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A Year In The Sun: The Games, The Players, The Pleasure Of Sports (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Vecsey, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0812916786
- ISBN 13
- 9780812916782
- Seller
-
Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, U S A: Times Books, 1989. NrF/NrF. First edition, second printing (same year as first) in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'October 92/To Sir ..../This will give you an/idea where I am when/I am not able to be/at Henley. Marianne/has enjoyed meeting you./Best Wishes/George Vecsey'. (Marianne is the wife of George). The autobiography of American writer and sports journalist George Vecsey (born 1939). With Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, second printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16115
- Title
- A Year In The Sun: The Games, The Players, The Pleasure Of Sports (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Vecsey, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0812916786
- ISBN 13
- 9780812916782
- Publisher
- Times Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, U S A
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Autobiography. Biography. Journalist. Journalism. Media. Media Studies. Sportswriters. Sport. Sportsjoutnalism. History Of Sport. History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports and Pastimes;
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Greystone Books
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About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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