Published by Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2004
ISBN 10: 0750935308 ISBN 13: 9780750935302
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4.
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Published by Putnam & Co., 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and notable tanning to ends. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing to surfaces. Mild tanning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Inscribed by previous owner. D.J. plastic wrapped.
Published by Sportsmans Book Club
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Photograph available on request.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, 1956
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some tears and toning.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, 1956
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.
Published by Putnam, London, 1955
Seller: Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australia
First Edition
hard cover. No Jacket. First edition. ill., 21 cm. 224 pages FR. Reading copy, sound and complete. No dust jacket.
Published by Published by Putnam & Co. (1955), 1955
Seller: madelyns books, Suffolk, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Putnam & Co 1st edition 1955. Good clean condition, lacking dust jacket. Shipped next working day from the U/K Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by Putnam, 1955
Seller: LOTSABOOKS, HAMILTON, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+ Hardback. No Jacket. First Edition. Firm copy, protective cellotaped corners, & blue tape on the spine with a handwritten title.
Published by Putnam & Co., 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1955. Second Impression. 224 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Published by Putnam, London, 1955
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, blue cloth boards. Faded spine. No jacket, no writing inside.
Published by The Sportsman Book CLub, London, 1956
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good tight condition, illustrated, foxing on fore edge, grey boards, minor fading & marks.
Published by 1st edit., Putnam, 1955. Very good copy., 1955
Seller: R.G. Watkins Books and Prints, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No Jacket. Illus.; 224pp. orig. cloth,
Published by Putnam, 1955
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is dulled. Slight sunning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Illustrated with b&w photos. Tidy, light foxing in edges and prelims, clipping to fep to remove a name. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Second Impression. A good reprint copy with school library markings in the endpapers and title page. The dust jacket is bright, repairs, flap ends trimmed, in a clear film protective sleeve.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, 1956
Seller: Tim Arlott Books, Newbury, BERKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition for age; a little age spotting on the inside cover but dust jacket in good condition.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, London, 1956
Seller: Weathered Stone Books, Skreen, SLIGO, Ireland
Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. 224pp; Profusely illustrated with b/w photos; Covers and edges slightly spotted else a bright tight copy; Size: 12mo. Book.
Published by Putnam, London 1955., 1955
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
8vo. hardcover. 224pp. b/w illus. Good, owner's inscription on fep. / Good d/w.
Published by Putnam, London, 1sr Edition, 1955., 1955
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover with coloured illustration to DJ, 13.5 x 20.5cm, 224 pages, B/W photographs, DJ is ripped along spine ends & corners, DJ front has scratches & crease marks, rear DJ has many scratches & wear marks, inside front cover - bookshop sticker, price clipped, pen annotation to front end page, foxing to several pages. On 6 May 1954 Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, establishing himself as one of the most famous sportsmen in history, the book tells the only first-hand account of the the first four- minute mile by the man who ran it.
Roger Bannister's own account of his career in running which reached its climax in the legendary race at Oxford on 6 May 1954 where he broke the four-minute mile barrier and instantly earned himself worldwide fame. 8vo. 224pp. Frontispiece, 24 b/w plates. Dust-wrapper, with small area of surface loss to front cover and rubbing to edges. Owner's name inside. Good condition.
Published by Putnam London 1955,1st edition., 1955
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed, h/c + d/j, well chipped and torn dust jacket, 224pp., frontis., b/w pls., index, d/j has stains, corners scuffed, tape repairs to three tears, some spottong on ledges, creased on front fold, scuffs to d/j folds, well worn d/j but still decent. On 6 May 1954 Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, establishing himself as one of the most famous sportsmen in history. The First Four Minutes, first published in 1955, covers not only the great race but also those preceding it (including the 1952 Helsinki Olympics) and the ones that followed, where Bannister triumphantly proved that his record time was more than just a one-off. He retired from competition in 1955 and went on to pursue a distinguished career as a neurologist.
Published by Putnam & Co, London, 1955
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. . (illustrator). First Edition. A rarely seen book. First edition in excellent cond, with no DJ. The first man under 4 minutes. A must for the athletics library. Size: . .
Published by Putnam, London, 1955
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 2nd print. NOT an ex library book. 224 pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" tears, some rubbing on edges. Price is not clipped.
Published by Putnam & Co, London, 1955
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. . (illustrator). First Edition. A rarely seen book. First edition in excellent cond, DJ is creased on the edges. The first man under 4 minutes. A must for the athletics library. Size: . .
Published by Putnam & Co, London, 1955
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. . (illustrator). First Edition. A rarely seen book. First edition in excellent cond, DJ is creased on the edges. The first man under 4 minutes. A must for the athletics library. Size: . .
Published by Putnam & Co, London, 1955
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. . (illustrator). Second Impression. A rarely seen book. First edition in excellent cond, DJ is creased on the edges. The first man under 4 minutes. A must for the athletics library. Size: . .
Published by Putnam, London, 1955
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition, Second Impression. pp. 223. 8vo. Navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Many black and white photographs. No detectable flaws; near fine and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket (now housed in protective mylar).
Published by Putnam, London, 1955
Seller: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. There are tape marks on the inside covers as well as front end papers from where a plastic cover has been removed; the jacket, now protected, has a slight tear at the head and some minor discolouration. Despite these faults it remains an excellent copy, tight and clean. Second impression.
Published by Putnam & Co., 1955
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Scarce first edition with rather worn dust jacket rubbed at edges with selo-taped markings but generally in tact.