Basketball for the Player, the Fan and the Coach by Auerbach, Arnold "Red - 1957

Basketball for the Player, the Fan and the Coach by Arnold "Red" AuerbachPublisher: Pocket (1971)ISBN-10: 0671773097ISBN-13: 9780671773090Paperback Dimensions: 7x 4.1 x 0.6 inches, 211 pagesArnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American basketball coach of the Washington Capitols, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Boston Celtics. After he retired from coaching, he served as president and front office executive of the Celtics until his death. As a coach, he won 938 games (a record at his retirement) and nine National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in ten years (a number surpassed only by Phil Jackson, who won 11 in twenty years). As general manager and team president of the Celtics, he won an additional seven NBA titles, for a grand total of 16 in a span of 29 years, making him one of the most successful team officials in the history of North American professional sports.Auerbach is remembered as a pioneer of modern basketball, redefining basketball as… Read More

Pocket Books, 1952. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Glossy illustrated wraps with trace edgewear, creasing and scuffing. Binding tight, spine not creased, text clean. Interior quite toned. Narrow dampstaining in upper margins of only first/last few pages, and along upper inside edges of covers. B/w illustrations. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. 207 pp. Indexed. Appears never read!

U.S.: Pocket 933, 1952. Solid with a dent on the front cover and a few small cover creases.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

Author photo on back cover. Revised and enlarged edition. Foreword by Marty Glickman. Photo front cover by Jerry Buckley. With illustrations.

New York: Pocket Books Inc., 1953. 203pp. Red and gray pictorial wraps.Over 50 illustrations. Prev.owner stamp (Elmer H. Ripley, coach of the Harlem Globetrotters 1953-1956). Covers are in great condition, the inner hinges show glue reinforcement, there is foxing to the first and last pages. Foreword by Marty Glickman. "Arnold 'Red' Auerbach, famous coach of the Boston Celtics, tells you the Winning Techniques of Championship Basketball". A vintage title of the one of the most influential personalities in professional basketball. (Just as a footnote, my dad played against him at Eastern Disctrict High School, and he said he was very aggressive. What a shock!). 3rd Printing. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo.

NY: Pocket Books, Inc.. Very Good-. 1953. Paperback. Comes in protective clear bag cover; 207 pages .

New York, New York: Pocket Book, Inc., 1961. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. 2nd Printing. Good + mass market paperback. May be some rubbing, bumping and creasing to edges, corners and spine of book. Overall a nice tight copy..