Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xxii) 295 pp. Brick red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This collection of articles contains: Foreword by Noah Richler; An Incompleat Angler's Journal; Jews in Sports; A Real Canadian Success Story - Ben and Joe Weider; With the Trail Smoke Eaters in Stockholm; Safari; You Know Me, Ring; Writers and Sports; Gretzky in Eighty-five; From Satchel, through Hank Greenberg, to El Divino Loco; Eddie Quinn; Cheap Skates; Maxie; Paper Lion; Gordie Howe; Pete Rose; Kiss the Ump; Soul on Ice; From Gladu, through Kitman, to the Victoire Historique and After; The Fall of the Montreal Canadiens; and Playing Ball on Hampstead Heath..

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Mordecai Richler wrote ten novels and numerous screenplays, essays, children’s books and several works of non-fiction. During his career, he was the recipient of dozens of literary awards, including two Governor General’s Awards, the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada a few months before his death on July 3, 2001.

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 216653
Title: DISPATCHES FROM THE SPORTING LIFE
Author: Richler, Mordecai
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0676974775
ISBN 13: 9780676974775
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 2002
Size: 8vo
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