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rif. E29585New York: Simon & Schuster 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition stated Hardcover. 375 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Fine touch of offsetting to the endpapers. In very good dust jacket with rubbing to the edges and a coprner stain upper rear panel. One of the cornerstone sports related books of the 20th century the autobiography of boxing great Rocky Graziano 1919-1990. Born Thomas Rocco Barbella in Brooklyn his father was a boxer with a brief fighting record under the name Fighting Nick Bob. The family moved to Manhattan's East Village neighborhood where Rocky was a tough and tumble street fighter who spent years in reform school jail and Catholic protectories. Graziano won some Manhattan amateur boxing competitions. He continued to find trouble with the law; in 1940 he was sent to an upstate New York correctional facility his friend Jake LaMotta was there as well. Joining the Army after his release he would up in trouble again after punching a captain and going AWOL. It was at this time that he adopted the name Rocky Graziano and resumed boxing but the Army caught up with him and sent hin to Leavenworth. After his release he resumed his career becoming a formidable middleweight prizefighter and by 1945 "Ring" magazine was calling him "the next Joe Louis". In 1947-48 he won then lost the middleweight crown to Tony Zale; Rocky fought Sugar Ral Robinson in 1948 narrowly losing the championship bout. After his retiremen he became a televison regular co-starring on The Martha Raye Show Miami Undercover appearances on I've got A Secret The Pat Boone Show Car 54 Where Are You Naked City and in the 1967 film Tony Rome. "Somebody Up There Likes Me" was the basis for the 1956 movie of the same name starring Paul Newman James Dean was originally cast to play Graziano but died before filming began. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1955rif. 10811955 Simon and Schuster first edition first printing. Inscribed to sportswriter Red Smith by Rocky on the front free endpaper 'To Red Smith - a real guy'. Walter "Red" Smith was one of the most admired sportswriters of the 20th Century. Smith and Graziano were well acquainted. Ira Berkow's biography of Smith notes that the two men were occasional dinner companions with Smith regularly picking up the tab. Smith was also one of the strongest defenders of Graziano during Rocky's suspension by the New York State Athletic Commission. The book was acquired from the estate of journalist Harry Rosenfeld who was a colleague of Smith's at the New York Herald Tribune. Condition of the book is Good only. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is old damp exposure. The bottom edge of the boards shows some loss of paper and discoloration. The spine cloth has some residual stiffness and the text block is also slightly stiff. See the listing photos. Condition of the dust jacket is Good. The DJ is complete not price clipped. It shows moderate shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover. In sum a collectible and unique copy of this book that is in less than optimal condition. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1955rif. 233936New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1955rif. 9034285New York: Simon & Schuster 1955. Hardcover. Very good/good. Dust jacket separated at spine. Includes an index. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1986rif. 270182Paducah KY: American Quilters Society 1986. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Fine softcover with an ink notation on the front fly. American Quilters Society unknown books
1986rif. 270184Paducah KY: American Quilters Society 1986. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Fine softcover. American Quilters Society unknown books
1942rif. 161512Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1942 film. A man goes to a tropical island to try and buy the land on behalf of his father but when he falls for the current landowner's daughter his father arrives to try and break them up. Set on the fictional island of Ahmi-Oni shot on location in Honolulu Hawaii and Santa Catalina Island California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
rif. 1358985162.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2005rif. Q-0803212984University of Nebraska Press 2005-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of Nebraska Press hardcover
2007rif. Q-0803259751BISON BOOKS 2007-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! BISON BOOKS paperback
1974rif. 66897Kenosha Wisconsin: Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America 1974. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wrappers.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America unknown
rif. 1606949942.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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rif. GRP68661689Oxford University Press Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Oxford University Press, Incorporated unknown
1999rif. x-063119102XBlackwell Pub 1999. Paperback. New. 332 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Blackwell Pub paperback
rif. 0192156519.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0521388767.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990rif. Q-0521388767Cambridge University Press 1990-04-19. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Cambridge University Press paperback
1990rif. DADAX0521388767Cambridge University Press 1990-04-27. paperback. New. 6.00x1.03x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cambridge University Press paperback
1990rif. BN732409Cambridge University Press 1990. 1990. South Africa's Foreign Policy South Africa's Foreign Policy Barratt John und James P. Barber Cambridge University Press unknown
