New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1864. First Edition. Octavo, 7.75 x 5.5", green cloth with gilt spine titles, gilt illustrations of playing cards to covers, 525, [3] pp. An early edition of this popular American card playing manual, possibly the first, although several editions appear to have been published in.....
New York: Metropolitan Publishing Co, 1895. Wraps. Pocket sized booklet, original color printed embossed wraps, approx 11.5 cm, 17 pp. plus 6 pp. for record keeping, illustrations throughout. A small guide with advice and rules for poker players as well as record sheets for games played. The book is illustrated.....
Lowell, MA: C.E.H. Brelsford and C.W. Dimick, 1895. Oblong octavo, 10 x 5.75", thick card stock leaves, string bound, [20] pp, each page with a color lithographed illustration. A poker themed illustrated booklet published to promote Bicycle Playing Cards. An elaborately produced title featuring stunning illustrations of the game of.....
[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.....
Various Places: 1930s. Large pictorial "Scrap Book" binding containing 48 photographs, mostly 8 x 10" images taken by professional photographers, most accompanied by handwritten captions. A photo album compiled by Betty Babcock, depicting the huntsmen, horses, and hounds of the Meadow Brook Hounds engaged in various hunts and riding events.....
New York: Frank Tousey, 1896. Wraps. Small quarto, chromolithographed pictorial paper wrappers, side stapled. The first issue (June, 1896) of this short lived American poker magazine, containing 9 Poker related stories. After six issues, the magazine became known as "The White Elephant", lasting for another six issues. A very good.....
Nice: Degand, 1890. Octavo, original printed wraps, string bound, 35 pp and one color plate of Roulette table. An unusual guide book to gambling in Monte Carlo, intended for English speaking travelers, explaining the rules of the games and key gaming phrases. The publisher of this title had large showrooms.....
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1926. First Edition. Octavo, grey cloth, 150 pp, illustrations from photographs. A tennis guide for women, written by an instructor in the Department of Physical Education and Hygiene for Women at the University of Washington. A good copy with soiling and fading to covers.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Octavo, with dust jacket, 303 pp. First edition, first printing of this important baseball book. This copy inscribed by Angell on the half title page "For Arlene Howard, with best wishes, Roger Angell." Arlene Howard was the wife of legendary baseball player.....
Monte Carlo: Monte Carlo Publishing Co, 1937. Small octavo, pictorial printed wraps, side stapled, 94 pp. "Sir Anthony" was likely a pseudonym of A. Vites Keresztfalvy. A guide book of strategies for all the games one can gamble at in Monte Carlo. Pages lightly toned, wraps toned and with some.....
New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 620 pp. This inscription inscribed by author on the front endpaper to Arlene Howard, wife of baseball legend Elston Howard, the first African American to play for the Yankees. The inscription reads "To Arlene--In memory of our dear Ellie--and with.....
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822. 12mo, 6 x 4", green half morocco with marbled bards, spine in six compartments with gilt lettering and decoration, 255 pp, illustrated frontispiece. English angling manual combining simple instruction on coarse and fly fishing with advice on tackle, baits, fish habits, and water conditions.....
London and New York: George Bell & Sons, 1893. Octavo, teal cloth with gilt spine lettering, lxxviii, 355, 18 pp, frontispiece and illustrations from drawings. A history of fencing. Bookplate and ownership inscription of Richard J. Oglesby, Governor of Illinois. Additional bookplate of Marvin Nelson. A very good copy with.....
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1880. Octavo, rust cloth with black lettering, gilt spine titles, [2], vi, 290 pp, portrait frontispiece. A collection of essays on card playing and cards. A very good copy with wear to corners and spine tips, fraying to spine tips.
Nice: Imp. Nicoise, [1925]. Wraps. Octavo, original printed pictorial wraps, 48pp. Presumed first edition, first printing. This guide book of sorts was written to help navigate the new house rules at Monte Carlo imposed by Basil Zaharoff, who raised entrance fees and doubled the stakes at the tables in order.....
Empoli, Italy: E. Traversari, 1909. Wraps. Small octavo, orignal printed wraps, 48 pages. Third edition, enlarged and improved. A guide book for the casino and its various rooms and games including roulette and Trente Et Quarante. A very scarce publication on gambling in Monte Carlo. Pages and covers toned, light.....
Empoli, Italy: Lambruschini Brothers, 1913. Hardcover. Small octavo, original printed boards, black cloth spine, illustrations throughout, 92pp. A guide book for the casino and its various rooms and games, including roulette and Trente Et Quarante. This copy from The Newmann Library on the Magical Arts with ink and blind stamp.....
New York: Brentano's, 1905. Octavo, 7.25 x 5", green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration of cards, 253 pp, illustrations from drawings. First American edition of this guide to playing poker, covering bluffing, strategy, and more. Mainly covers five card poker, but also touches on other varieties. A good copy.....
Columbia, South Carolina: Summerhouse Press, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket. First edition, inscribed by author on front blank. An excellent copy with small area of damp stain to upper corner of text block edge.
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. Hardcover with dust jacket. First printing of the Twentieth-Anniversary Edition. This copy inscribed by Halberstam to Arlene Howard, wife of Elston Howard, baseball legend and the first African American to play on the Yankees. A very good copy with some soiling and foxing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, hardcover with dust jacket, 303 pp. Novel set in the "hunting country" of southeastern Pennsylvania. A nice copy with slight toning to pages, owner inscription to front endpaper, corners of front dj flap trimmed, slight chipping to corners and spine.....
London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd, 1924. 8vo, 260 pp, numerous illustration plates. First edition. Spine tilted, slight discoloration to covers, foxing to pages, else a very good copy.
Atlanta: Atlanta Athletic Club, 1984. Quarto, 10 x 7", yellow stapled wrappers, 16 pp. Booklet about the speeches of Bobby Jones and Robert Leonard at the Freedom of the City Presentation at St. Andrews, Scotland in 1958. Bookplate of Ray Finney, Augusta National member, to front wrapper verso, else fine.....
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887. First Edition. Octavo, 6.25 x 4.5", green cloth with gilt title, front cover illustration of cards, 84 pp. First edition of one of the first American books on poker. The book prints the first recorded set of rules on poker, laid out by.....
Huntsville, Alabama: AM Press, 1980. Hardcover with dust jacket, 407 pp, illustrated. A history of South Carolina Gamecocks basketball under head coach Frank McGuire. A very good copy with a bit of foxing to spine of jacket, small paper abrasion to lower spine of jacket.