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Yukon Alone: The World’s Toughest Adventure Race - Signed First

By: Balzar, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Co.: 2000

Seller ID: 2052

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Hardcover with dust jacket, xi 304 pp. Fine in near fine jacket. Signed by Balzar on the title page. “The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race is one of the most challenging sporting events in the world. Every February, a handful of hardy souls spends over two weeks racing sleds pulled by fourteen dogs over 1,023 miles of frozen rivers, icy mountain passes, and spruce forests as big as entire states, facing temperatures that drop to forty degrees below zero on nights that are seventeen hours long. Why would anyone want to enter this race? John Balzar-who moved to Alaska and lived on t...
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Detroit Tigers Yesterday & Today

By: Cantor, George; Sparky Anderson, foreword

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Lincolnwood, Illinois, West Side Books: 2009

Seller ID: 929

ISBN: 1412775159

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Cantor, George; Sparky Anderson, foreword. Detroit Tigers Yesterday & Today. Lincolnwood, Illinois: West Side Publishing, 2009, first edition, first printing. Hardcover with illustrated boards and dust jacket, 11 3/8 by 10-inhces, 144 pp., heavily illustrated in [mostly] color. The book is in fine, like new condition. The dust jacket has a light dampstain along the bottom edge of the front panel which can only be faintly seen on the front of the jacket. A wonderful history of the Tigers from a veteran Detroit newsman. Foreword by their late coach, Sparky Anderson. No writing, highlight...
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The Golfer’s Pocket Tip Book

By: Fox, G.D., Jack White

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, James Pott & Co.: c1905

Seller ID: 445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

nd (c1905) Hardcover, no jacket, 3 7/8 by 5 7/8-inches, vii, 8 – 126 pp plus one ad for Spalding clubs Red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles Light rubbing to the corners and head and tail of the spine Text is clean and bright Includes sections on wooden-club play, iron-club play, bunker play, putting, the rules of golf, and illustrated with thirty-four photographs of Jack White playing White was a Scottish golfer who won the Open Championship (The Open) in 1904 (case)

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Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak [26,493 feet]

By: Herzog, Maurice; Eric Shipton, intro.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Toronto, World Books Society: Not Dated

Seller ID: 3731

Binding: hardcover

Condition: very good

Hardcover with dust jacket, gree cloth with gilt spine titles in a burgundy panel, 13 by 18.8 cm, burgundy top-edge stain, color frontis, color map on rear endpapers, 288 pp., illus. The hardcover is very good with light foxing on the edges and endpapers, small spots of tape residue on the ffep and rfep, and a slight musty smell. The jacket is good with soiling and sun fading on the spine panel (now in mylar). From the front flap: “Reading Annapurna we know that Maurice Herzog dictated it in hospital, we are expecting the poignant details of why he is there, and we get them in full measur...
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Six Spectacular Scrapbooks of Bicycle Racing from the 1960s including the Tour de France, World Cycling Championships, and Track Racing [Cycling, Jan Janssen]

By: Knebel, Hans

Price: $850.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, 1959-1968

Seller ID: 3255

Binding: Scrapbooks

Condition: Very Good

Assembled by Hans Knebel, no location but it appears to be Amsterdam or its environs, 1959-1968, with additional programs laid in from 1969-1972. A true labor of love, these neatly arranged and well-organized scrapbooks showcase this young Dutchman’s love of professional cycling. Most of the clippings and all the hand-written text are in Dutch. All the scrapbooks appear complete with no missing items.

The first scrapbook was cobbled together from used algebra and geometry school notebooks, 17 by 21 cm, 57 pages of the notebooks are used, while the remaining 5 pages have old mat...
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Mush! A Beginner’s Manual of Dog Sled Training

By: Levorsen, Bella, editor; Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Westmoreland, NY, Arner Publications, Inc.: 1976

Seller ID: 3445

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hardcover with illustrated boards, 14.5 by 22.3 cm, xiii 246 [4] pp., illus. Good with light wear at the extremities, yellowing on the spine, and faint foxing on the edges of the textblock and cover. A classic beginner’s manual “starting with the very basic considerations such as buying dogs and equipment, it leads the reader through every important consideration. Training, riding, traveling, race strategy, and more are all discussed and profusely illustrated. The reader is presented with step-by-step assistance and clearly drawn plans which anyone can follow.”
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6 Issues Miroir du Cyclisme Magazine, 1965 Tour de France [Gimondi, Posters]

