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The Last Amateurs; Playing for Glory and Honor in Division I College Basketball
by John Feinstein
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316277010
- ISBN 13
- 9780316277013
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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NZ$11.84NZ$8.29
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2000 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 2000. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription to the former owner from Coach Milan Brown of Mount St. Mary College-Head BB Coach. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight edge and heel bumping; trace wear to rear lower tip. DJ: VG; bumping and slight chipping t cover at head and heel of spine; closed tear to top of rear flap. Golden rod boards with black overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 424 pp. The author went in search of college basketball played with the passion and integrity it once inspired. He found it in the season he spent with the Patriot League of Division I NCAA Basketball. The author captures the passion of players for whom sports are neither pastime or profession; an enlightening look at the game at its purest and most intense. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003239
- Title
- The Last Amateurs; Playing for Glory and Honor in Division I College Basketball
- Author
- John Feinstein
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0316277010
- ISBN 13
- 9780316277013
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Patriot League, Division I Men's Basketball, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Bucknell, Army, Navy, NBA, non-scholarship basketball programs, NCAA Tournament, college basketball.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.