Category: Crafts & Hobbies

Pork Chunk Fishing : Tells How We Caught over 6000 Bass in 20 Years of Pork Chunkin'

By: Mallory, Royce R. ; Illustrated by Dave Robeson

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Netcraft Company : 1950

Seller ID: 23888

Condition: Very Good-

44 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, blue covers, 44 + 4 pages, 3 photos, 7 drawings, 9 diagrams, total of 19 b/w illustrations. ; Foreword by H. T. Ludgate. Drawings by Dave Robeson. Topics include: Fishing on Bass Lake, Ontario. Pork chunk shapes. Spinner lure. Legal bass. Coloring the pork. Night fishing. Fishing in open pockets. Lily pad tricks. Small mouth bass. Northern pike. More. ; Moderate edgewear. Covers show normal thumb creases and a few pale spots. Main defect: pages 20 to 23 have old tape repairs. All pages present, everything readable, binding tight. Quite scarce.
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Detroit Rockers : National Professional Soccer League (Signed)

By: Margetic, Pato

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Detroit Rockers : 1997

Seller ID: 23634

Condition: Very Good+

Not abook. This is a promotional flyer or team roster SIGNED by four members of the Detroit Rockers professional soccer team, circa 1997. Signatures are: #5, Neil Gilbert. #10, Tati Errecalde. #17, Matt Quinn. Coach and #20, Pato Margetic. ; Oblong glossy 1-page measuring 11 x 8.5 inches, printed one side only, in three colors but with 17 player photos in b/w. ; Left edge has a small amount of wear due to thumbing.
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Chess Step by Step

By: Marshall, Frank J., and J. C. H. Macbeth

Price: $37.00

Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company : 1927

Seller ID: 24134

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

306 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, [xvi] + 306 pages, 19 illustrative games, appendix, 129 b/w chessboard diagrams. Written by Frank James Marshall and James Cruickshank Henderson Macbeth, both early chess champions. ; Originally published June, 1924. This is 2nd printing, April, 1927. Introduction with biographical note on authors by Hermann Helms. ; Topics include: Chess notation. How to get checkmate. Synopsis of openings. Odds at chess. Strategy of middle game. Strategy of end game. Chess coups and stratagems. More. ; We have graded this item Fair. Cloth is sunned, spotted...
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Enchanted Golf Clubs, the : With Eight Illustrations by Stuart Hay

By: Marshall, Robert; Illustrated by Stuart Hay

Price: $165.00

Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company : 1920

Seller ID: 20375

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Poor dust jacket

152 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, pale green illustrated boards, 152 pages, 8 full-page b/w line illustrations with captions. ; Wonderful humorous tale of bad golfer redeemed by his enchanted clubs. Illustrated by famed cartoonist Stuart Hay. ; Exterior shows light edgewear, mainly at heel. Rear cover (unprinted) partly tanned. Front endpaper has two quotations and a gift note dated 1920 all in old ink. No other defects to book. Jacket tanned, rubbed, chipped at crown, large part of rear panel torn off and missing. Rare. Sold as is.
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FHA Home Owner's Guide : Federal Housing Administration

By: Mason, Norman P.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Federal Housing Administration : 1958

Seller ID: 22598

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

20 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; White softcover booklet, 20 pages, blue and black printing, 20 monochrome illustrations. Topics include: A home of your own. Appraisal. Mortgage. Insurance. Taxes and assessments. Maintenance. Builder's warranty. Dampness, shrinkage, expansion. Floors. Paint. More. ; From preface: "I am happy to welcome you as you join the millions of American families whom the Federal Housing Administration has helped to buy homes. This booklet explains your relationship to the builder, the mortgage lender, and the FHA in the transaction and tells you what services you can expect fro...
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Encyclopedia of Chess Openings : C1, e4 e6, e4 e5

By: Matanovic, Aleksandar

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Chess Informant / Fide : 1974

Seller ID: 21882

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

348 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, 348 + 4 pages, main text in 2 columns, consisting almost entirely of chess openings in chess-game notation. 99 chess openings (C-1 to C-99) analyzed. ; Vol-1 ONLY of a 5-vol series. Front matter is in parallel Serbian, Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish. Inventors of encyclopedia system: A. Matanovic, B. Rabar, M. Molerovic. Author of classification: Braslav Rabar. Assistant author for US: Robert Byrne. Many additional contributors. ; Cloth lightly worn, with faint cup ring on front, another on rear. Pages show a few...
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Model Airplane Maker's Grab Bag

