Olympic Vet: A Didactic Memoir by O'Dea, Joseph C - 1996

Saratoga Springs, NY: The National Museum of Racing, 1963. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 1400 shelf. Slim trade paperback, slightly aged pictorial covers. No names, clean text. Color frontispiece, many b/w repros. Lists 221 artworks. Index.

State University at Genessee, 1973 Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Minor shelf wear only..

Geneseo, NY: The Castlerea Press, 1996. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Geneseo, NY: The Castlerea Press, 1996. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean dark blue cloth boards with gold Olympic rings on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Brief previous owner inscription on front free endpaper; no other marks. 312 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has one very short closed edge tear(1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Dr. O'Dea leaves no grey areas in his view of sport--all sport-as the pursuit of excellence. As he sees it, sport is not an adversarial confrontation. Luck and extrinsic factors often influence the outcome but on the mean it is the triumph of excellence which wins the gold..

Geneseo, New York: The Castlerea Press, 1996. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Jacket edges lightly rubbed. Sticker ghost on front free endpaper. 1996 Hard Cover. xix, 312 pp. Foreword by William C. Steinkraus. This book reveals a very important facet of that experience in the national and international equestrian sport, including most of the Olympic equestrian games ever conducted.--jacket

Genesee Valley Breeders Association, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Nicely illustrated in black-and-white with a color frontispiece. 80p. Artists include Henry Alken, William Barraud, Henry Berraud, Harrington Bird, Julia Colt, Abraham Cooper, John Emms, George Morland, Ellen S. Rand, Henry Stull, Christophe Fratin, June Harrah, R. Starke, Cecilia E. Taylor, and others. Bibliography.

Joseph C. O'Dea. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 2. (Genesee River Valley, Fox Hunting, History) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Genesee, NY: The Castlerea Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Book has small bumped spot on bottom edge of front board. Name on ffep. All other pages are clean and binding is very tight. Dust jacket has a little light rubbing at spine edges. Head and tail of dj spine are lightly bumped/worn. A little wear to upper edge of dj. Dj has been placed in an archival quality protective mylar cover. Flat signed by author on title page. Errata slip laid in. 186 pp. The author has lived in the bluegrass region of New York for more than 50 years. In that time, through his work as a veterinarian, he has become familiar with the history of the farms and estates of the region. He has also had experience with the horse breeding, racing, hunting and equestrian sports of the region. Foreword by Martha D. Wadsworth.

Geneseo: Joseph C. O'Dea, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Author's inscription and signature on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked.Clean and solid copy. Clean DJ with minor shelf-wear including bumping to corners and a few small closed tears. Now in protective mylar. .

Geneseo, NY: Joseph C. O'Dea. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2004. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 160 pp., Signed by the author on the half-title page., Foreword by Oliver Chanler. .

Geneseo, New York: The Castlerea Press, 1998. Signed Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed by author. Signed by author with inscription, "For John, who has a destiny in helping us to right the wrongs in racing." Presentation copy order slip laid in. Crease and two small tears to jacket spine head. Faintly musty. 1998 Hard Cover. xii, 137 pp. "...highlights the history of the Thoroughbred sport in an exhortation to participants at every level to do what they can and must do to help return racing to the mainstream of sport in America. ...The book is supportive of the National Association of Thoroughbred Racing (NTRA) but reflects the author's belief that the NTRA initiative must be bulwarked by a return to the fundamentals that once made racing great, namely, self determination free of governmental control and the active reacceptance of "the racing imperative," the guiding principle upon which racing and all true sport is predicated."--jacket