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Why Me? Why Not Joe McGuff?
by Joe McGuff
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0963230603
- ISBN 13
- 9780963230607
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From the Introduction: "Some of the columns in this book are offered in the hope that readers will find them interesting or entertaining or both. Others offer a record of people and events that are part of the sports history of this area [Kansas City]."
Joe McGuff was a sports writer who had a long career and many awards. He was named Missouri's outstanding sportswriter five times by the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters.
Book - Near Fine condition. Red cloth over boards with silver gilt on front and spine. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Text is clean. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. There is a light water/liquid stain at the bottom spine. It does not appear to have affected the book. There is a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the front cover and a closed tear on the bottom of the back cover that is about 1/2".Please use photos as part of the description.
244 pages.
Joe McGuff was a sports writer who had a long career and many awards. He was named Missouri's outstanding sportswriter five times by the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters.
Book - Near Fine condition. Red cloth over boards with silver gilt on front and spine. Very minimal edge/corner wear. Text is clean. Binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good- condition. There is a light water/liquid stain at the bottom spine. It does not appear to have affected the book. There is a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the front cover and a closed tear on the bottom of the back cover that is about 1/2".Please use photos as part of the description.
244 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1625
- Title
- Why Me? Why Not Joe McGuff?
- Author
- Joe McGuff
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0963230603
- ISBN 13
- 9780963230607
- Publisher
- Joe McGuff
- Place of Publication
- Prairie Village, KS
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 244
- Keywords
- Kansas City, Missouri, sports, football, Chiefs, Royals, Kings, Olympics, Muhammad Ali, Satchel Paige, George Brett, Len Dawson, Tom Watson, entertaining, sports history, sports people, sports events, sports writer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; History - Missouri; History - American; Reference;
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- Spine
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