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Published by The Castlerea Press, Geneseo, NY, 1996
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Geneseo, NY: The Castlerea Press, 1996. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean dark blue cloth boards with gold Olympic rings on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Brief previous owner inscription on front free endpaper; no other marks. 312 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has one very short closed edge tear(1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Dr. O'Dea leaves no grey areas in his view of sport--all sport-as the pursuit of excellence. As he sees it, sport is not an adversarial confrontation. Luck and extrinsic factors often influence the outcome but on the mean it is the triumph of excellence which wins the gold.
Published by Joseph C. O'dea
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.5.