The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard
by Samuels, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc., 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 301 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Rickard was a "sports promoter and big-time gambler - America at its lusty best. None of this country's other spectacular showmen, from Barnum to Mike Todd, contributed so much to our explosive history." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 465H2111
- Title
- The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard
- Author
- Samuels, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard Sports Promoter Showman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport; Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Jacket
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- Brodart
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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