Louisa, Va. Louisa Esso Servicenter, 1956-1957. Stapled Pamphlet. The 1956 and 1957 issues of the Esso Football Handbook. With few short essays, guides on referee hand signals, football schedules by date and by team, and other items. Minor loss to..... More
Norristown, PA: [1927]. Stapled Pamphlet. The August 1927 issue of The American Racing Pigeon News, Vol. XLIII, No. 8. With minor shelfwear, and surface loss to the first and final pages. Stapled pamphlet. Good. More
![BASKETBALL] VMI BASKETBALL CAMP, RUNNIN’ ROOS](/pictures/thumb/291483.JPG?v=1591220479)
From the VMI Basketball Camp, an annual summertime event at the Institute. The Runnin’ Roos references the kangaroo that showed up at the games. Signed by players at the camp, in magic marker; the names are difficult to make out..... More
London: R. Hastings, 1845. Hard Cover. Title page in color, with text illustrations throughout of the problem chess boards. Paper loss to the front endpaper, title page, and final two leaves of text. Lacking the rear endpaper. With dampstaining and..... More
[Belgium]: Fidechess, [1994]. Soft Cover. Part two only of E97, Classical King’s Indian from the Fidechess Encyclopedia Series. With no marks. Blue paperback. More
Complete with five sets of four cards each, representing Longfellow; Walter Scott; Holmes; Cooper and Irving. The directions are printed on the inside of the box top. The box itself is bright and complete with a charming scene of children..... More
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New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1877. Pasteboard box with colored pictorial label showing bust of Shakespeare on a shelf of books. With 64 cards as called for, and a stapled pamphlet of directions. Some soiling to the box. More
New York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [1930]. 24mo. Stapled Pamphlet. A stapled pamphlet of the rules and play of Modern Backgammon. Complete in 16 pages. Minor wear to the original paper covers; beginnings of separation at the edges of..... More
York, PA: Strength and Health Publishing Co., 1949. Soft Cover. 1940’s body-building magazine with black and white photographs of bulked up men in posing pouches amd brief weightlifting shorts. More
![TRADE CATALOGUE] MAGICAL WOODCRAFT. “THE MAGIC SHOP OF THE WEST”](/pictures/thumb/280350.JPG?v=1591216644)
Los Angeles, Cal. Thayer & Christianer, n.d. Trade catalogue presented to “the magical fraternity” by the Thayer & Christianer concern -- “The Magic Shop of the West” in Los Angeles. From the “Mephisto” table, to a ventriloquist’s dummy, this catalogue..... More
![TRADE CATALOGUE] THE MAGIC SHOP OF THE WEST](/pictures/thumb/280351.JPG?v=1591216644)
Los Angeles. Cal. F. G. Thayer, n.d. A 4-page catalogue, printed on a folded leaf. Promoting “New and Exclusive Specialties” -- the Thayer’s New Portable Magic Table; the Billiard Ball Pedestal; Spirit Pictures; and more. Undated, but c. 1920... More
London: George Philip & Son, Ltd., n.d. Hard Cover. Third Edition. Containing 216 Illustrations, and Specially Adapted Musical Accompaniments; and a splendidly whimsical frontispiece “Examples of English Gymnastics”.Previous owner's name written at top of title page. A reasonably bright and..... More
Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, 1993. Soft Cover. With no marks, and minimal wear. Softcover. More
Düsseldorf: Edition Mädler im Walter Rau Verlag, 1988. Soft Cover. A chess opening move strategy book. Text in German. With a few markings in ink. Orange softcover. More
Easton Press, 1995. Full Leather. Full leather with decorations in gilt; all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers. There are no marks or bookplates in the book. More
![CHARLOTTESVILLE CYCLING ZINE] KICKSTAND, 2009. Barry, Kassia, Patrick, Alex, Shell, Jessica...](/pictures/thumb/290799.JPG?v=1591220014)
Charlottesville, Virginia: Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation; Community Bikes, 2009. Soft Cover. A wonderful, local Charlottesville zine on the bike community there; with various stories and tips for cyclists, including a two-page story on biking to job interviews, an..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1946]. Hard Cover. First Printing. Photographic text illustrations. Foxing or toning to the endpapers and dustjacket. Wear to the dustjacket, and some tearing along the dustjacket spine. Red cloth with silver spine lettering, and..... More
Moon Township, Pennsylvania: Chess Enterprises, 1986. Soft Cover. Third printing. A book on the strategy made famous by Danish grandmaster, Bent Larsen. The opening is characterized by the opening move b3, and usually a bishop moving to either b2 or..... More
Chicago: Gilbert Novelty Magic Co., [1916]. A handy book of Patter for magicians -- Want to know how rice paper is made? ~“Put some rice in the canister, put on the cover, hold it on high, and say Flooey Kow..... More
Leeds: British Chess Magazine, 1911. Hard Cover. The two bindings are in the publisher’s blue cloth. There is some toning to the endpapers but there don’t appear to be marks in either book. More
New York | London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons | The Knickerbocker Press, 1913. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed. First Edition of Charles Halsted Mapes’ The Man Who One Day a Year Would Go “Eelin’”, signed with a personal inscription by..... More
Chicago: Fred J. Rigley Co., [1954]. From the Indians’ pennant-winning year. Small stapled pamphlet with the Cleveland Indians promotion on the cover and the schedule of Indian Home Games at the centerfold along with mail order form for Indian tickets..... More
Self-published, 1933. Hard Cover. The front hinge is cracked but holding. There are no marks in the book. More
Ann Arbor, Michigan: [1967]. Elephant Folio. Hard Cover. Earl Riskey’s University of Michigan Football Charts. Published in 1967, though additional contents are pasted in, updating the charts through 1972. Dampstaining to the corners of the boards and leaves. Rippling to..... More
The Sun Dial Press, 1939. Illustrated by: Mort Walton. Folio. Soft Cover. “A Practical Book on Tennis for Men and Women. 226 action photographs.” Paper binding, stapled at spine. Pictorial front cover. Very light edgewear to covers... More