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It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life
by Armstrong, Lance
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG++/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0224060872
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060875
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 38th.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press. Random House.* Binding and cover condition: Monochrome photo-illustrated. soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, long neat dedication to half title. No marks to text, no other visible faults. No tanning. VG++* Illustrations: One block of 16 pp. b/w illustrations at page 167.* Pages: 294 pp. text.* Product Description:- At twenty-four, Lance Armstrong was already well on his way to becoming a sporting legend. Then, in October 1996, he was diagnosed with stage four testicular cancer - doctors gave him a 40% chance of survival. On that day Armstrong's life changed for ever and in typical fashion, he met the challenge head on - this was one fight he was determined not to lose.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition with absolutely minimal shelf wear but dedication reducing it to VG++*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3945
- Title
- It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back to Life
- Author
- Armstrong, Lance
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edition, late impression.
- ISBN 10
- 0224060872
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060875
- Publisher
- Yellow Jersey
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 304
- Date Published
- 2001-05-03
- Keywords
- Biography: sport, Coping with illness, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Cycling, Biography, Cancer, Cyclists, Patients, Popular works, Testis, United States, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports
- Size
- 13.1 x 2.2 x 20 cm
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