Alex J Morrison (22 results)
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ROCKET STORIES - Volume 1, number 1 - April 1953
Kaempfert, Wade (editor) (John Jakes; William Morrison; Milton Lesser; Ward Botsford; Hubert J. Bernhard; H. A. DeRosso)
Published by Space Publications, New York, 1953
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, CanadaWF Sandercombe
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very light wear but with a small ink mark on the front cover; no interior markings. Cover art by Ed Emshwiller; ineriors by: Paul Orban; Vincent Napoli; Tom Beecham; Berwin; and Alex Ebel. This issue contains: Jackrogue Second by John Jakes; The Haters by William Morrison; The Idols… of Wuld by Milton Lesser; The World Is Condemned by Ward Botsford; Welcome, Voyagers by Hubert J. Bernhard; and The Quest of Quaa by H. A. DeRosso. Size: 12mo. Ed Emshwiller; Paul Orban; Vincent Napoli; Tom Beecham; Berwin; Alex Ebel; (illustrator). Book.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 172 pages. 7.81x5.06x0.43 inches. In Stock.
Published by Simon and Schuster
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Language: English
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1938
- Hardcover
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.Manchester By The Book
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small stains to covers. Foreword by Rex Beach. 16th printing.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.Hook's Book Nook
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. vg+ book in greta shape inserted clipping by Arnold Palmer and other by Jack Nicklous and other old clippings.
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Published by William Heinemann Ltd, 1939
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Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1939. Reprint. 179 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edg…es. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Loss to jacket edges and corners.
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Published by Ladies' Home Journal, New York, 1930
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Seller: Antiquarian Golf, Pepperell, MA, U.S.A.Antiquarian Golf
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Add to basketCondition: Good. First Edition. Three-page article excerpted from Ladies' Home Journal magazine May 1930. Illustrated with studio photographs by Nickolas Murray, approximately 4,000 words of text. Never released in any other form. This was two years before Morrison's best-selling book A New Way to Better Golf would be published.… From the estate of Alex Morrison. Morrison retained copies of his published articles, including the table of contents and the magazine's covers. Very scarce. Several small repaired edge tears else very good. Covers protected in mylar. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Magazine Excerpt.
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Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United KingdomChiron Media
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Paperback. Condition: New.
Language: English
Published by London: Heinemann, (1932)., 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: COTTAGE Antiquariat - anbu.at, Langenzersdorf, AustriaCOTTAGE Antiquariat - anbu.at
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Add to basketXXV, 179 S., Einband gering berieben, Widmung auf Vorsatzblatt (evt. vom Autor), selten Anmerkungen, gutes Exemplar (Englisch). ****An unsere Kunden in Deutschland: Versand nach Deutschland einmal in der Woche ab Freilassing mit der Deutschen Post.*** - Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 8° Orig.-Ganzleinen, farbiger Kopfsc…hnitt. With a foreword by Rex Beach, introduction by Bernard Darwin,1st edition..
Published by William Heinemann, UK, 1932
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Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, United KingdomRIVERLEE BOOKS
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition hard cover, no dust jacket, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, foxing to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.
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Language: English
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Seller: BOOKMARK, Auckland, New ZealandBOOKMARK
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 5th edition. Photos of actual item. We have tried to use photos to highlight any known defects. Please examine and ask any questions before purchase and we will endeavour to answer as soon as possible (please be aware of time zone differences). NOTE: Camera shado…ws may create the illusion of stains. SHIPPING: We work with NZ Post who adjust rates according whichever is larger between size or weight, so from time to time we may request extra charges once the destination of the package is known. NOTE: Any extra charges requested will reflect the exact cost charged to us (i.e. the requested charge will only be to cover the exact shipping costs from New Zealand with nothing extra added by us).
Published by No place: The National Golf Review, Inc., 1938. Foreword by O. B. Keeler. Articles by the editors, by Robert T. Jones, Jr. ("Rolling Three Shots into Two"), and Robert Trent Jones ("Principles of Good Golf Architecture"), among others. Profusely illustrated large format volume, with pictorial endpapers., 1938
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- First Edition
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.Waverly & Rugby Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket-as issued?). Top, bottom of spine, corners rubbed and a bit frayed. Ink inscription to former owner on the title-page, not affecting the text. Otherwise, internally clean and tight.
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Published by William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1932
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Seller: CURIO, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, United KingdomCURIO
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Third Edition (first published same year). Hardback copy in plaid cloth boards with brown lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 179pp. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (55/1).
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Published by Simon and Schuster (New York), 1945
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Seller: Librairie Douin, LA CELLE SAINT-CLOUD, FranceLibrairie Douin
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Add to basketCouverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 1 vol.; XII, 187 p.; 21 cm; Pleine reliure cartonnage d'éditeur, dos long à lettres argentées. Coiffe inf. un peu érasée. Intérieur très frais. Nombreuses photographies et ill. hors texte. Noms manuscrits en page de garde (différents propriétaires du livre). Bon état. 13F5.
