The Miracle of the Mile
by Nankeville, Bill (1925 --)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Poor Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Stanley Paul, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. 350 g; 160 pages, indexed, with black-and-white frontispiece and 18 other black-and-white photographs. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. Foxing to the top and front edge of the text block, offset tanning of the front and rear end pages, original bookseller's rubberstamp to the lower right-hand corner of the front free end page. The dust jacket which has been crudely price clipped, is missing the top quarter of the rear panel and is rubbed at each of the corners, with short tears. This is a book of the history of the attack on the four-minute mile, with the author being one of the leaders in the fight to achieve the "impossible". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Biography -- Sports; Inventory No: 0225841. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0225841
- Title
- The Miracle of the Mile
- Author
- Nankeville, Bill (1925 --)
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stanley Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB2 running, athleticism, four Minutes Sports & Pastimes; Biography -- Sports; Photographic Unbranded Nankeville, Bill (1925 --) The Miracle of the Mile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography -- Sports;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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