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Supermex: The Lee Trevino Story
by Robert B. Jackson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0809820935
- ISBN 13
- 9780809820931
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Henry Z. Walck, 1973 Henry Z. Walck, New York. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Retired church library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a church stamp on the FFFP, title page, and the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; glue remnants on the front and rear boards from DJ tape; pocket on RFFP; light shelfwear on head, tail, and lower tips. DJ: Near Fine +; NOT Price Clipped ($4.95); scant bumping to head and tail. Green cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine and front board; library binding. Designed for adolescent readers, this book tells the story of El Paso TX golfer Lee Trevino who rose out of poverty and discrimination to teach himself how to play golf and to rise to the heights of the professional golf game. An inspiring story of a man who overcame a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become on of the top golfers in the game today. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016954
- Title
- Supermex: The Lee Trevino Story
- Author
- Robert B. Jackson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0809820935
- ISBN 13
- 9780809820931
- Publisher
- Henry Z. Walck
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Lee Trevino, amateur golf, professional golf, El Paso Texas, Mexican golfer, Mexican professional golfer, PGA, Professional Golf Association, United States Open, Canadian Open, British Open, Mexian-American, Merry Mexican, Lee's Fleas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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- Library Binding
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