Bill Kyne of Bay Meadows: The Man Who Brought Horse Racing Back to California Tapa dura - 1978

A. S. Barnes, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.5000 10.2000 8.1000.

Cranbury, NJ: A. S. Barnes. Light edge wear and rubbing, interior is clean. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1978.

Barnes & Company, Incorporated, A. S. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

South Brunswick [N. J. ] : A. S. Barnes, 1978. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 174 pages; Subjects: Kyne, Bill, 1887-1957. Horse racing--California--History & Biography.

Gazelle Book Services Ltd, 1979-06-22. Hardcover. Good.

A. S. Barnes, 1978. Hardback in near fine condition with near fine condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

South Brunswick & New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1978. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the front free endpaper. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine full color pictorial dust jacket (only lightly rubbed) NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($10.00). Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Kyne and numerous other b/w photographs. The son of Irish immigrants, Bill Kyne was raised in San Francisco's South Market. He had wanted to become a priest, but wound up a sports promoter and highly successful manager of racetracks. He became known as the "father of modern-day racing in California." Kyne built Bay Meadows and introduced many horse racing innovations. The author served as Kyne's publicity man. Index. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in… Leer más

South Brunswick [N. J. ] : A. S. Barnes, 1978. 1st Edition, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, VG in good black and green pictorial dj. 174pp., illustrated. First edition. Frontis of Kyne. The son of Irish immigrants, raised in San Francisco's South Market, Kyne eventually became a sports promoter and manager of racetracks. He built Bay Meadows and introduced many innovations. Includes photo 8 x 10 of Willie Shoemaker and John Longdon, the centuries top jockeys, signed (maybe printed) by both... (we had horses running there and both these guys rode our horses, so may be original signature). Unfortunately, Bay Meadows has "bit the dust" and will soon be condominiums...

A. S. Barnes. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!