Description

Hardcover in publisher’s price-clipped dust-jacket. 383 pages. Introduction by Ira Berkow. Illustrated with full page black and white photographs. First edition, first printing [using Random House method of designating printing – contains words First Edition and number line begins with “2”]. A collection of biographical and topical essays on 50 of the century’s greatest athletes, originally profiled in The New York Times. No previous ownership marks, but from the private collection of Carmen Orechio, former NJ State Senator, recently deceased (02/26/2018). A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket.