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The Complete Book of Running
by Jim Fixx
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394411595
- ISBN 13
- 9780394411590
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 1977 Random House, New York. 1977. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges. DJ: Very Good; Price Clipped; light sunfading to spine; suntoning to top edge of DJ reverse; missing small piece at top of rear panel; rubbing to front panel. Red paper over boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine and front board.314 pp 8vo. This book has everything you ever wanted to know about running and a lot more. It tells you when , where, how much, what effect, and why. If you're a runner, you'll love it. Even if you just jog, you'll find it your cup of tea. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016611
- Title
- The Complete Book of Running
- Author
- Jim Fixx
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394411595
- ISBN 13
- 9780394411590
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- RUNNING, TRAINING FOR RUNS, JOGGER, JOGGING, BOSTON MARATHON, RUNNING AFTER A HEART ATTACK, NUTRITION AND DIET, WEIGHT LOSS, BURNING CALORIES, 5K, 10K, MARATHONS, foot races, health benefits of running, heart strength, Jim Fixx, running shoes, running end
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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