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New York: Doubleday. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 288 pages. Superstar Green Bay Packer quarterback Brett Favre has the arm of Dan Marino, the agility of Steve Young, the field presence of Joe Montana and the brashness of Jim McMahon. Born the son of an indomitable high school football coach in hardscrabble Kiln, Mississippi, Favre has gone on to become the NFL's most valuable player two years running (a feat equaled only by the legendary Joe Montana) and, after twenty-nine years, has brought the Lombardi Trophy back to Green Bay, Wisconsin. <br><br><br><br>Favre has also paid dearly for his devotion to the brutal game of professional football. Priding himself on his ability to withstand incredible levels of physical pain and to continue playing when most players would head to the sidelines, Favre admitted last year to a dependency on Vicodin pain killers. But he faced his problem like he… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. . 416 pages. Jack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash. Hobo, roughneck, fighter, lover, millionaire, movie star, and, finally, a gentleman of rare generosity and sincerity, Dempsey embodied an America grappling with the confusing demands of preeminence. Dempsey lived a life that touched every part of the American experience in the first half of the twentieth century. Roger Kahn, one of our preeminent writers about the human… Read More

Dallas: Taylor Publishing. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 288 pages. In Koufax, the first book in more than 30 years on the legendary baseball player, Edward Gruver tells the life story of the man many consider to be the greatest left-handed pitcher of all time. For five seasons, from 1962-1966, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers wowed fans with his hard-throwing talent and dominated the game as no pitcher had before or since. In the 1963 season alone, he went 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA, struck out a major league record 15 Yankees in a game one win over New York in the World Series, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the series. Also an observant Jew, Koufax inspired a generation of youths to embrace their religious identity. He refused to pitch the opening game of the 1965 World Series since it fell on Yom Kippur, the most solemn of Jewish holidays, and he gained lasting admiration among Jewish people for observing other religious occasions. For… Read More

New York: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 403 pages .