Basketball
My Losing Season
New York: Doubleday / Nan Talese, (2002). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Account of a season of basketball at the Citadel, told by the author with his usual humor and insight. More
Signed Card
Unbound. 3" x 5" index card Signed by the basketball great: "Bob Cousy." Paper the slightest bit toned, else fine. More
Signed Card
Unbound. Approximately 2.75" x 5" card with a mounted Signature: "Bob Cousy" with a small mounted illustration. Paper the slightest bit toned, else fine. More
The Killer Instinct
New York: Random House, (1975). Hardcover. Reprint. Near fine with spine lettering dull and lower board edge worn, in near fine dustjacket showing light wear. More
Five Were Chosen: A Basket Ball Story
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. Hardcover. First edition. Faint outline of a removed bookplate on the front pastedown else fine in very near fine dustwrapper with two tiny nicks on the spine ends. A novel for adolescents about basketball, most copies seem to have gone to libraries. Cox..... More
Pitched from the Past: The Journey of "The Matchless Baseball"
(Holiday, Florida: Tradewinds, 1994). Hardcover. First edition. 114pp. Illustrated in black and white. Foreword by Mel Harder and Tommy Henrich. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Pull out set of 24 players from the 1934 All-star team on card stock in back. Review copy with letter from author to former editor of..... More
Lady Hoopsters: A History of Women's Basketball in America
Northampton, Massachusetts: Half Moon Books, (2000). Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 174pp. Illustrated from photographs. Spine modestly faded, thus near fine. Signed by the author, who also wrote *Iron-Jawed Angels: The Militancy of the National Woman's Party.* Issued by a small press, and surprisingly uncommon. More
Lady Hoopsters: A History of Women's Basketball in America
Northampton, Ma. Half Moon Books, (2000). Softcover. First edition, paperback original. Octavo. 174pp. Illustrated from photographs. One corner very slightly bumped else fine in wrappers. The author also wrote *Iron-Jawed Angels: The Militancy of the National Woman's Party.* Issued by a small press, and very uncommon. More
Illustrated History of Basketball
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1974). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with minor tear to the foot of the spine. More
Willis Reed: Take-Charge Man of the Knicks
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1970). Hardcover. First edition. One red dot on the front pastedown and dust-soiling to the back cover, else fine in an about near fine dustwrapper with some rubbing to the front panel. Story of the center of the N.Y. Knick's championship team. More
Willis Reed: Take-Charge Man of the Knicks
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1970). Hardcover. First edition. With a bit of red marker on the front fly and a dot of red on the front pastedown taped over; boards lightly dust-soiled, else fine in an about near fine dustwrapper with some rubbing to the front and back panels..... More
Willis Reed: Take-Charge Man of the Knicks
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1970). Hardcover. First edition. Lower board edges chewed, thus very good in near fine dustwrapper save for chewing to the foot of the spine. Story of the center of the N.Y. Knick's championship team. More
Willis Reed: Take-Charge Man of the Knicks
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1970). Hardcover. First edition. Small ink blot on front pastedown, board edges are noticeably worn, else very good in good only dustwrapper with glue stain on the front panel and the top layer peeled off. Story of the center of the N.Y. Knick's championship team..... More
Big Leagues: Professional Baseball, Football, and Basketball in National Memory
New York: William Morrow and Company, (1994). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 522pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. History of Baseball, Football, and Basketball in America from the beginning to the present. Includes a chapter on the black ballplayer, going back to such unknown slave athletes as Preely Coleman and Green Cumby..... More
Elevating the Game: Black Men and Basketball
(New York): HarperCollins, (1992). Hardcover. First edition. Faint spotting on the top page edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. Advance Review copy with publisher's material laid in. More
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
Franklin Center, Pennslyvania: The Franklin Library, 1999. Hardcover. First edition. Full leather gilt. Slightly bumped corner and faint spotting else about near fine. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed and with a special message by the author not included in the trade edition. More
"Magic": A Biography of Earvin Johnson
Hillside NJ: Enslow Publishers, (1982). Hardcover. Presumed third edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Extremities slightly bumped, still about fine, probably issued without dustwrapper. Scarce biography by a well-known African-American author, but published by a nearly unknown publisher. More
The Modern Encyclopedia of Basketball
New York: Four Winds Press, (1969). Hardcover. Reprint. Cocked, else a very good plus copy in very good dustwrapper with some creases on the front and back panels. Brimming with photos and stats on both pro and college basketball. More
Emergency Room
(Austin, TX: SRLR Press, 1995). Softcover. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Tiny ink stroke on front wrap, else fine. Inscribed by the author to Lou McKee. *OCLC* locates two copies. More
Basketball: The American Game
Chicago: Follett Publishing, (1971). Hardcover. First edition. Front pastedown with small stamp and date, else fine in very good dustwrapper with internal dampstaining. More
(Photo album): Six Decades of America seen through a Family's Photographs
Georgia / Massachusetts / Vermont / Canada / Virginia / Pennsylvania: (1919-1976). Softcover. Oblong quarto. measuring 11" x 7.5". String tied Black cloth over flexible boards. Contains 312 black and white gelatin silver or sepia toned photographs measuring between 3” x 2” and 5.5” x 3.5” with some captions. Some..... More
Championship NBA: Official 25th Anniversary
New York: Dial Press, 1970. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with light soiling to the boards, a bookseller’s stamp on the front endpaper, in very good plus dustwrapper with chipping and tears along the edges and spine. More