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
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
Altona Bahrenfeld: H. F. & Ph. F. Reemtsma, [1932]. Hard Cover. A Nazi publication of the 1932 Olympics, held in Los Angeles. With 202 photographs tipped in, some colorized. Also with ten photographic plates, and a folding color chart at..... 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: American Sports Publishing Company, [1904]. Soft Cover. Covers detached and chipped. 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
New York; Chicago; London: Physical Culture Publishing Co., 1906-1907. Soft Cover. Seven odd issues of Physical Culture, from May 1906 to February 1907. With photographic and text illustrations, and essays throughout on subjects such as Boxing Lessons for Boys, Chicago..... 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
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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
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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
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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
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
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1999. Full Leather. First Edition. Signed. From the Franklin Library’s Signed First Edition series; signed by Joseph Halberstam. In full light brown leather with elaborate decorations in gold, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon marker and..... More
West Point, N. Y. Leisure Press, [1981]. Hard Cover. Second Edition. Photographic illustrations. Previous owner’s name on the front endpaper. Quarter cloth over black paper boards. Shelfwear to the dustjacket. Top edge of the textblock foxed. Very Good with a...... More