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Rope Burns : Stories from the Corner
by Toole, F. X
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition./Fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0060198206
- ISBN 13
- 9780060198206
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York:: The Ecco Press / HarperCollins, 1987. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. The Dust Jacket is NOT price-clipped (23.00). No chips. No tears. No creases. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Contains six boxing stories including MILLION DOLLAR BABY, the basis for Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winning film featuring Hillary Swank. This is the first book by an author who for 20 years trained fighters and worked the corner as a cut man. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "Seventy-year-old F. X. Toole has exploded onto the literary scene with this astonishing first collection of stories drawn from his own experiences in boxing. In these powerful and moving tales, he reveals a complex web of athletes, trainers, and promoters and their extended families, all players in an unforgiving business where victory, like defeat, comes at a dark and painful price… In 'Million $$$ Baby,' seasoned trainer Frankie Dunn faces the most daunting challenge of his life when he agrees to aid the fearless Maggie Fitzgerald in her quest to become a champion boxer.". First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. (xiv), 237pp..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007947
- Title
- Rope Burns : Stories from the Corner
- Author
- Toole, F. X
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0060198206
- ISBN 13
- 9780060198206
- Publisher
- The Ecco Press / HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Boxing fiction.
- Size
- 8vo. (xiv), 237pp.
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