Bill Kyne of Bay Meadows: The Man who Brought Horse Racing back to California (signed)
by Phipps, Herb (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0498023230
- ISBN 13
- 9780498023231
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
South Brunswick & New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1978. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine full color pictorial dust jacket (only lightly rubbed) NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($10.00). Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Kyne and numerous other b/w photographs. The son of Irish immigrants, Bill Kyne was raised in San Francisco's South Market. He had wanted to become a priest, but wound up a sports promoter and highly successful manager of racetracks. He became known as the "father of modern-day racing in California." Kyne built Bay Meadows and introduced many horse racing innovations. The author served as Kyne's publicity man. Index. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright silver on the spine. Complete with dust jacket: ". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- Bill Kyne of Bay Meadows: The Man who Brought Horse Racing back to California (signed)
- Author
- Phipps, Herb (signed)
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0498023230
- ISBN 13
- 9780498023231
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes and Co.
- Place of Publication
- South Brunswick & New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games / Gambling / Cards / Poker; Horses / Horsemanship / Equestrian Sports;
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