On Snooker: The Game And The Characters Who Play It
by Richler Mordecai
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0676973728
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973723
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ont.: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 0676973728 . First Edition, White speckled hard boards, red spine with black title. Near Fine, minor bump on spine end. DJ unclipped with picture of Queen Mother playing pool (Snooker, Billiards). "In this witty, and compact look at the game of snooker, novelist Mordecai Richer ("The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz") takes a close look at the odd origins of the game, and traces its evolution from an off-shoot of billiards to a popular worldwide sporting event." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 194 pages; Box 38 .
Synopsis
Mordecai Richler is the author of ten novels, and numerous essays and screenplays. In his lifetime, he won two Governor General’s Awards, the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, among others. He was also a Companion of the Order of Canada. Mordecai Richler passed away in Montreal in July 2001.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16193
- Title
- On Snooker: The Game And The Characters Who Play It
- Author
- Richler Mordecai
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0676973728
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973723
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- 0676973728, Pool, Billiards, Games, Snooker
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Hobbies; Culture; Sports & Recreation;
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