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Lot # 157: 1980 "Sport Classics" Signed 10 Volume Book Set with BILL VEECK

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "Monthly 09-18",
which ran from 8/26/2018 7:00 PM to
9/9/2018 10:00 PM



High quality set of books that were issued by sports writer Jerome Holtzman.  All books were signed by the original authors except for the Gallico and Liebling books, facsimiles were used because they were deceased when the collection was introduced.  The collection consist of ten volumes including: "The Sweet Science" by A.J Liebling, "Farewell To Sport" by Paul Gallico, "The Long Season" by Jim Brosnan, "The Boys of Summer" by Roger Kahn, "Veeck---as in wreck" by Bill Veeck/Ed Linn, "The Glory Of Their Times" by Lawrence Ritter, "Babe" by Robert Creamer, "Paper Lion" by George Plimpton, "Eight Men Out" by Eliot Asinof and "Instant Replay" by Jerry Kramer/Dick Schaap.  Beautifully bound books all in Fine shape with tight pages.

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