THE BLACKHAWKS - Original Six

Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xv) 220 pp. Red boards lettered in black on the spine; black endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings but page 169 has a crease. Included here are five dropped in hockey cards. The most important one is an autographed Pierre Pilote card. The card was published by Ulitmate in 1992 but the autograph was acquired in person at a card show in the early 90s. The other four cards are an original 1978 O-Pee-Chee of Stan Mikita; another 1992 Ultimate, this one of Elmer Moose Vasko; a reproduction Parkhurst card from 1992 featuring coach Tommy Ivan; and another Parkhurst from 1992, this one featuring Glenn Hall... in a Red Wings uniform. Also included is a 3" by 3.5" dropped-in Black Hawks crest. The Contents are: Foreword by Glenn Hall; Hockey Breezes into the Windy City; The First Golden Era; Hard Times of West Madison Street; Norris and Wirtz Take Charge; Muldoon's Curse Is Lifted (with Bobby Hull); Close but No Championship; The Hawks Rebuild; A Decade of Instability; The Blackhawks Through the Years; Black Hawks Rewarded for Excellence; and Blackhawks in the Hall of Fame..