Advantage Ashe
by Ashe, Arthur
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. As told to Clifford George Gewecke Jr. Inscribed by Ashe on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally rubbed and bumped with a few small chips and creases. Green cloth, toned at the edges. Square and firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a few instances of underlining, clean otherwise. Ashe's first book, published a year before his first Grand Slam title at the 1968 U.S. Open.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8818
- Title
- Advantage Ashe
- Author
- Ashe, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Coward-McCann, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Tennis, Sports, African-American History, Black History, 1960s, Civil Rights Movement, Segregation
Terms of Sale
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All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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