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It's
Only a Game
by
Terry Bradshaw - SIGNED by Bradshaw
Book is in EXCELLENT + condition in Good++ DJ
- Signed by Bradshaw in Sharpie on the title page
- Story of the first quarterback to win four Super Bowls for the
Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Covers not only Bradshaw's life, but also provides an intimate
portrait into professional football
- Pocket Books, 2001, 257 pages.
- All pages clean, tightly bound. Dust Jacket has some minor shelf
wear along the edges and spine.
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& Fishing
by Henry Stowers
Book is in VERY GOOD - condition. Paperback
- Inscribed by author, inside cover
- Venture Books, 1976, 176 pages,
- Introduction by HOF Dallas Cowboy Bob Lilly.
- A collection of the columns of Stowers, who was the Dallas Morning
News' Outdoor editor,
- He captures the spirit and color of the places he describes
visiting, hunting and fishing.
- Cover has a bend as shown in the picture.
- Clean and unmarked inside, tight binding
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$24.95
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On Any Given
Sunday
by
Pat Toomay
Inscribed
/ Signed 1st edition
Book is in NEAR MINT condition in Excellent Dust Jacket
* Hardcover with DJ
* Inscribed / Signed by Pat Toomay & also
has gift inscription from prior owner in small print (see pic below)
* This book was the source of the movie by the same
name with Al Pacino
* 1st edition, Donald Fine Press, 1984
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$49.95
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How to Play
Baseball
by M.
G. Bonner
1st
edition, 1955
Book is in EXCELLENT condition
* A wonderful book for the young baseball beginner
* Explains how to get ready to play, and how to play
all of the positions on the field
* Explains batting, running, scoring
* Has the playing rules and how to get along with
your teammates
* Exceptionally clean pages. Prior owner name on
inside front and rear covers, 2" surface scratch to the front cover,
along with minimal shelf wear are the only defects
* Tightly bound
* 111 pages
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$34.95
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Byron
Nelson
The Most Remarkable Year In The History Of Golf
By John Campaniotte
Book is in EXCELLENT condition. Dust
Jacket in VERY GOOD condition.
- Chronicle of the 1945 season in which Byron Nelson won 11 PGA Tour
events in a row, and 18 wins in the year. A vivid narrative of
Nelson's accomplishments during that year, describing each tournament,
exhibition matches and personal activities.
- Byron Nelson simulated signature on Bookplate to Abilene Christian
University - given to the University by the Nelson family
- Published by Triumph Books, 236 pages. 2006.
- Clean pages and tightly bound. Dust Jacket has minor shelf wear.
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$24.95
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The Model
Railway Encyclopedia
by
Ernest F. Carter
Book is in Good + condition for its age overall. Cover is G, insides
are Excellent.
* A comprehensive constructional and operational
manual dealing exclusively with the smaller scale railway hobby.
* Fourth revised edition, 1958 of 1950 copywrite by
Burke Pub., Great Britain
* 480 pages including advertisements at the end
* Cover is worn, as shown in photos
* Pages are all clean and bright, tightly bound, no
writing, underlining or highlighting
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$64.95
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Amateur
Amusements
by
Professor Lorento
Book is in Good+ condition for age. No DJ
* Chapters include subjects on Ghosts and How to
Raise Them; chapters on charades / riddles / connundrums / Puzzles,
along with chapters with the solutions / answers to them; chapters on
magic, palmistry, conjuring, magnetism, ventrloquism, card tricks and
much more.
* Subtitled: "Including almost every kind of play
and sport suitable for parties and parlor recreations, giving full
directions how to get up shadow pantomimes, gallanty shows, short comic
plays."
* Well yellowed pages and split but well-attached
front and rear covers, but everything is still well-attached but should
be handled with care. Corners bumped and cover wear as you'd expect
from a book this age.
* 1878, Hurst & Co. , NY, 376 pages + ads, First
Edition Thus, Arlington Edition
* Decorative red boards
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$59.95
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Autumn's
Mightiest Legions
by
Harold V. Ratliff
- Book is in VERY GOOD condition. No Dust Jacket
First Edition thus. Hard to Find in first edition (or any edition)
History of Texas Schoolboy Football. The definitive history of
Texas' favorite sport.
Ratliff played football as a boy and covered it as a sports analyst.
Texian Press, 1963, 174 pages
Ex-library book, with cardholder and normal markings. Library
binding. Marked as discard.
- All pages clean and tightly bound. Four consecutive pages have
some minor damage, and there are a small pen marks in the margins of
a few pages, none of which impairs reading. Cover is red, very clean
and bright with minimal shelf wear.
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$39.95
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Next Year's
Champions :
The
Story of the Dallas Cowboys
by
Steve Perkins
Inscribed
and Signed
Book is in EXCELLENT condition. DJ has some yellowing from sun
but otherwise VG+.
* Inscribed & SIGNED,
* First Printing 1969,
* World Publishing, 253 pages
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$49.95
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My
Wide World
By
Jim McKay
Inscribed
/ Signed by the Author
Book is in NEAR MINT condition in EXCELLENT Dust Jacket
- From the host of ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Jim McKay covered more than 100 different sports in 35 countries.
In this book, he tells of the summer of 1972, with flashbacks to
other memorable moments. Includes deaths at the Indianapolis 500,
the U.S. Open and British Open, both decided in the final holes, and
Cathy Rigby's slip on the balance beam and the murder of 11 Israeli
athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. And much, much more.
- Published by Macmillan, 1973, 272 pages. Stated First
Printing
- Clean pages and tightly bound. Price clipped Dust Jacket has
tape-closed small tear on back. Front hinge slightly weak.
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$27.95
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