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Hardcover. Condition: Good. no dust jacket. Third Impression 1967. The hardcover binding is intact with a black spine and red boards, showing minor wear at the corners and edges. The spine is slightly creased. Pages are clean and unmarked, with no inscriptions or library markings. There is no dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition red boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Acknowledgments; Jackie Joyner-Kersee's Athletic Record; Preliminary Page Quote by Jackie Joyner-Kersee; Prologue and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. A remainder mark at the lower spine edge. "I see elegance and beauty in every female athlete. I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace." - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, from the rear outer jacket. "A Kind of Grace is a kind of courage and a kind of strength and a kind of beauty and a kind of hope.and a great deal of grace." - Frank Deford. "Powerful, evocative.a world-class effort." - Armen Keteyian, ABC News. "Grinding poverty.aching personal tragedy.withering discrimination.life-threatening disease .Jackie Joyner-Kersee has confronted them all - and triumphed.Jackie is known throughout the world as the best female athlete ever - the winner of six Olympic medals, three of them gold; the current world-record holder in the heptathlon (the women's version of the male decathlon); the one-time world record holder in the long jump; and an All-American basketball player. Until now, few have known of the chronic affliction that has nearly killed her three times, or the grueling sacrifices that have vaulted her to heights never before seen. She grew up in East St. Louis in a house "little more than wallpaper and sticks." Her parents were poor teenagers when they married. She made her first long-jump pit in her backyard from borrowed playground sand. One of her first performances went unrecorded because of the color of her skin. Yet Jackie not only had an innate ability to conquer speed and distance, but possessed an irrepressible personality and a deep, unshakable love of sport. As she harnessed her talents, Jackie began an amazing string of multi-sport successes. In the midst of it all, she would try to hold her family together after her mother's tragic early death (Mary was only 37), and face her own devastating grief. As she climbed the dizzing heights of international and Olympic competition, she would face relentless media attention that escalated when she married Bob Kersee, her enormously successful - and controversial - coach. As she reached her profession's peak, she would battle life-threatening asthma, unfounded accusations of drug-induced performance enhancement, and recurring injuries. Ultimately, she would unite her experience and determination to achieve the most meaningful victories of all - those that shape and build lives beyond the field. Written with honesty and humor, A Kind of Grace is a profoundly moving story of barriers overcome, wisdom gained - and steadfast "hope-in--progress." Few recent books - of any kind - have testified so eloquently to the power of following one's dreams." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Corsillo, George (jacket design); Lair, John (jacket photograph); Miller, Peter Read (back jacket photograph) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 89 Pp. Gray-Brown Card Covers Printed In Black. Near Fine, No Marks.

Condition: Good. 1114 Read, Peter George Read. Gemmological instruments. Butterworth Group. , London etc.: Butterworth Group c1978 english, in ottavo 227 34704 1114 Autore principale Read, Peter George Titolo Gemmological instruments / Peter G. Read Pubblicazione London [etc.]: Butterworth Group, c1978 Descrizione fisica 227 p. : ill. ; 22 cm Cartonata con sovracc. figurata. Condizioni buone, normali segni del tempo. NB: Questo libro, in quanto usato, potrebbe presentare segni di precedenti proprietari, quali sottolineature e scritte a matita o penna oppure timbri di appartenenza, non indicate nella scheda, come pure lievi abrasioni, piccoli strappi, piegature, tracce d'umidità, ingiallimenti delle carte, incurvamenti e foxing, tipici dei libri usati. NON SI RISPONDE DI MENDE DOVUTE A COPIE FALLATE USCITE COSI IN ORIGINE DALL'EDITORE (come mancanze di pagine, errori d'impaginazione etc.). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIVE ISSUES. Five volumes, octavos (20 x 14cm). Publisher's card wraps lettered to uppers. Undated but circa 1951-52. Some toning to covers. Very good.