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Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the N.B.A
by Bob; Pluto, Terry Ryan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0025977709
- ISBN 13
- 9780025977709
- Seller
-
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
2nd printing; signed by author. Near Fine hardcover in Very Good DJ. Black boards backed with teal cloth, gilt titles on spine. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; slight age darkening of cloth at spine tail; light dust spotting on text block edges; inscribed on front free end paper ' To Kate, | Hope this enhances | your appreciation of a | great sport. | Bob Ryan'; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete; faintly scuffed; slight age darkening on fold in flaps. 8vo, 356 pp. Inscription was to Kate Mattes, a prominent Boston area bookseller.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19195
- Title
- Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the N.B.A
- Author
- Bob; Pluto, Terry Ryan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0025977709
- ISBN 13
- 9780025977709
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, BASKETBALL, CLEVELAND, OHIO, SPORTS WRITERS, PROFESSIONAL, JOURNALISTS, GLOBE, NEWSPAPERS, CELTICS, CAVALIERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games; Sports;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
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- Fine
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- Flap(s)
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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