friday night coliseum (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed (signature only - no inscription) by author and photographer Geoff Winningham on the front endpage. Fine. No dust jacket, as issued. An exceptional copy of Winningham's highly acclaimed study of professional wrestling in the old Houston Coliseum. Particularly scarce in hardcover. 141 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Charcoal gray and BW-photographic wraps with black lettering. 141 pp. Mainly illustrations in BW. Friday Night established a sort of paradigm for many of Winningham's later books, as it combines his original photographs of professional wrestling, arranged in a cinematic flow, his text drawn from interviews with participants, and a brief history of pro wrestling in Houston. VG- light overall wear to wraps. chip at top of spine.

Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a small tan spot on the rear cover photograph. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Geoff Winningham, a wrestling night afficionado, has assembled here a sort of social history of Friday night wrestling at the Coliseum in Houston, Texas. Wrestling has been a tradition at the Coliseum for decades, and Winninham explores the worlds of the combatants and the audience. Illustrated in black & white throughout. 9" high X 11" wide, 141 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. A solid very good copy of this classic book on pro wrestling. Black and white Photographs throughout. 144 pages. Covers are a bit rubbed. Contents fine. Binding is firm.

Softcover, 144 pages, good condition; light crease to spine; light ewdgewear to covers and moderate to heavy rubbing wear to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Houston, Allison Press, 1971. Oblong quarto, 144 pages (including 5 fold-out leaves) with numerous illustrations (from photographs, the majority of them by Geoff Winningham). Grey cloth lettered in black on the spine and front cover, with one of Winningham's illustrations (now slightly scuffed) mounted on the front; top edge foxed; an excellent copy. The very scarce cloth-bound issue of Winningham's photographic essay on Houston's professional wrestling scene. 'Wetmore & Company of Houston printed 1500 copies. 1400 were sewn and bound with a soft cover; 100 copies were sewn and bound with a hardcover' (the photographer's website).

First Edition. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 141 pages. Winningham's photographic paean to the gritty sport of wrestling. Includes numerous black and white images. A tight close to near fine copy in grey cloth board with some minor rubbing to the photographic plate affixed to the front board and some minor foxing to the page edges and first and last few pages. No dust jacket as issued. Still, a much nicer than usual copy of the scarce cloth issue. A vastly underrated book.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rochester: Allison Press, 1971. Softcover.144 Pages.  Very Good. Edgewear to covers, especially to spine.  Last two leaves and inside back cover unobtrusive small semi circle of discoloration.  Inscribed inside back cover  "For Eve  Geoff Winningham".  Friday Night in the Coliseum established a sort of paradigm for many of Winningham's later books, as it combines his original photographs of professional wrestling, arranged in a cinematic flow, his text drawn from interviews with participants, and a brief history of pro wrestling in Houston. Signed by Author(s).

Condición: acceptable. This book is in Acceptable condition. All pages are intact, but may have lots of notes, water damage or other issues and be ex library.