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[004995] Anderson, Dave. THE STORY OF FOOTBALL (Uncorrected Bound Galleys). New York: William Morrow and Company, 1985. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Paperback. Football. Very Good+ "This is the perfect book for football fans of all ages, whether they are new to the game or avid followers..." The uncorrected bound galleys Plus Dust Jacket for hardbound book. (DJ too big for paperback). Foreword by O.J. Simpson. 145 pp. Paperback is VG+ to Near Fine. Glossy DJ folded in half vertically. DJ is Near Fine. Dave Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning sportswriter. $10.00

[004990] Breslin, Jimmy. CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY THIS GAME ? THE IMPROBABLE SAGA OF THE NEW YORK METS' FIRST YEAR . New York: The Viking Press, 1963. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Orange Cloth. Baseball. Very Good+ to Near Fine / Good+. Introduction by Bill Veeck."Once upon a time, way back in 1961, a small group of intrepid sporting bloods created a professional baseball team and called it the New York Mets. They had no players, nowhere to play, but they were dauntless. So they up and hired an equally fearless warhorse named Charles Dillon Stengel, who had acheived a certain fame in that other league. Mr. Stengel was to manage all the players they didn't have. Then, through the almost blinding generosity of the other National League owners, they acquired a number of athletes for Mr. Stengel to play with . Thus the Mets set off on their maiden voyage in April 1962..." 124 pp. including Appendices. Appendix I: Around the Diamond with the Mets in 1962. Lists players and positions. Appendix II: Mets' Records, 1962. Orange cloth with blue Mets cap on front cover. Blue lettering on spine. Very slight rubbing to spine ends. Otherwise covers are Very Good+ to Near Fine. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket's back cover mildly soiled. Mildly rubbed flap creases. Small "2.29" written at front flap's top corner. Overall DJ is Good +. Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. Bill Veeck, (1914-1986),was a franchise owner and promoter in Major League Baseball. $35.00

[001953] Reece, Gabrielle; Karbo, Karen. Big Girl in the Middle. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Incorporated, 1997. Near Fine / Near Fine. ISBN: 0-517-70835-3. $7.00

[004992] Wardlaw, Charles Digby; and Whitelaw Reid Morrison. BASKET BALL, A Handbook for Coaches and Players. . ill. Photographs. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4". Olive Green. Basketball. Good+ "It has been about thirty years since the game of basket ball was invented. In all that time there have been comparatively few articles written or books published on this sport, which has become so popular in America. Throughout ten years' experience in coaching and teaching in normal schools, colleges, and universities, the authors have been continually impressed by the need of sufficient material on this subject..." 231 pp. 24 photographs. 60 diagrams of Offense/Defense and one diagram of a basketball court. Olive green covers with black lettering on front cover and spine. Spine mildly darkened. Mildly bumped spine ends. Overall covers are Good+ or better.One tiny spot on side edge, foxing? Several small areas of foxing? at hinge. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $30.00

[003851] Wills, Helen . TENNIS . ill. by Author. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Green Cloth. Sports. Very Good to Very Good+ Frontis. photograph of author. Numerous illustrations by the author. 214 pp. Spine mildly darkened otherwise exterior is VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $16.50