CENTRE ICE - The Smythe Family, the Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club
by Smythe, Thomas Stafford (with Kevin Shea) (foreword by Wayne Gretzky)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1551682508
- ISBN 13
- 9781551682501
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing Company, 2000. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 211 pp. Blue boards lettered in white on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This includes an assortment of dropped-in hockey cards: a 25th anniversary re-issue of Wayne Gretzky's O-Pee-Chee Rookie Card; Darryl Sittler from the 1978 O-Pee-Chee regular series; a 1991 Pro Set card commemorating the Leaf's Kid Line: Busher Jackson, Joe Primeau and Charlie Conacher; a 1992 Ulitimate card featuring Bobby Baun's heroism for helping win the 1964 Stanley Cup against Detroit on a broken leg; another 1992 Ulimate card featuring Dave Keon and Allan Stanley; and a 1994 Pinnacle card featuring Wendel Clark as the Leaf's captain. The Contents are: Foreword by Wayne Gretzky; Introduction by Dick Duff; The Smythe Legacy; Father and Son; Returning Home; Stickboy; Ballard; Junior Hockey; The Silver Seven; Power Struggle; The Flag; Behind the Scenes; Scout's Honour; In this Corner; Centennial Hat Trick; Marlboro Men; Expansion; Tax Evasion; Persecuted to Death by His Enemies; End of an Era; Poor Sports and Sporting Goods; It Was the Worst of Times, It Was the Best of Times; Courage; Major; Coincidences in Time; The Conn Smythe Charitable Foundation; A Hull of a Shot; Cottage Life; Honoured Member; Bricks and Mortar; and Farewell; followed by an epilogue and an index..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 222998
- Title
- CENTRE ICE - The Smythe Family, the Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club
- Author
- Smythe, Thomas Stafford (with Kevin Shea) (foreword by Wayne Gretzky)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1551682508
- ISBN 13
- 9781551682501
- Publisher
- Fenn Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Bolton, Ontario
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- toronto maple leafs; nhl; national hockey league; stanley cup; original six; chicago black hawks; detroit redwings; montreal canadiens; boston bruins; new york rangers;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports - Hockey; Autobiography and Biography;
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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