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Unfriended: The Power Brokers, Political Correctness and Hypocrisy in Golf (signed)
by Bishop, Ted (signed)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0940889714
- ISBN 13
- 9780940889712
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About This Item
Stratford, Connecticut: Classics of Golf, 2016. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "Maryanne - Hope you make every putt at Spring Brook! Ted Bishop. PGA #38." Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket has light shelfwear but NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. No year of publication is indicated but [2016]. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. The author was 38th President of the PGA of America. Photo illustrated, including a full color frontispiece photos of the author seated next to Donald Trump at Trump Plaza. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket with a rear panel color photo of the author with Tom Watson. Watson comments that Bishop's impeachment by the PGA was "steeped in political correctness" and "in no way fit the crime." From the publisher: "Ted Bishop, the controversial 38th President of the PGA, delivers a riveting gem with "Unfriended- Power Brokers, Political Correctness and Hypocrisy in Golf." It is a powerful behind the scenes look at the Ryder Cup, Masters and PGA and the myriad of meetings where the decisions of golf are made. Great theater and big personalities abound. "Unfriended" exposes many things about many people. Golfers will love "Unfriended" and will read it from cover to cover!". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 253pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Title
- Unfriended: The Power Brokers, Political Correctness and Hypocrisy in Golf (signed)
- Author
- Bishop, Ted (signed)
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0940889714
- ISBN 13
- 9780940889712
- Publisher
- Classics of Golf
- Place of Publication
- Stratford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2016
- Size
- 8vo. 253pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Golf;
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