My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse
by Prado, Edgar ; John Eisenberg
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 006146418X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061464188
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition with complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and copper gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings to note. Several pages and the front DJ flap show crease lines from having been folded over. Contains a section of 8 leaves / 16 pages of glossy colored photographs. Dust jacket very good; mild shelf & edge wear and the crease line noted above; not price clipped. * From the jacket, ""Barbaro made worldwide headlines for eight months, and now Prado's poignant, clear-eyed narrative takes us where no reader has gone before - onto Barbaro's back in the heat of a race and into the intensive care suite where Barbaro's life - and - death drama played itself out. . . . a heartwarming, unforgettable story of a man and his love for a beautiful animal and an irreplaceable teammate.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000261
- Title
- My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse
- Author
- Prado, Edgar ; John Eisenberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 006146418X
- ISBN 13
- 9780061464188
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Animals, Biography, Edgar Prado, Jockeys - Untied States - Biography, Barbaro (Race horse)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports & Games; Animals & Pets;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Leaves
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