By: Miroir du Cyclisme

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Paris, Miroir du Cyclisme: 1965

Seller ID: 3249

Binding: paperback

Condition: Very Good

Six issues of the French magazine Miroir du Cyclisme. All focus on the 1965 Tour de France, which was won by Felice Gimondi, except for the last issue that is a special on the World Championships. All have light wear, creases, corner wear, and tiny edge tears and wear. A few have prices or a name written on the back. All are complete. Included are...
No. 58, May 1965. 34 pp. Includes the proper insert poster of Rolf Wolfshohl (26.5 by 34 cm, very good).
Tour de France - 1965. No. 59, June 1965. 42 pp. Includes a very cool Coca-Cola map of the '64 Tour route (49.2 by 61 cm, g...
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Sport Jaarboek 1962, Revue Magazine [Dutch, Track Racing, Tour de France, Cycling]

By: Revue Magazine

Price: $10.00

Publisher: np, Revue Magazine: 1962

Seller ID: 3247

Binding: paperback

Condition: Fair

1962 Sport Yearbook from Revue, the Dutch sports magazine. A look at the 1962 year in sports including soccer, track and field, auto and motorcycle racing, etc., and 15 pages of cycling including the Track World Championships and Tour de France. 26.2 by 36 cm, 74 pp. Heavily illustrated in B&W and color. Text is in Dutch. Heavy rubbing, edge wear and tears to the wraps, and creasing and wear at the corners. Complete.
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Solo Flite: An Alaska Puppy Becomes a Legend.

By: Schlegelmilch, Marianne; David W. Large Jr., illus.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Anchorage, AK, Blood Bank of Alaska: 2002

Seller ID: 3354

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Glossy wraps, 27.9 by 21.4 cm, 32 pp., illus. Light wear at the corners and a faint vertical crease on the front cover. The detachable Joe Redington card at the front of the book is still intact. From the back cover: “Joe Redington scooped the trembling puppy into his arms. It seemed strange to him to find such a fine animal wandering alone in the woods along the Iditarod trail. Joe gave the pup, Solo, a home until the two were separated after a plane crash. Harry Conroy found Solo and took him back to Fairbanks to his kennel, where Solo discovered his passion for sled dog racing. This pa...
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Drift Boat Fly Fishing: A River Guide’s Sage Advice

By: Streeks, Neale

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Portland, Frank Amato Publications: 1995

Seller ID: 3209

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Wraps, 21.5 by 28 cm, 112 pp., heavily illus. in color. Very good with light wear at the corners and minor bumping at the spine ends. From the publisher: “Anyone who has fly-fished from a drift boat knows the potential for a great day while floating downstream--and if the hoppers are happening, it can be downright euphoric. By covering lots of river and getting long, drag-free drifts on the fly, a fly-fisher will frequently hook more fish while watching the scenic beauty of the riparian environment go by. The author of Drift Boat Fly Fishing offers excellent instruction on getting the most...
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Mascots: The History of Senior College and University Mascots/Nicknames

By: Yarbrough, Roy E.

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Lynchburg, VA, Bluff University Communications: 1998

Seller ID: 3268

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Glossy wraps, 21.5 by 27.8 cm, 329 pp. plus 7 pages of ads at the back, illus. Very good with light corner wear and a few light corner creases. There is a sticker covering the full length of the spine with the title and publisher (I’m assuming this printing had a typo on the spine, or it was printed blank). Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, with his business card laid in. From the back cover: “This book contains a well researched and in-depth look at the reasons why individual four year United States colleges and universities selected their mascot and nickname […]...
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1973-1976 Flint Amateur City Baseball League Scrapbook and Military Death Notice [Flint, Michigan]

By: [John Hautala]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: [Flint, Michigan], 1973-1976

Seller ID: 3319

Binding: Cord-bound, production photo album

Condition: Very Good

Most likely assembled by Kathleen Hautala, chronicling the amateur baseball career of her husband, John Hautala, 1973-1976, with later items laid in. Cord-bound, production photo album, 35.5 by 28 cm, 66 pages [33 leaves] of which 65 are used. Very good with minor wear at the corners. A wonderful scrapbook/photo album of John Hautala’s time with the Bishop Contractors team from Flint, Michigan – a great story with a sad ending. The scrapbook proper includes 74 newspaper clippings—primarily from The Flint Journal—many mounted one to a page—60 color photos of the team in action, an...
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