Grace under Pressure: The Emergence of Women in Sport

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, list of illustrations, Key dates, The State of Play: A Summary, notes, sources and references and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts, of eight pages each, of black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and pale blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The author, a leading sports journalist, interviewed many female athletes and she "... provides a lively account of the way that sport, having changed the shape of women's bodies, is now refashioning their psychology. In a highly argumentative style, Adrienne Blue also offers and opinionated and detailed social history." -- from front fold over panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with bumping of the top book corners. Some dust marks to the top edge and there is a black remainder stripe across the same edge. Some age toning of the text block edges. Little creasing of the dustwrapper edges and rubbing of the panels. Sunning of the fold over panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [10], XI - XV, [3] 3 - 213, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 0283993065. ISBN/EAN: 9780283993060. Inventory No: 0125114. . 9780283993060