Roberto Clemente: Batting King.
Handsome copy of this baseball profile of Roberto Clemente, native of Puerto Rico. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, (1968). No additional printings stated. A “Putnam.....
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The Negro in Sports.
Profusely illustrated profile of African Americans in American sports up until just before 1940: “Here in a long review pass the Negroes, both professional and...
Habana - Madrid Fronton. Spanish National Ball Game (Jai Alai) ... Season 1929 - 1930. Official Program… [opening lines]
Official program for the “Habana-Madrid” frontón or jai-alai venue in Havana, Cuba. The Basque/Spanish sport of jai-alai, played extremely fast with a small ball, was.....
Jai-Alai World’s Fastest Sport…Every Night at 8:30 “Habana-Madrid” Fronton. [cover title]
Description and guide to the Basque/Spanish sport of jai-alai—the “World’s Fastest Sport.” The pamphlet explains in detail the rules of the game and its unique.....
Official Score Card, Irwin Score Board, Princeton vs. Harvard. Soldiers Field. Saturday November 8, 1924. [American Football]
Official football game program for Harvard-Princeton match of 1924, the 27th meeting of the two rivals. The game was played at Soldiers Field in the...
A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt Being the Results of an Investigation into the Causes and Period of the Destruction of These Noble Beasts in The Keystone State, Obtained From Descendants of the Original Hunters. Including a Sketch of The Career of Daniel Ott, a Pennsylvanian Who has Killed Many Buffaloes in the West.
Scarce to commerce, a questionable history of bison in Pennsylvania; those who hunted and killed them, those who hunted buffalo in the American West. The...
Jackie Robinson. My Own Story.
The story of how this talented black American broke the color barrier to become an American baseball great. With a foreword by then-baseball commissioner Branch...
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Kid Chocolate. Undefeated Featherweight Champion… [caption title].
Publicity photograph of Afro-Cuban boxer Eligio Sardiñas-Montalvo (1910–1988) who fought under the nickname“ Kid Chocolate.” In 1931, Sardiñas became the first Cuban world boxing champion.....
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Are Negros Banned from Racing? [within:] Turf Confidential.
Sensationally-titled, five-page lead article lead article in a popular inside-horse-racing magazine. Progressive, the author notes that there are black “hotwalkers, grooms and exercise boys” but.....
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[The Texas Terrors:] American Football ... Souvenir Programme.
Colorful, illustrated World War II program for a U. S. Army demonstration game of American-rules football, played “Somewhere in Australia.” The game was played between.....
The Splendid Splinter. [Inscribed by Author]
A cheaply-produced book, likely produced in small quantity, written to celebrate baseball great Ted Williams. This copy with a very interesting thirteen-line inscription by the...
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[1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu].
In outstanding condition, football-shaped program and menu issued for the Harvard-Princeton football game dinner held at Boston’s Copley-Plaza hotel on November 8, 1924. The dinner...
The Complete Instructor in Boxing, Swimming, Gymnastics, Pedestrianism, Horse Racing, Prize Fighting, Boat Racing and Other Sports. Explaining the Best Known Systems in the Manly Art. Also, Full and Explicit Training Directions in Pedestrianism, Swimming, Gymnastics and Boat Racing. With Authentic Records of the Leading Champions of the World.
A 1940s edition of a pamphlet first appearing in the late 19th century. As the title suggests, the majority of the text is devoted to...
Raffle for the Young Trotting Horse “Billy Wise” at the Parlor Billiard Hall [Opening lines of broadside].
An engaging and unusual nineteenth century American broadside which advertises the raffling of “Billy Wise” a trotter horse at a parlor billiard hall. Ornamental borders.....
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[American Football:] Yale vs. Princeton, Saturday November 12, 1932 [seating ticket]
The Yale/Princeton football rivalry goes as far back as the 1870s. Here, in 1932, the two Ivy League school football teams battled it out to...
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