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The Wizard of Foz - Dick Fosbury's One-Man High-Jump Revolution
by Welch, Bob and Dick Fosbury
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 1510736190
- ISBN 13
- 9781510736191
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed and inscribed by Dick Foasbury and Bob Welch on the title page, "To Bill - May you soar like Foz!" and dated Oct 2018. Black hardcover with silver spine titles, 2nd printing in dustjacket. A very good copy with minimal wear to the spine tips. Interior is clean and unmarked other than the signatures. The book opens widely at the half title page, but the binding is solid, as are the hinges. The unclipped jacket is also very good- clean and bright with minimal edgewear. 282 pp., indexed, black and white photo gathering at the center. Fosbury's passing in early 2023 was a blow to the track and field community in Oregon, where he pioneered the Fosbury Flop - used by most competitors in the high jump to this day.
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- Bookseller
- Tangible Tales
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2064
- Title
- The Wizard of Foz - Dick Fosbury's One-Man High-Jump Revolution
- Author
- Welch, Bob and Dick Fosbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second printing
- ISBN 10
- 1510736190
- ISBN 13
- 9781510736191
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- Oregon Athletes Athletics High Jump Track and Field History olympic games biographies Signed autographed editions fosbury flop OSU State University
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA); BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics;
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