An Outside Chance. Essays on Sport
by McGuane, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 243pp. Octavo with white one quarter cloth and brown paper boards. Copper lettering on spine. A few chips to edge of dust jacket. Jacket is also rubbed. very good Collected stories about various sports, including motocross, fishing, hunting and roping steers. Included is a bookplate that has been signed by McGuane. 1980
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138677
- Title
- An Outside Chance. Essays on Sport
- Author
- McGuane, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Angling|Cowboy|Fishing|Hunting|Motocross|Motorcycle
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
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