Deke Houlgate (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Rubbed DJ. Auto; 8205.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Book with (what else?) a Formula One car on cover has minor wear, tight, bright and unmarked. Signed on title page, 'Helen - Enjoy - Deke Houlgate'. Racing novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paper Back. Condition: Good.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG ex library copy in near fine silver pictorial dj in mylar. 195 pp. with Index. b & photos throughout. Chapters on learning to ride, safety, owner maintenance, the law, racing motorcycles, charts of records, world champions, US motorcycles and more. Foreword by Evel Knievel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Usual library markings, excellent condition, no visible wear, photographs.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. Good original mass market paperback stain on back cover.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Frans Nelson: A Biography. Book.

Condition: VG+/VG. 1st. 8vo. 164pp. Bit of rubbing, 1/2" tear to price-clipped DJ.

Condition: New.

Condition: acceptable.

Hardcover. [2], 89, [1]p. + 1 plate (frontispiece), portrait, boards. Signed by Nelson on the half title. Bookseller's ink stamp on front pastedown. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. Some stains to title page. Good. Nelson immigrated from Sweden and grew up on the Nebraska frontier. He later became a real estate developer in California.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. 89 pages. Photo frontis. INSCRIBED by Frans Nelson and dated 1942. Some rubbing at spine ends, some fading on spine, else very good condition. (N1). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. [2], 89, [1]p. + 1 plate (frontispiece), portrait, boards. Signed by Nelson on the half title. Bookseller's ink stamp on front pastedown. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. Some stains to title page. Good. Nelson immigrated from Sweden and grew up on the Nebraska frontier. He later became a real estate developer in California.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. First edition. Jacket in mylar cover. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. A nice hardcover in a protective Mylar sleeve with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection.1st edition.

Condition: Good. Some fading and marks to the dust jacket, mainly to the edges. Content is clean and readable throughout, a decent readable hardback.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No dust jacket. First Edition. SCARCE INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION in brown cloth with gilt titles, inscribed by author to Captain F. Valdimar Peterson on half-title page, deckled right-hand pages, frontis. photo of Frans Hans + another photo as a young man, introduction by Hal Hughes, 89pp. Very Good+ with just a whisper of wear at extremities. Nelson (1859-1948) has been described as a pioneer, builder, statesman, fincancier, real estate developer. He was born in Sweden and grew up in frontier Nebraska. He became a major real estate developer in California. He relates the story of General Custer and his troops spending three days in Yankton, South Dakota during a blizzard on Custer's new assignment at Fort Abraham Lincoln (where Custer met and recruited Felix Vinatieri as his band leader - Vinatieri the great-great grandfather of retired NFL kicker, Adam Vinatieri). A scarce Custer collectible in beautiful condition. Signed.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. shows minor wear, tanned pages.

Hardbound. Condition: Fine(1). In-depth, on-the-scene reports of man and machine from the salt flats of Utah to Daytona Beach, Florida and around the world. With d/j Illustrated by: .

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good octavo vi + 164pp., b/w pls., speed record charts, 'Man's search or ultimate speed on land'.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Photos, 17 x 14", gilt-lettered maroon limp vinyl binder, 153pp + pp, covers a bit worn and soiled, corners bumped with some creasing, some red pencil underlining and highlighting, pp edge-toned with some minor edge wear. Second Edition, with Coast Paper Company instruction note bound in (how to operate the binder levers). Unnumbered copy. UofM, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Clemson.…

Hard Back. Condition: Good Clean Cond. No Dust Jacket. Hardback : hard cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. In worn and chipping, clear tape repaired dust jacket. Signed To Dane Martin, Bernie. Written in the atmosphere of of Hollywood and professionals in the movie industry.early version of spin control. Dust Jacket, Illustrated (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tables, tables and more tables, oblong 11 x 17", plastic comb bound textured cloth, 248pp + pp, covers worn and soiled, pp toned and used with scattered colored pencil highlighting, copy number 1755 with gilt name of former owner of front cover; with inkstamp of "Houlgate House" publisher on title page. U of M, Ohio State, University of Detroit, Yale. FIRST EDITION.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Houlgate with a short inscription. The "thesaurus" contains the record by college or university of every football game played by the school from their first through the 1945 season. Alphabetically organized. Also gives the name and location of each school, founding date, colors and nickname, head coaches, conference and other information. For example for Princeton and Rutgers won 6-4. 300 universities in all. Oblong folio size 11x17 inches hardcover boards, spiral bound, 248 pages. The book is notated by a prior owner on some, but not most, pages with check marks, circles and/or scores - however it is not particularly offensive (see last photo for an example). Boards are loose from two of the spirals at the bottom. Notation in pencil on inside front cover from former owner about where he purchased the book. Signed. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very large book in excellent condition, large coffee table book, spiral bound, oblong, no dust jacket, stains on fore edges of book. Signed by the author #1482. Signed by Author(s).