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BILL KYNE OF BAY MEADOWS; The Man Who Brought Horse Racing Back to California. and Photo of Shoemaker and Longden
by Phipps, Herb
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0498023230
- ISBN 13
- 9780498023231
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
South Brunswick [N. J. ] : A. S. Barnes, 1978. 1st Edition, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, VG in good black and green pictorial dj. 174pp., illustrated. First edition. Frontis of Kyne. The son of Irish immigrants, raised in San Francisco's South Market, Kyne eventually became a sports promoter and manager of racetracks. He built Bay Meadows and introduced many innovations. Includes photo 8 x 10 of Willie Shoemaker and John Longdon, the centuries top jockeys, signed (maybe printed) by both... (we had horses running there and both these guys rode our horses, so may be original signature). Unfortunately, Bay Meadows has "bit the dust" and will soon be condominiums...
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56547
- Title
- BILL KYNE OF BAY MEADOWS; The Man Who Brought Horse Racing Back to California. and Photo of Shoemaker and Longden
- Author
- Phipps, Herb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0498023230
- ISBN 13
- 9780498023231
- Publisher
- South Brunswick [N. J. ] : A. S. Barnes, 1978. 1st Edition
- Place of Publication
- Cranbury, Nj
- Date Published
- 1978
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Concord, California
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- VG
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