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Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1945
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Seller: Antiquarian Golf, Pepperell, MA, U.S.A.Antiquarian Golf
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good Plus. Twentieth Printing. 187 pages. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, blue cloth with spine lettering in silver. With a foreword by Rex Beach. Morrison was known in America as "the Wizard of Golf Instructors" and particularly regarding the golf swing. "He has made a life-long study of the golfing… swing, practically, anatomically, photographically and in every other conceivable way." (Darwin in the UK introduction) The most widely printed instructional until Ben Hogan's Five Lessons. Interesting to note that after twenty printings Morrison has made no alterations of any kind to this book. INSCRIBED AND AUTOGRAPHED IN FULL BY MORRISON ON FRONT PASTEDOWN: "To_______, For better scores and enjoyment ta (sic) golf. Sincerely, Alex J. Morrison 1-7-70" Covers in fair condition, front cover creased vertically, spine with silver spine lettering complete, only light wear to the cloth at the spine ends. No former owner name or bookplate, old price upper ffep. A surprisingly clean and tight copy, no stains, foxing, corner folds, creases, tears, etc. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author Autographed and Inscribed.
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Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, New York, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: North Slope Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.North Slope Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. First Edition. FIRST EDITION in tan cloth, seventeen illustrations (listed), 103pp. From the Dick Mindlin golf book collection. Good+ with some wear along extremities; owner embossed stamp on ffep; some highlighting and pencil marks. An early hard-to-find golf instructional book.
Aircraft Propulsion Laboratory: External Reports
Weir, Alex; Rogers, Donald E.; Cullen, Robert E.; Hicks, Henry H, Rr.; Nicholls, J. A.; Morrison, R. B.; And Tribus, M.
Published by University of Michigan Press, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO., SANTA MONICA, CA, U.S.A.JERO BOOKS AND TEMPLET CO.
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Add to basketBoards. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. 4to with 306 pages. A privately published multi-volume compilation. "Blowoff Velocities of Spherical Flameholders," "High Mass Flow, Ceramic Ram Jet Burner," Utilization of the Gross Fission Products," (Progress Reports 2 & 3,…) "Design of an Icing Wind Tunnel," and "High Temperature Combustion Chamber." These were done under contract to the U. S. Air Force and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Illustrated with diagrams, drawings and tipped in photographs. Alexander Weir, Jr. worked on the Manhattan Project during WWII and engineered America's first ICBM (the Atlas Missle.) The book is in good condition with slight shelfwear/bumping to edges. The interior is clean and tight. There are 22 pages that had been paperclipped and their is a rust stain on 2 pages and a small tear on one 1/4". The spine is dark red with gold text. Size: 4to. Hardcover.
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A New Way To Better Golf
Morrison, Alex J. [With a Foreword by Rex Beach and an Introduction by Bernard Darwin].
Published by Published by William Heinemann Ltd., London First Edition . 1932., 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original plaid textured brown cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered dark brown over cream windows to the spine and front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Morrison was one of the first to use high-speed photographs to analyse the golf swing from all possible angles,… adoption of the Morrison swing pattern helped to bring about an improvement in scoring in major tournaments during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s and his methods have influenced many modern golf instructors. Contains (xxv), 179 pp with monochrome archive photographs on loaded paper throughout. Foxing splashes to the margins and end papers and in Very Good square and bright condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Golf].
Published by New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. Illustrated., 1935
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Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.Griffin Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1934 Simon & Schuster small format hardcover no jacket light tone. Tight binding no marks. Now in mylar. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
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Published by Simon and Schuster: NY
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Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards have heavy shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping as well as heavy soiling with discoloration and dampstaining. Binding is tight with light bowing of the boards. Endpages have heavy age-ton…ing with foxing and smudging. Front free page has previous owners name in pen. Page edges have moderate age-toning with scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are age-toned. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Published by Simon & Schuster, NY, 1932
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- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, NY, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st edition. GOOD book, FAIR DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED "Alex J Morrison", just below in different hand: "to Franklin S Nilsbaum 1935". MARRIED book & DJ. DJ from a Jun 1932 printng. DJ clean but worn. Book itself a 1st as CP with no statement of printing, edition, etc. Laid i…n an S&S flyer also states this is a 1st. Book spine lettering faded. Extrems worn. Tight, sound hinges. Age browned pastedowns & text block edges. No marginalia, foxing or dampstains. FINE photos and drawings. Below Morrisons signature Nilsbaum added his. This is not a normal review slip. It states "The photographs took an especially long time to get them as we wanted them. After you have tried out Mr Morison's theories and exercises, will you tell us what yiou think of them?"cises. b/w photos (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
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Published by John Ward Shoes, New York
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Seller: Antiquarian Golf, Pepperell, MA, U.S.A.Antiquarian Golf
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Add to basketCondition: Fine. First Edition. Thrice folded advertising brochure (opens to 15" x 15") for John Ward Golf Shoes circa 1940s featuring Alex Morrison demonstrating the golf swing with insets of his foot action. Written text by Morrison highlights the importance of the proper use of the feet in a successful swing. Inside is the ra…nge of golf shoes offered by John Ward. Very scarce. From the estate of Alex Morrison. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brochure.
