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AND A CREDIT TO HIS RACE: The Hard Life and Times of Joseph Louis Barrow, a.k.a. Joe Louis
by Astor, Gerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0841503478
- ISBN 13
- 9780841503472
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Saturday Review Press/E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. (1974) 276 pp. Original red paper covered boards w/ black cloth spine. Light soiling to top edge of text block. DJ is lightly soiled and rubbed w/ approx. 1/2" closed tear at top edge of front panel. Price clipped. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101SPMSC
- Title
- AND A CREDIT TO HIS RACE: The Hard Life and Times of Joseph Louis Barrow, a.k.a. Joe Louis
- Author
- Astor, Gerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0841503478
- ISBN 13
- 9780841503472
- Publisher
- Saturday Review Press/E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1974
- Keywords
- SPORTS BOXING BOXERS BIOGRAPHY LOUIS JOE BARROW JOSEPH LOUIS 1914 1981 NICKNAME BROWN BOMBER GREATEST HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS RECREATION AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL
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- Sports; Sports - Misc;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- Soiled
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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