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Comeback: My Race for the America's Cup
[Buy it!] | Conner Dennis; Stannard Bruce; Larsen Paul C. | USD 9.20
(Sun Jun 2 05:01:57 2024) | Biblio | bookwitch | St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., Date: 1987., 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by author, Connor, on title page. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine blue pictorial dj. Giftable. 239 pp., Color photo illus., Glossary, Team names and index. endpapers illustrated with sailboat illustrations. Dennis Conner, the first man to lose the America's Cup--sailing's Holy Grail--and the first to win it back. In the straight-shooting and colorful style of a born raconteur, Conner reveals in vivid detail the inner workings of the Cup campaign to end all Cup campaigns. As skipper of Stars and Stripes, Conner raised the funds, called the shots, hired and fired key personnel, and channeled millions of dollars into the ideal superboat. This is that story made all the more special by the emboss and signature of a true American hero. 1987. St Martins Pr, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A., 1987. ISBN 0312009003 9780312009007 [US] |
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Figaro-Salon.
[Buy it!] | Wolff, Albert | USD 82.66
(Sun Jun 2 05:01:56 2024) | Abebooks | Libreria La Fenice di Pietro Freggio | [publisher: Boussod, Valadon et Baschet, Paris] In-folio, pp. 100 con num. ill. incise in acciaio b/n, seppiate e in moncromia n.t. Leg. edit. p. tl. blu con tit. e fregio tip. oro impressi al piatto. Esemplare ricurvo al taglio di piede, macchie bianche ai piatti, parte sup. del frontespizio risulta asportata, cerniere stanche, fioriture diffuse.
[Brescia, BS, Italy] [Publication Year: 1886]
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