

Atheneum, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. Fine (gift inscription front free endpaper) in fine, bright, crisp dust jacket with a small price clip front flap. Hardcover. xv + 282 pp. The history of American golf is told in these first-hand accounts by players from the eraly days through the later half of the 20th… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing. A fine, fresh, unread copy. hardcover. 193 pp. with statistical appendix, bibliography, index. Illustrated with photos. Very uncommon in hardcover. Biography of basketball star Tom Gola (1933-2014). The son of a Philadelphia policeman, Gola attended LaSalle College and led them to an NIT championship in… Ler mais sobre este item

La Jolla, CA: Pi Yee Press, 1980. revised. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in full black leather stamped in gilt. A fully fine, fresh copy. Issued without dust jacket. 240 pp. with index. Classic work in the area of blackjack wagering systems, Wong's method of hi-low card counting that teaches how to learn the systewm quickly and apply it successfully… Ler mais sobre este item