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Hardcover, bound in full genuine red gilt-stamped leather binding. xxiii, 293 pages. Brand new copy in factory shrink-wrap. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Limited First signed and numbered edition, published by Easton Press, 1998. One of 1,250 copies, signed by Jim McKay with COA (Certificate of Authenticity) and Collector’s Notes laid-in loose. Best known as the host of ABC-TV’s Wide World of Sports and his television coverage of twelve Olympic competitions, the most famous of which saw him reporting live on the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, McKay announced, reported on and hosted all manner of sporting events in his long and storied career. His autobiography recounts fifty years of anecdotes and personalities involved in a large variety of sports during the latter half of the 20th century. A pristine copy, gift quality, new is shrink wrap.