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Winning a Place in the World OK89; The Official Commemorative Book of U.S. Olympic Festival '89
by Oklahoma Centennial Sports
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$135.10CA$94.57
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About This Item
Charlotte, NC: Shaw Publishing/Oklahoma Publishing Co. , 1989 Shaw Publishing/Oklahoma Publishing Co., Charlotte, NC. 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; rubbing to panels; light wear at head, tail, and tips; closed tear at rear panel near head; edge bumping along top edge. Blue leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the front board. 100 pp 4to. This book is the Official Commemorative book of the 1989 Olympic Festival held in July 1989 in Oklahoma City, OK. The U.S. Olympic Festival is an amateur multi-sport event held in the United States by the United States Olympic Committee in the years between Olympic Games. Held for 10 days, hosting over 4000 top American athletes, coaches, and officials. This book captures the glory of that competition in photographs and statistics. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010170
- Title
- Winning a Place in the World OK89; The Official Commemorative Book of U.S. Olympic Festival '89
- Author
- Oklahoma Centennial Sports
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Shaw Publishing/Oklahoma Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Charlotte, NC
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- United States Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, Olympic Festival 1989, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, U.S. Olympic Festival, Winning a Place in the World, Torch Run, Oklahoma Centennial Sports
- Bookseller catalogs
- Oklahoma Related;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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