By: Munro, Conrad H.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Conrad H. Munro : 1972

Seller ID: 23671

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

28 pages; Accessories for making WW1 model aircraft, mostly German. ; 1) Repla-Tech British Warplanes, Scale Drawings, Number 1, by Robert C. Morrison, 1980, 11 pages printed one side only, 10 aircraft, each shown in 6 architectural diagrams, plus index page, all in original envelope. ; Plus 14 decal sheets for model aircraft (dated 1972-1988, some undated, some partly used and are missing 3 or 3 insignia) ; 2) Almark Decals Number A32, German four-color lozenge, 4 strips plus sheet of historical info. 3) Americal Gryphon Number 5, five-color lozenge-style camouflage, 9 strips on one sheet, wi...
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Your New Home and How to Take Care of it : Care and Maintenance Suggestions to Preserve its Life and Beauty for Many Years

By: National Housing Center

Price: $16.00

Publisher: National Housing Center : 1955

Seller ID: 22599

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

32 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Blue softcover, 32 pages, 23 b/w illustrations. ; Published under auspices, National Association of Home Builders. Topics include: Your new home. Diagram of house features. Foundation. Driveway. Windows. Plumbing. Electricity. Heating and cooling. Controlling condensation. Painting. Repairing cracks. Safety. Tax breaks. More. ; Brief info for new homeowners. ; Minor edgewear only. Scarce. ; Each inside cover has small pocket, as issued, and in these pockets are eight additional publications, each being about three to ten paragraphs (they are: Acoustical tile. Asphal...
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Nationaline Planalog : Nationaline Fixtures, Three Piece Bathroom Set in Pastel Colors

By: National Plumbing

Price: $21.00

Publisher: National Plumbing Stores : 1954

Seller ID: 24411

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

28 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall colorful softcover, 28 glossy pages including covers, 240 b/w diagrams of fixtures and accessories, 80 color photos and diagrams. Includes original retailprices. ; Wonderful mid-century modern appliances and fixtures including: Lavatory sets. Sinks. Bathtubs. Space-saver models. Lavalettes. Shower stalls. Gas, oil, and coal furnaces and boilers. Water heaters. Well pumps. Kitchen sinks and cabinets. Iron fittings. Fixtures. Accessories. Chrome trim. Red lava. Monastral blue. Veridian green. Tyrine coral. More. ; Light wear, small creases to tips, faint discolora...
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We Are the Ship : The Story of Negro League Baseball

By: Nelson, Kadir; Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion : 2008

Seller ID: 24027

ISBN-13: 9780786808328

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

96 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large square hardcover, reinforced binding as issued, tan boards, dark brown endpapers, [viii] + 88 glossy pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 51 truly stunning full-color paintings, most full page, and including a magnificent gatefold (see image) of the First Colored World Series 1924.; Foreword by Hank Aaron. Not written down to children but suitable for readers about 10 and up. ; Lower tips bumped. No other defects.
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Educated Cat, the : How to Teach Your Cat to Do Tricks

By: Ney, George, with Susan Sherman Fadem

Price: $8.00

Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company : 1987

Seller ID: 23265

ISBN-13: 9780525483458

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

114 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Blue softcover, [xiv] + 114 pages, index, 50 b/w photos. ; Very simple tricks almost any cat can learn to do, and some astonishing tricks, perfected by famed cat trainer George Ney. ; Very light edgewear, small smudge to fore-edge, one leaf wrinkled but readable. F
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(Chess) Reti Opening : 1 Nf3 d5

By: Osnos, Viacheslav

Price: $26.00

Publisher: Troy's Chess Shoppe : 1982

Seller ID: 22844

ISBN-13: 9780713436242

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

96 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; White softcover, [x] + 86 pages, brief index, main text in 2 columns, 53 b/w chess diagrams. ; Translated by Mark Sawko. Series editor R. G. Wade. ; Covers show moderate edgewear, small thumb creases. Pages a bit yellowed from age. No other defects. Scarce. ; Item laid in: small postcard from US Chess Federation with two b/w chessboard diagrams and current (1999) ratings of two local players. ; Tournament Player's Repertoire of Openings Series
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World's Work, The, Volume 68, Number 3, July 1924 : Craze for Costliness in Golf

By: Page, Arthur W.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company : 1924

