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1935 Edition Spalding's Official Badminton Guide

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Forster, Robert D., Editor
Book Description: Canadian Sports Publishing Company, Brantford, Ont., 1935. Soft Cover. Book Condition: . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Official rules of the Canadian Badminton Association, from Spalding's Athletic Library. Red titling on white spine, white and black titling on red and white front, advertising on last few pages and back cover, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Corners and edges worn, particularly spine ends, half-inch open tear at base of spine, covers smudged and have shelfwear, light damp damage on upper corners of inside covers and last few pages, slightly musty odour. 136 pages
Price: $17.50

A Ghost in the Water
A Ghost in the Water

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Glavin, Terry
Book Description: New Star Books, Toronto, Ontario, 1994. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. "A strange prehistoric giant, rarely seen and little understood, haunts the depths of the Fraser River. It is the Fraser River white sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in North America, and it is facing extinction." Pictorial cover, orange titling to front, white titling to spine, some black and white photographs, 78 pages. Light crease to front cover, light edge wear.
Price: $11.75

American Girl Book of Sports Stories, The
American Girl Book of Sports Stories, The

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Book Description: Random House, New York, 1965. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Windward Book. A collection of tennis, swimming, skiing, riding, and sailing stories selected by The American Girl Magazine. Illustrated soft cover, black and white illustrations throughout, 200 pages. Cover has significant edge wear with creases, rubbing, front cover has been repaired with clear tape at gutter, back upper corner is missing, owner's name in ink inside front cover, school name stamp inside back cover.
Price: $4.00

Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making
Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

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Gibson, W. Hamilton
Book Description: Harper & Brothers, New York, . Hard Cover. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Circa 1881. Further subtitled: "Containing Comprehensive Hints on Camp Shelter, Log Huts, Bark Shanties, Woodland Beds and Bedding, Boat and Canoe Building, and Valuable Suggestions on Trappers' Food, Etc. With Extended Chapters on the Trapper's Art, Containing all the "Tricks" and Valuable Bait Recipes of the Profession; Full Directions for the Use of the Steel Trap, and for the Construction of Traps of All Kinds; Detailed Instructions for the Capture of All Fur-Bearing Animals; Valuable Recipes for the Curing and Tanning of Fur Skins, Etc., Etc." Green cloth with gilt titling and blind stamped decorative borders on spine and front, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with very handsome black and white illustrations throughout. Binding shaky, cover, which is detached, has extensive wear and is darkened, stains and foxing spots throughout text. 300 pages
Price: $22.00

Coaching Youth Softball - American Sport Education Program
Coaching Youth Softball - American Sport Education Program

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Book Description: Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill., . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An excellent introduction to youth coaching for both beginning and experinced coaches. Illustrated soft cover with white titling, black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout. This book is without flaws. 169 pages
Price: $11.75

Cold War: The Amazing Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972
Cold War: The Amazing Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972

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MacSkimming, Roy
Book Description: Greystone Books, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1996. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sport History: the 27 legendary days in September 1972: "a time when hockey's two worlds collided, as the prennial world champins from the Soveit Union finally tested themselves against the top professional stars of the National Hockey League." Red paper covered boards, black titling to spine, grey endpapers, two clusters of black and white photographs, 274 pages. Light smudging to text block edge, previous owner's name stamp to ffep. Dust jacket has some sunning to spine, light edge wear, the plastic layer of dust jacket is rippling at spine.
Price: $12.75

Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation, The
Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation, The

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Walton, Isaac
Book Description: Cassell & Company, Limited, London, 1886. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A handsome little volume of Isaac Walton's discourse on fishing. Elaborate black decoration on tan cloth cover, gilt and black titling, a small black and white decorative illustration on title page. advertising on back cover and inside front and back cover, as well as publisher's advertising on last four pages. Corners and spine ends have minor wear with the exception of back left corner which appears to be slightly chewed, cover has a few pale spots but is basically clean, clear and bright, a newspaper clipping is pinned to first free end paper, text block edges are darkened, but this is otherwise a very attractive little book. 192 pages
Price: $25.00

 
Proceedings of the fifty-Fifth Annual Conference of Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners, Seattle, Washington, July 13-16, 1975

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Book Description: Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners, Seattle, Washington, 1975. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Yellow card cover, black titling on spine and front, photo of bear on front, black and white illustrations. Corners and spine ends worn, two staple holes and small ink notation on front, ink name stamp on title page, text block edges slightly darkened, several pages at back have tiny creases at the corners. 305 pages. Posted shipping quotes may not be correct for this item; for faster service please contact us directly.
Price: $15.00

Scoop Sports Annual 1980
Scoop Sports Annual 1980

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Book Description: D.C. Thomson & Co., London, 1980. Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A collection of sports trivia, biography, articles, comics, activities, etc. for children. Bright pictorial cover with red and yellow titling, illustrated end papers, black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Corners and spine ends have significant wear and are bumped, spine ends have been reinforced with clear tape, otherwise book is in great shape. 125 pages
Price: $9.75

Scoop Sports Annual 1981
Scoop Sports Annual 1981

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Book Description: D.C. Thomson & Co., London, 1981. Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A collection of sports trivia, biography, articles, comics, activities, etc. for children. Bright pictorial cover with blue and white titling, illustrated end papers, black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Corners worn and bumped, otherwise book is in great shape. 125 pages
Price: $15.00

Scoop Sports Annual 1982
Scoop Sports Annual 1982

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Book Description: D.C. Thomson & Co., London, 1982. Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A collection of sports trivia, biography, articles, comics, activities, etc. for children. Bright pictorial cover with red, white and yellow titling, illustrated end papers, black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Corners worn and bumped, otherwise book is in great shape. 125 pages
Price: $9.75

Soccer Annual 1981
Soccer Annual 1981

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Book Description: IPC Magazines Ltd., London, 1981. Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fleetway Annual. A collection of soccer articles and trivia for children. Illustrated end papers, black and white and colour illustrations throughout, blue, white and yellow titling on colourful pictorial cover, black titling on red spine. Minor wear and light bumping to corners and spine ends, first page has five inch split at hinge, otherwise book is in great shape. 95 pages.
Price: $15.00

Somebody Ring the Bell!
Somebody Ring the Bell!

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Toweel, Willie; McInnes, Peter
Book Description: Stanley Paul, London, 1961. A Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "A boxing book with a difference. Not an individual's rags-to-riches story, byt a family saga. The Toweels are perhaps the greatest fighting family of all times." Red cloth with black titling to spine, frontispiece, black and white photographs throughout, 202 pages. Previous owner's stamp on first endpaper. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, light foxing to inside.
Price: $24.00

Til Fjells
Til Fjells

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Backer, Andreas
Book Description: Halvorsen & Larsen, Oslo, Norway, . Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Written in Norwegian, this is a book about hiking and mountaineering in Norway. Dark blue boards with three-colour illustration on front, small white illustration on spine, white titling, top text block edge is blue, handsomely illustrated end papers, iIlustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. Book has shelf wear and edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, spine slightly sunned, foxing on end papers, some page edges darkened. This is an attractive book - clean, bright and tight. 252+ pages
Price: $10.00

 
Twentieth Annual Yearling and Breeding Stock Sale

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Book Description: British Columbia Thoroughbred Breeders' Society, North Burnaby, B.C., 1972. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. Catalogue of horses to be auctioned off in vancouver on thursday, September 14th, 1972. Yellow pictoral cover in stapled binding. Faint stamp mark to front cover, light crease marks and pressure marks to covers, small tape remnants to front cover, three small post office labels to back cover. 158 pages.
Price: $12.00



 
 

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