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Parra, Derek, with Patrick Quinn.
Reflections in the Ice: Inside the Heart and Mind of an Olympic
Champion.
Discovery Bay, California: Podium Publishing, 2003. 1st printing. xv, 294
pages. Photographs. Signed by the author.
Derek Parra won Gold and Silver Medals at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic
Games in 2002. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover).
ISBN 1932618007. #28427. $25
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Racquet and Tennis Club, New York.
Club Book for 1968, Racquet and Tennis Club.
New York: Racquet and Tennis Club, 1968. Small 8vo. 190 pages.
Good maroon and blue pictorial cloth. Some stains on rear cover. #23743.
$35
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Reynardson, C. T. S. Birch.
Sports & Anecdotes of Bygone Days in England, Scotland,
Ireland, Italy and The Sunny South.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1887. 294 pages. 7 colored illustrations.
Half-leather and cloth-covered hardcover binding. Front cover detached. Edges
worn. Good. #16424. $65
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Rimon, David.
Vom Herzinfarkt zum Olympischem Volkslauf.
Tel Aviv, Israel: Verleger: Verein fur Langstreckenlaufer in Israel, Gefordert
vom Ministerium fur Kultur and Erziehung, Abteilung fur Sport und
Leibeserziehung, 1983. 4to (large book). 104 pages, plus many unnumbered pages
with facsimile copies of press stories.
The Israeli author, a journalist, turned philosopher and athlete, started
running after a heart attack at age 54. Text in German. Very good pictorial
hardcover with original taped spine. #22168. $35
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Ruderverein Hellas.
25 Jahre Ruderverein 'Hellas' E. V. Offenbach A.M., 1901-1926.
Offenbach, a. M.: Entwurf und Druckausfuhrung: Graphische Kunstanstalt Ph.
Sauer, 1926. 112 pages. Photographs.
Text in German. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover), edges and
corners slightly worn. #27765. $200
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Scott, Eugene L., Compiler and editor.
The Rallybook.
Caricatures by David Levine. Foreword by George A. Plimpton. New York: Tennis
Week, 1994. 92 pages. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the editor, Gene
Scott.
'The Rallybook is a collection of the best stories of 1993 in Tennis Week.' -
front dust jacket panel. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. #22396. $15
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Shabazian, Ludwig. Relief to Royalty: The Story of James J. Braddock, World's Heavyweight Champion.
Simmenauer, Felix.
Die Gold Medaille. Erinnerungen an Die Bar Kochba-Makkabi Turn-
und Sportbewegung, 1898-1938.
Geleitwort von Heinz Galinski. Berlin, Germany: Edition Hentrich, 1989. Small
4to (medium-large book). 175 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Inscribed and
signed by the author. Reihe Deutsche Vergangenheit 'Statten der Geschichte
Berlins,' Band 36. Mit einem Beitrag von Kurt Schilde: Spurensicherung.
Judischer Sport von 1933 bis 1938.
Text in German. Very good softcover. ISBN 3926175656. #22164. $25
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Teichman, Oskar.
Black Horse Nemo and Other Memories.
London: Peter Davies, 1957. 1st printing. 221 pages. Photographs.
Illustrations. Endpaper illustrations.
A memoir of horses and riding in Britain. Good hardcover. #21759. $20
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United States Polo Association.
Year Book of the United States Polo Association, 1941.
New York: United States Polo Association, 1941. Small 4to (medium-large book). 110 pages. Frontispiece.
Photographs.
Slightly worn hardcover. #21656. $30
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Villiers, Guy.
The British Heavy Horse.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1977. Reprint. Small 4to (medium-large book). 96
pages. Photographs. Illustrations. First published in 1976.
Describes the four main breeds of British Heavy Horses, 'gentle giants,' the
Shire, the Suffolk, the British Percheron, and the Clydesdale, their harness
and decorations, major shows and events, etc. Very good hardcover in very good
dust jacket. ISBN 0214200957. #24823. $25
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Wojnarowski, Adrian.
The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and
Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty.
New York: Gotham Books, 2005. 3d printing. xvi, 381 pages. Photographs.
Inscribed and signed by Bob Hurley on front flyleaf. Inscribed and signed by
the author on half-title page.
St. Anthony's High School in Jersey City, New Jersey and its remarkable
basketball program. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket.
ISBN 1592401023. #25117. $45
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