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ON BOXING
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a near fine, clean, dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385238908
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238908
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Dolphin/Doubleday, 1987. First trade edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine, clean, dust jacket. John Ranard. Illustrated with photographs by John Ranard. This is as fine a book as ever has been written on the subject. This book follows in the tradition of boxing-loving writers like Hemingway and Mailer. In a slim volume expanded from a New York Times Magazine article, Oates candidly assays "The Sweet Science" for its spectacle, aesthetic elements, and its history from ancient Greece and Rome to today's ring dominated by callous promoters, casinos, and TV. She concedes boxing's brutality and often seamy side but finds positive merits as tragic theater.
Synopsis
A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ESB11237
- Title
- ON BOXING
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Illustrator
- John Ranard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a near fine, clean, dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First trade edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385238908
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238908
- Publisher
- Dolphin/Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- boxing, sport, photographs, John Ranard
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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