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Racquet and Tennis Club, New York.
Club Book for 1968, Racquet and Tennis Club.
New York: Racquet and Tennis Club, 1968. Small 8vo. 190 pages.
Good maroon and blue pictorial cloth. Some stains on rear cover. #23743.
$35
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Reynardson, C. T. S. Birch.
Sports & Anecdotes of Bygone Days in England, Scotland,
Ireland, Italy and The Sunny South.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1887. 294 pages. 7 colored illustrations.
Half-leather and cloth-covered hardcover binding. Front cover detached. Edges
worn. Good. #16424. $65
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Rivers, Glenn, and Bruce Brooks.
Those Who Love the Game. Glenn 'Doc' Rivers on Life in the NBA
and Elsewhere.
New York: Henry Holt, 1993. 1st edition. xiii, 159 pages. Index. Photographs.
Inscribed and signed by the author: 'To Rob All My Best, Glenn Rivers 'Doc' #25.'
Biography of the National Basketball Association player. Very good hardcover in
very good dust jacket. ISBN 0805028226. #22821. $35
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Scott, Eugene L., Compiler and editor.
The Rallybook.
Caricatures by David Levine. Foreword by George A. Plimpton. New York: Tennis
Week, 1994. 92 pages. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the editor, Gene
Scott.
'The Rallybook is a collection of the best stories of 1993 in Tennis Week.' -
front dust jacket panel. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. #22396. $15
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Shabazian, Ludwig. Relief to Royalty: The Story of James J. Braddock, World's Heavyweight Champion.
Teichman, Oskar.
Black Horse Nemo and Other Memories.
London: Peter Davies, 1957. 1st printing. 221 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations. Endpaper illustrations.
A memoir of horses and riding in Britain. Good hardcover. #21759. $20
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United States Golf Association.
Official USGA Record Book, 1895-1990. USGA Championships and
International Events.
Chicago: Triumph Books, 1992. 1st printing. 235 pages. Photographs.
Very good hardcover. ISBN 1880141396. #25250. $50
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United States Polo Association.
Year Book of the United States Polo Association, 1931.
New York: United States Polo Association, 1931. Small 4to (medium-large book).
128 pages. Tipped-in photographs.
Slightly worn hardcover. Some foxing. #23407. $40
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United States Polo Association.
Year Book of the United States Polo Association, 1941.
New York: United States Polo Association, 1941. Small 4to (medium-large book). 110 pages. Frontispiece.
Photographs.
Slightly worn hardcover. #21656. $30
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Varola, Franco.
The Tesio Myth.
London: J. A. Allen, 1984. 1st printing. 303 pages. Index. Bibliography.
Photographs. Illustrations.
A biography of Federico Tesio, for over sixty years a horse breeder and trainer
of his own horses, and renown for his thoroughbreds. Very good hardcover in
very good dust jacket. ISBN 0851313884. #23776. $40
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Vijay, B.
The Science of Bloodstock Breeding.
Menasha, Wisconsin: Russell Meerdink Company, 1991. vi, 428 pages. First
published Madras: Curzon, 1986.
'In simple, easy-to-understand language, the author explains how to breed a
fast horse. In the very first chapter he describes the five-step process of
rating stallions. He tells you how to spot the four different kinds of nicks or
the tendency of two bloodlines to produce superior individuals.' - Front dust jacket. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and torn dust jacket. Name sticker
on bottom of blank front flyleaf. ISBN 0929346149. #23777. $100
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Villiers, Guy.
The British Heavy Horse.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1977. Reprint. Small 4to (medium-large book). 96
pages. Photographs. Illustrations. First published in 1976.
Describes the four main breeds of British Heavy Horses, 'gentle giants,' the
Shire, the Suffolk, the British Percheron, and the Clydesdale, their harness
and decorations, major shows and events, etc. Very good hardcover in very good
dust jacket. ISBN 0214200957. #24823. $25
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Wojnarowski, Adrian.
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and
Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty.
New York: Gotham Books, 2005. 3d printing. xvi, 381 pages. Photographs.
Inscribed and signed by Bob Hurley on front flyleaf. Inscribed and signed by
the author on half-title page.
St. Anthony's High School in Jersey City, New Jersey and its remarkable
basketball program. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
ISBN 1592401023. #25117. $45
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