J a fynes (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Light brown boards with gold gilt lettering on Front cover and spine. Moderate shelf wear to all edges, bottom edge of spine folded down due to being on shelf. Text is clean and free of all markings. Hinges tight. There are 4 color plates. There are many black and white photographs and illustrations throughout the book. This book is comprised of history, characteristics, sketches of famous leaders, organization and great contets of Baseball, Cricket, Football, La Crosse, Tennis, Rowing and Cycling. Also included is the Famous "Around The World" Tour Of American Baseball Teams. Even with the other sports included this is primary a book about early baseball. 9 1/2" X 7".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. It Would Seem That Hubbard Publishers A Few Edition Of This Book In 1889, This Being One Of Them. The Book Is Half Bound Leather, Solid Clean And Reasonably Tight. No Marks Or Inscriptions, No Library Pockets Or Stamps. Very Clean. 3 Block Edges Bright Gilt. Boards Have Bevelled Edges. Dark Green Cloth Boards With Half Leather The Leather Spine Has Weathered And The Tail Of The Spine (2") Is Missing Otherwise This Book Would Have Been Near Fine. Gilt Title And Design On The Spine. Bottom Edges Showing Shelf Rubbing And Bumping. Leather Is Worn At The Spine Fold And Tips. Colour And B/W Photos And Illustrations Throughout. The Book Is Worthy Of Repair, A Fascinating Read. A Heavy Book , Maty Require Extra Shipping Dependent Upon Destination. Please Ask.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Light edgewear to cloth. Hinges stong, with original endpapers. Color frontispiece and three additional color chromolithographic plates. 711 pages, with many b/w illustrations. Three of the earliest known baseball-related color illustrations in a volume heavy on early baseball history in the United States, as well 1887-1888 world tour of American baseball teams. Fourth color plate on cricket. Additional sports covered in the volume include tennis, la crosse, polo, football, college baseball, rowing, cricket and cycling. Extensive section of portraits and biographical sketches of early baseball writers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Ex-library. Ex-library, with a couple stamps likely covering library information on spine and "Withdrawn" stamped on front endpage. Book cover has some edge wear and a scratch on back. Pages are lightly browned. Old bookstore stamp on front endpage. Binding is cracked by frontispiece and back endpage. Back free endpage is creased. …

Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Doedecimo under 6" - 7". 14pp + ads. A very good copy in yellow printed wraps. Add from printed pasted as overlay to front cover. Published in Canada.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Very good with edgewear and slight offsetting to front wrapper, small hole and some rubbing to rear wrapper. 14 pages plus ads. A short, inspirational sketch by the New England journalist and author. Scarce, OCLC records no copies currently available.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition. Thick small quarto. Pale brown cloth lettered in gilt. 711pp., illustrated, four color chromolithograph plates. Hinges tender, some streaking to the spine, a sound good or better copy, with the plates nice and clean. Although the book covers most popular field sports of the era, it is overwhelmingly devoted to baseball, and includes profiles of all the current professional teams, college baseball, and with what would, in another context, be a book-long account of the 1888-9 world barnstorming tour between the Chicago Baseball Club and an opposing all-star squad. Three of the four color illustrations are of baseball (including the wonderful frontispiece view of a baseball game outside London's Crystal Palace), the fourth is of a cricket match. Many black and white illustrations of individual baseball players, as well as of teams and important games. A nice, sound copy of a keystone title for any serious baseball collection.…