FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY LARRY BIRD! Inscribed on the front endpaper "To Kemp Best Wishes Larry Bird". This was quite possibly signed to NBA player Shawn Kemp, as the book was purchased in Indiana where both Kemp and Bird were born.STATED FIRST EDITION! Hardback book with dust jacket. The BRIGHT and COMPLETE jacket is NOT price-clipped and has light shelfwear but no tears! It looks SUPER under the fresh mylar cover I've added! The book is sturdy and complete with a spine lean and some foxing (tan spots) on the closed page edges. Very good minus. PACKED WITH CARE! Seller Inventory # 34582-x-B26

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Title: Drive: The Story of My Life (SIGNED/...

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

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The basketball superstar recounts his tragedies--from his father's alcoholism and suicide to his own failed marriage--and triumphs including leading the Boston Celtics to three world championships

Reviews:

Bird, Boston Celtic forward extraordinaire, and Ryan, Boston Globe sportswriter, here conspire to address Bird's past . The result is perhaps more interesting for what the book lacks. Presented as a memoir about "overcoming obstacles," the discussions of the events that shaped Bird's life, including his parents divorce and father's suicide, his own divorce, an aborted Indiana University basketball career, and eventual superstardom, serve as mere asides to innocuous, though entertaining basketball anecdotes. The narrative is more concerned with Bird's teammates than with the motivations in his life and though the personal aspects are treated forthrightly, depth and introspection are not among the book's strengths. However, even the brief suggestions of the inner Bird make the book worth reading. Photos not seen by PW. First serial to Penthouse; Literary Guild and Dou bleday Book Club selections.
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