Search Results: Along Olympic Road by Foster Hewitt

The Ryerson Press, 1951. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ryerson Press. First Edition. HARDCOVER. Very Good/Very Good. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Top spine area of jacket is chipped across. Corners are worn. Small 1/4 inch tear to back of jacket. Jacket is unpriced. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 142 pp. Beige pictorial boards decorated in dark blue on the front panel and spine. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with some chipping at the head and foot of the spine; small scuffed patch on the front flap of the dj; "Christmas 1951" has been written on the front free endpaper - no other interior markings. Foster Hewitt was a television and radio broadcaster most famous for his play-by-play calls for Hockey Night in Canada..

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine first printing. Internally clean. Binding tight and square. Jacket is good/very good with wear to the edges and a small triangular area of loss and one-inch closed tear to the top of the back cover adjacent to the spine. A novel for young people about a boy's journey to the Olympics, written by the legendary Canadian sportscaster and long-time voice of Hockey Night in Canada.

Toronto: Ryerson, (1951). First edition. Octavo, cream boards printed in deep blue, pp. 142. Illustration of pole vaulter repeated at the start of each chapter. Fictional account written by Hewitt for young readers, telling the story of a young Canadian boy growing up, inspired by his idol, Syl Apps. This copy is signed, "with best wishes" by Syl Apps Jr., on the front free endpaper. App's son was a professional hockey player with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1970s, and later played for the Rangers and the Kings. Foxing to page edges, faint evidence of erasure on endpaper, else very good in a used, but good dust jacket, showing edge chips and tears. .