Seller ID: 20977

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

350 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; White softcover, full-color Egyptian-style illustration on front, about 350 pages, tons of b/w photos, color frontispiece, many ads for automobiles, appliances, books, etc, including several in color. ; Articles include: The Craze for Costliness in Golf by Walter Camp. Tammany Bosses by Charles J. Rosebault. When the Negro Comes North part 3 by Rollin Lynde Hartt. What Kind of a Modern was the Ancient Egyptian by Ludlow S. Bull, with 7 color illus. Defective Brain the Cause of Crime [Eugenics] by French Strother. More. Plus book reviews, current events, Coolidge ...
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World's Work, The, Volume 68, Number 6, October 1924 : Under Forty Too Young for Golf

By: Page, Arthur W.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company : 1924

Seller ID: 20980

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

350 pages; 4to (10.25") 26 cm; White softcover, red eagle on front, about 350 pages, tons of b/w photos, frontispiece photo of Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes, many ads for household items, banks, appliances, luxury automobiles, etc, including several in color. ; Articles include: Under Forty Too Young for Golf by Walter Camp. Charles G. Dawes: Businessman in Politics by Richard W. Walsh. When a Man's Worth Something by Edward W. Bok. Hale Colombia by William McFee. She [Mrs. Jennie Moran] Makes her North Dakota Farm Pay by Helen Bullitt Lowry, with 3 photos. More. Plus current events, presi...
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Modeling Tanks and Military Vehicles : Assembly, Painting, Scratchbuilding, Conversion, Weathering and Detailing

By: Paine, Shepard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company : 1983

Seller ID: 22657

ISBN-13: 9780890240458

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

76 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall softcover booklet, 76 pages, 360 b/w photos and diagrams, 42 photos and diagrams in color. ; Copyright 1982. This is 2nd printing, 1983. Photos by author. Edited by Bob Hayden. Topics include: Basic kit assembly. Painting armor models. Weathering. Conversion techniques. Scratchbuilding techniques. Superdetailing. Battle damage. More. ; Only a touch of edgewear. Appears unused.
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Sword of the Samurai : The Classical Art of Japanese Swordsmanship

By: Parulski, George R.

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Paladin Press : 1985

Seller ID: 19212

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

129 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Tall hardcover, black boards, [xii] + 129 pages, glossary, appendixes, over 230 b/w photos, many step-by-step. English throughout, with many technical terms in Japanese and English. ; 1st edition, 1985. Foreword by Soke Kanyemn aikira Okazaki. ; Topics include: sword history and tradition, spiritual practice, Zen, fighting postures, suburito, bokken, kenjutsu, kumitachi, iai, 1-person and 2-person katas, much more. ; Book shows no wear, no signs of use. Jacket shows only a touch of edgewear.
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Masterguide of Profitable Balloon Arts, The

By: Paulk, Debra; Illustrated by Leroy Minley

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Festivities Publications : 1988

Seller ID: 23546

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

132 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, 132 pages, glossary of balloonology, index, 5 tables, 276 b/w photos and diagrams. ; Not a book of balloon animals. This book explains special-event decorating with balloons: helium arrangements, air-filled arrangements, arches, garlands, wreaths, letters, numbers, sculptures, the dropping of hordes of balloons, balloon safety, tips on how to bill the client and much more. ; Very light wear.
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Eagle Magician, the : Volume 5, Number 5, May 1920, the Cream of Magic by the Magician for the Magician

By: Pentz, Collins

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Collins Pentz : 1920

Seller ID: 20103

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

28 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Softcover, 28 pages numbered 113-140, 21 b/w illustrations, articles, editorials, adver tisements for tricks and apparatus, more. ; Almost no wear. Staples slightly rusty. Extremely scarce.
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Eagle Magician, the : Volume 5, Number 6, June 1920, the Cream of Magic by the Magician for the Magician

By: Pentz, Collins

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Collins Pentz : 1920

Seller ID: 20104

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

28 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Softcover, 28 pages numbered 141-168, 17 b/w illustrations, articles, editorials, adver tisements for tricks and apparatus, more. ; Almost no wear. Staples slightly rusty. Extremely scarce.
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Eagle Magician, the : Volume 5, Number 7, July 1920, the Cream of Magic by the Magician for the Magician

By: Pentz, Collins

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Collins Pentz : 1920

Seller ID: 20105

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

28 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Softcover, 28 pages numbered 169-186, 24 b/w illustrations, articles, editorials, adver tisements for tricks and apparatus, more. ; Almost no wear. Staples slightly rusty. Extremely scarce.
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Category: Crafts & Hobbies