Icons of Australian Sport: Ron Barassi: chronicling his football career using his scrapbooks and memorabilia

Hyperactive, Sydney, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Quarto. 288 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Very minimal markings. Book never shelved.. There are few names in Australian sport as instantly recognisable and revered as that of Ronald Dale Barassi. Now, for the first time, the most famous name in football has opened up the numerous scrapbooks kept about his very public life - a number of them collected and maintained by his beloved mother, Elza, and others by staunch supporters over more than five decades. These scrapbooks magnificently tell his story, the story of football, and the story of Australian society through the decades. Featuring comments from Ron throughout, he is still as relevant now as he has ever been. Barassi is not just an icon of Australian sport. At 72, he is a national living treasure. Major press advertising will draw customers into bookshops. Hyperactive has proved the power of their aggressive publicity .Launch February 27th at the MCG on Ron's birthday. Ronald Dale Barassi is the true living legend of football - Dennis Jones Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Australian Rules Football; Australia; 20th century; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0980301564. ISBN/EAN: 9780980301564. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10309. . 9780980301564 This book weighs over one kilogram, and may involve extra shipping charges if posted to some countries..