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Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1880-1980
by Young, Betty Lou
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Missing
- Seller
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Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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About This Item
LAAC Press, 1980. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 11x8x0. LAAC Press [Published Date: 1980]. Hardcover, 176 pp. One of 8000 unnumbered copies. Very good/ Missing dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations throughout, Apped, Index, Bibliography. A richly detailed history, including first hand recollections and many great photos, of the Los Angeles Athletic Club's first 100 years. Contents include: Pueblo to city; "The best young men"; the Arcadia Block; Blazing new trails; the Downey Block; Riding high; the Stowell Block; Disaster in the wings; the Wilson Block; Born again; Seventh and Olive; Spotlight on sports; The exuberant twenties; Growth and expansion; The Tenth Olympiad; Faith in the future; Pursuit of excellence; The Club today
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Details
- Bookseller
- Epilonian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20230112013
- Title
- Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1880-1980
- Author
- Young, Betty Lou
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- LAAC Press
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 11x8x0
- Weight
- 1.88 lbs
- Keywords
- History, Los Angeles
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Epilonian Books
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Manhattan Beach, California
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