THE CASSIUS CLAY STORY.
by [Ali, Muhammad] Sullivan, George
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair condition only in a fair dustjacket (bumped at several corners, also bumped and dented at bottom center of front cover - h/fair
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New York:: Fleet Publishing Corporation, , (1964.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in a fair dustjacket (bumped at several corners, also bumped and dented at bottom center of front cover - hard enough to have created a short split in the board; jacket is price-clipped and has several ragged tears and associated creasing along the bottom edge of the front panel, along with internal tape repairs. . First printing. SIGNED by the book's subject with his birth name, "Cassius Clay" -- a rare signature and especially so in this rather hard-to-find book, the first published biography of the great heavyweight champion. Issued later in the same year in which Clay took the heavyweight crown away from Sonny Liston (in their February 1964 bout), the book includes an account of the turbulent months that followed -- including the new champ's relationship with Malcolm X and his conversion to Islam, the controversy over his draft status, his much-publicized trip to Africa, and his suspension by the World Boxing Association (in effect as the book ends), which delayed his rematch with Liston until May 1965. Illustrated with 8 pp of photographs. Includes his professional boxing record. 116 pp.
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- Title
- THE CASSIUS CLAY STORY.
- Author
- [Ali, Muhammad] Sullivan, George
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair condition only in a fair dustjacket (bumped at several corners, also bumped and dented at bottom center of front cover - h
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fleet Publishing Corporation,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1964.)
- Keywords
- muhammed ali, boxing, sports, biography, black muslims,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American History and nonfiction;
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