Isbn: 9780498023231 - bill kyne of bay meadows: the man who brought horse racing back to california (14 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Good.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condición: Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Light edge wear and rubbing, interior is clean.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book has light wear to the edges and corners, otherwsie in near new condition. The dust jacket has a bit of yellowing to the back cover and front hinges, light rubbing to covers, otherwise in great condition. Crisp, holds color well, and is enclosed in an archival cover.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 174 pages; Subjects: Kyne, Bill, 1887-1957. Horse racing--California--History & Biography. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. South Brunswick, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes, 1978. First edition. Book has very light wear. DJ has some light wear, especially along front fold. Many B & W photos interspersed in text, one cartoon. Index. Inscribed on front free end-paper. Inscribed by Author(s).…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 174 pages; Subjects: Kyne, Bill, 1887-1957. Horse racing--California--History & Biography. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Hardback in near fine condition with near fine condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. South Brunswick & New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1978. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine full color pictorial dust jacket (only lightly rubbed) NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($10.00). Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Kyne and numerous other b/w photographs. The son of Irish immigrants, Bill Kyne was raised in San Francisco's South Market. He had wanted to become a priest, but wound up a sports promoter and highly successful manager of racetracks. He became known as the "father of modern-day racing in California." Kyne built Bay Meadows and introduced many horse racing innovations. The author served as Kyne's publicity man. Index. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright silver on the spine. Complete with dust jacket: ". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo, hardcover, VG in good black and green pictorial dj. 174pp., illustrated. First edition. Frontis of Kyne. The son of Irish immigrants, raised in San Francisco's South Market, Kyne eventually became a sports promoter and manager of racetracks. He built Bay Meadows and introduced many innovations. Includes photo 8 x 10 of Willie Shoemaker and John Longdon, the centuries top jockeys, signed (maybe printed) by both. (we had horses running there and both these guys rode our horses, so may be original signature). Unfortunately, Bay Meadows has "bit the dust" and will soon be condominiums.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good copy without dustjacket.

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