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LEVELS OF THE GAME

by McPhee, John

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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. 150 pp. Brown endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles. Small stains along the spine. Blue and white illustrated DJ. Price-clipped. VG+/VG+. First Edition.

Synopsis

This book is centered around the events of the semi-final match in the 1968 U.S. Open Championship at Forest Hills, between Clark Graebner and Arthur Ashe. Ashe won, and went on to win the Championship, as a result becoming the only amateur player to win it in the Open era. It alternates between describing the match and the profiles of the two contestants, who had found tennis from completely different environments. Only 25 years old  at the time, they had known each other for half of their lives. This concept interested McPhee, who wanted to explore how the long interaction and dissimilar backgrounds of the two, shaped the match between them. 

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Bookseller
J. Wyatt Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
016223
Title
LEVELS OF THE GAME
Author
McPhee, John
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1969
Keywords
Tennis
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VG+/VG+
A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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....
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...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...

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