Rope Burns by Fx Toole (92 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First edition. First printing of this acclaimed story collection from the late author, himself a former boxing trainer and cut man, containing story "Million $$$ Baby," adapted by Clint Eastwood for his Oscar-winning film. 9.5'' x 6''. Original red boards. In original unclipped ($23.00) color pictorial jacket. 236 pages. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Jacket has light shelfwear. Else bright, sharp. Very good plus in near fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition (stated), first printing. Black remainder mark to the lower page edges, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Collection of stories, one of which is "Million Dollar Baby", the basis for the Academy nominated film directed by Clint Eastwood and featuring Hillary Swank. Jerry Boyd had been a cut man and fight trainer for over twenty years before passing in 2002.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition of this story collection that inspired Clint Eastwood's award-winning movie, Million Dollar Baby Fine/fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. About the book: Softcover. Uncorrected Proof/ARC. Mild wear to book with a few flaws to back cover. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.

Hardcover; First Printing. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. First Edition. First edition. Very minor shelf wear, no remainder marks, writing or tears. Slight spine tilt in a protected DJ.

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 237 pp. Second printing, as indicated by number line to "2". SIGNED by author on title page. Minor shelf and handling wear. Mild edge wear to dust jacket; it is now enclosed in a (removable) protective mylar cover. Gift-quality item. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. First printing. The first book, a powerful collection of five short stories and the title novella, by Boyd, whose years of experience as a 'cut-man' (the one who staunches the blood flow and allows fights to continue), gives these stories a sometimes heart-breaking authenticity. One of the stories - 'Million $$$ Baby' - was the basis for the 2004 Academy-award winning film, produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Hilary Swank. 235 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed By Author on title page. First edition, 2nd printing (numberkline to 2). A very good copy in a fine jacket (slight wear to edges of binding with a tiny nick to spine of spine). Fiction on boxing themes. Basis of the Oscar Winning Eastwood Film.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This 2000 Ecco Press True 1st Edition/2nd Printing of Toole's short strory collection is ***SIGNED*** by the author on the title page. This copy is in FINE/FINE NEAR MINT condition. It's story "Million $$$ Baby," was adapted by Oscar nominee Paul Haggis for Oscar Winner Director Clint Eastwood, and won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Film. It starred Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman and Oscar nominee Clint Eastwood. **Brenbooks specializes in first edition books made into films.**. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first prnt. Spine paper ends lightly pushed; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Toole's first book, a collection of boxing stories, one of which, "Million Dollar Baby," was the basis for the four Oscar-winning film co-produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Hilary Swank.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. The first edition of this collection of true boxing stories, basis for Clint Eastwood's acclaimed 2004 film, Million Dollar Baby (which is the title of one of the stories in the collection). Without the seemingly ubiquitous remainder mark.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Printing. This 237 pp. book is the author's first book. For the prior 20 years, he had trained fighters, and worked in the ring as a "cut-man". He brings that experience to bear on this collection of stories, and he has signed this on on the title page. Photos upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Sports & Pastimes; ISBN: 0060198206. ISBN/EAN: 9780060198206. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12225: Storage For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. NEW YORK: Ecoo (2000). First edition, first printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Review copy, with photograph and publicity materials.

hardcover. First Edition. Seventy-year-old F.X. Toole has exploded onto the literary scene with this astonishing first collection of stories drawn from his own experiences in boxing. In these powerful and moving tales, he reveals a complex web of athletes, trainers, and promoters and their extended families, all players in an unforgiving business where victory, like defeat, comes at a dark and painful price. F. X. Toole breathes life into vivid, compelling characters who radiate the fierce intensity of the worlds they inhabit. In "The Monkey Look," an aging cut man with an incorrigible sweet tooth works the corner for Hoolie, a featherweight "bleeder" with attitude. "Black Jew" brings Reggie Valentine Love and his camp to a brutal elimination bout in Atlantic City, where they are treated like second-class citizens by a promoter. In "Million $$$ Baby," seasoned trainer Frankie Dunn faces the most daunting challenge of his life when he agrees to aid the fearless Maggie Fitzgerald in her quest to become a champion boxer. "Fightin' in Philly" and "Frozen Water" are stories in which youthful dreams of glory and celebrity are threatened by the harsh realities that suffuse both of these narratives. The novella "Rope Burns" is the crowning achievement of the collection, offering a gritty, heartrending account of the indestructible bond that develops between a devoted fighter and his trainer. In Rope Burns F.X. bole exhibits the skill of a miniaturist: in precise and exquisite detail, he peoples a world rich in unforgettable characters, like Señora Cabrera, the owner of the Acapulco café, who makes low-fat refried beans to keep a local fighter in top form, and an anonymous museum guard with a soft spot for Michelangelo. Toole's faithful dialogue crackles and bites, and the flawed characters he creates cannot help but remind us of our own too fragile humanity. He brings a new understanding to the violence and purity of the sweet science and the world it engenders, opening a window into the fighter's soul that can never be closed. Red cloth over boards, gilt spine lettering. 237 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st Edition. Stories From the Corner. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Toole, pen name for boxing trainer Jerry Boyd, didn't live to see his story"Million Dollar Baby" turned into an Oscar winning film but he did see this book of six stories become a cult classic. This copy is in FINE condition, a second printing inscribed to his driver on the title page with the bright, price-intact dustjacket in clear, mylar covering.The book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Signed by Author(s).

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine unread Uncorrected Proof copy in glossy wraps that comes in a vertical card slipcase with front flap which has a reproduction of the book cover on the front and marketing info on the back of the flap. Stories (including Million $$$ Baby) and a novella by the late Author.On the back of the slipcase are plaudits from James Ellroy ('F X Toole is the love child of Sonny Listen and a rabid pit bull') , Joyce Carol Oates and The New York Post. As New.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Second printing. Signed by Toole on the title page. In "Rope Burns," Toole's first book, the former boxing trainer and cut man brings together six short boxing fictions that bring "a new understanding to the violence and purity of the sweet science and the world it engenders, opening a window into the fighter's soul that can never be closed." His story "Million $$$" Baby would be the basis for the Oscar Award-winning movie starring Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank. Small crimp to lower corner, else fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First English edition. Fine in wrappers. Signed by Boyd, as F.X. Toole, on the title page. A collection of short stories that were adapted into the Oscar-Winning film *Million Dollar Baby*. Boyd died in 2002, two years before the film was made.

A first edition, first printing or 'Rope Burns' by F X Toole, published by ECCO Harper Collins in 2000. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine unclipped wrapper. The basis for the Oscar winning film 'Million Dollar Baby'.