Dawn Fraser Harry Gordon (15 results)

Hardcover. Blue paper over bpoards, yellow cloth spine, black lettering, no dj, lightly rubbed and soiled. Sports / Swimming; 9727.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: G, Wear, Browning, Foxing. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET. First Australian Paperback Edition. Biography. 206 pages, including the index. Illustrated with photographs. Laminate on covers shows some lifting & creasing. Ink name on title-page has been whited out with tippex. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket with some edge wear, tears and small chips/creases. Small name/address label from previous owner placed on a number of endpages. Penciled price on first blank page. Otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 250 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. New York: William Morrow, 1965. First American Edition. Large 8vo. 250p, Index. 27 photographs. Hardcover, very good (boards slightly discolored), dj good (moderately worn and soiled, short tear). Published in Australia under the title "Gold Medal Girl". Dawn Fraser's frank account of her own life, her view of international sports competition as it was organized then including the concept of "amateurism". She was a holder of 11 world records and 3 Olympic gold medals but was suspended from all forms of competitive swimming for ten years, likely because of her frank account of incidents that occurred at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.; 27 photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 250 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Autobiography of the great Australian swimmer and athlete Dawn Fraser.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good + Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dj. Ilustrated (illustrator). The confessions of an Olympic Champion.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. book clean and tight Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. 206pp, index, 26 bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Endpapers toned, jacket chipped and torn at edges with small piece missing from upper edge. Biography of one of the greats of Australian swimming. Includes the controversy of her banishment from the Australian team at the Tokyo games after entering the Emperor's palace gardens, and much more exciting detail of the life of an Olympic champion. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Tears on the jacket and marked.Stamp.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 206 pages. Dj ripped and parts missing. Signed by Dawn Fraser.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO80008803: 1965. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 300 pages. Quelques planches de photos en noir et blanc hors-texte. Coiffes abîmées. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO20013404: 1965. In-8. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 300p, illustré de photos hors texte, cartonné marron,jaquette abimée+ coupure de journal. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 797-Sports nautiques.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The world greatest swimmer, Dawn Fraser, gold medal winner at three consecutive Olympic Games, now bares the secrets from the turbulent wash of her 10,000-mile swim from a cheeky asthmatic kid at Balmain Baths, Sydney, Australia, to the top rostrums of world sporting fame . a girl acclaimed by her nation, reported, condemmed, banished by officials.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Melbourne, Lansdowne, 1965. Octavo, x, 206 pages plus 26 plates. Papered boards with the dustwrapper (very slightly rubbed and chipped, with one short tear to the front panel); an excellent copy. Inscribed, signed and dated (30 January 1965) by Dawn Fraser: "To Reg & Mary, Many 'Thanks' for everything that you both have done for us. Lots of Love". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.