Tom Underwood Editor (12 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, missing Dust Jacket. The Walt Disney Company 1988. Pages clean, unmarked, with mild tanning around the edges. Cover has light wear. Shipped promptly with Tracking. Txbk28.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Sharp straight copy in taupe linen cloth boards with blue titles and horse illustration on cover, spine slightly darkened but title legible. 245pp, pictorial endpapers. A compilation of stories by various authors and trainers of the day. Chapters include: The Role of Racing by Tom R. Underwood/ Racing as a Sport by Robert F. Kelley/ Racing as a Business by Alexander M. Robb/ The Breeding Background by J. A. Estes/ The Horse Farms by Fred A Purner, Tom R. Underwood and Humphrey Finney/ The Yearling Sales by Nelson Dunstan/ Training the Horse by Joe H. Palmer/ Running of the Race by Neville Dunn/ Handicapping by Everett A. Clay/ Races That Are Remembered by Edgar G. Horn/ The Specialists by Frank Graham/ American Race Tracks and the TRA by John I. Day/ The Official Family by Quinn Evans and Nelson Dunstan/ The Jockey Club by Robert F. Kelley/ State Racing Commissions by Tom R. Underwood/ Racing's War Donations by Quinn Evans and Nelson Dunstan/ The Pari-Mutuels by Alexander M. Robb/ Racing Publications by John H. Clark/ American Turf Literature by John L. Hervey (Salvator)/ Art and the Thoroughbred by John L. Hervey (Salvator)/ Appendix/ Index. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light wear with a small date stamp on the front cover; no interior markings. This issue contains: Big Bear with a Bright Future by Jim Reardon; Cagey Battler in the Shallows by Tom Paugh; Bass That Went West by Doug Knight; Where Trout Leap While Skiers Play by Peter Miller; Slight of Hand for Landing Fish by Homer Circle; In a Wild Land of Giant Trout by Ernest Schwiebert; Tyee - The Super Salmon by Bob Grant; Dixie's Cure for Winter Doldrums - Quail by Jerome B. Robinson; The Demon Bull of Denna Lake - Moose by Russell Annabel; Spring Gobblers in Morning Light by Taylor Oughton; Who Says a Field Trail Champ Can't Hunt by Jerome B. Robinson; Witness to Outrage by Erwin A. Bauer; Glass Grows Up by Pete Byrnes; and Craft for Every Kind of Fishing by Zack Taylor; along with all the usual features. Size: 4to. Jack Dumas; (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The story of the sport and background of the horse industry. C: 1945, 2nd Prtg, Coward-McCann. Illus: Robert Rader, Jr./photos. 6-1/2" x 9-1/2", 245 pgs. VG, Gd DJ (small pieces missing & chips).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good used copy. Theory and practice of horse racing and breeding, by 15 distinguished authors altogether; 'prepared under the auspices of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States, Inc.' (page [iv]). Essays by John H. Clark and others; includes a statistical appendix, bibliographical references and index. Slight stains and sunning to spine; slight rubbing to covers (cloth); previous owner's rubberstamp on front free endpaper; slight internal browning to edges.About 100 b/w Illustrations (including Photographs, Title Page & Headpiece illustrations); Pictorial Endpapers (brown/white).…

Condition: Good. Good condition. (Horses, Racing, Breeding) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Very Good. V5 N2, January 1959. Vintage oversize tabloid magazine devoted to news, entertainment, cartoons, non-nude pinups, sensationalism. Seemingly undocumented series; became "Scene for Men" by June 1959. A leftover tabloid published by noted comic book writer Woolfolk during the wrong decade that still managed to feature work by prominent photographers. Raven-haired Lisa Varga in fishnets cover/3pp (Steckler), Marilyn Monroe & Brigitte Bardot cover vignette/2pp, Guy Madison cover vignette/2pp, King Kong cover vignette, letters to editor, Capt. Iven Kincheloe space pilot, Bill Russell, Las Vegas burlesque, snake-fighter Ross Allen anaconda attack, "woo-manship" cartoons, sultry Faye Spain 2pp (Meyer), Calcutta plague, movie monsters, American women & sexual ignorance, Rahnee Motie feels no pain on pins, "Never Love a Stranger" (Lita Milan), ads (Mason Shoes, Dollar Mystery Guild). 10.5 x 13 inches, 42pp, saddle-stapled; rubber-stamped "OCT 29 1958" on rear verso. Very Good Plus, faint toning, slight roll, brief wear to rear cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. SIGNED AND LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES (#550). IN A CARDBOARD SLIPCASE. a COLLECTION OF 52 DUCK HUNTING STORIES BY FAMOUS SPORTING AND HUNTING WRITERS. Illustrated. Tom Hennessey (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 239pp. Text. Photographs. Appendix. Index. Bound in tan cloth boards (stains on panels, corners bumped, and moderate wear on spine crown and heel).

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Signed limited (#715/1000) in slipcase as issued. Signed by Lamar Underwood (author), Tom Hennessey (illustrator) and Jim Rikhoff (President N.S.F.L.). Looks unread with light mottle to gilt edges. oversized and overweight. B55 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gray/green hardcover binding with illustration of horse head upper LH corner square and tight - just a bit of rubbing along bottom edge of front cover. Interior clean and tight - yellowing glossy pages. Illustrated endpapers show life of Thoroughbred from foal to stud farm inside front cover and skeleton of the horse inside back cover. 245 pages with index. Considered at the time the most complete book on the subject in the US. Photos of Twilight Tear, famous triple heat, Man o'War, Pavot, and much more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rader, Robert E. and photographs (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.