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Point of Attack : The Defense Strikes Back
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Point of Attack : The Defense Strikes Back Hardcover - 1987

by Carson, Harry (signed); with Jim Smith

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New York: McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1987. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Pro Football Hall of Famer Harry Carson on the front free endpaper. A gorgeous copy. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. See photos. NOT price-clipped ($16.95). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve (removed for photos). Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with complete number row (123456789) on the copyright page. Bound in the original red boards, with a blue cloth spine stamped in shiny silver. Harry Carson played his entire 13-year NFL career with the New York Giants (1976-1988). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. An inside linebacker, Carson was selected to play in nine Pro Bowls. According to Peter King (in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED February 13, 2006), Bill Belichick considered Carson the best all-around linebacker he ever coached. From the Dust Jacket: "Pro-Bowl linebacker Harry Carson takes fans to the heart of the action in this hard-hitting account of the New York Giants' 1985 season. From training camp to the crucial post-season playoffs, here is an 'inside football' book in a league by itself… POINT OF ATTACK is more than the play-by-play of a single successful season. It also provides revealing insights into what it takes to survive for a decade in the punishing pros…" . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Harry Carson. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xi, 175pp.
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