My Losing Season (Signed by Conroy plus six players)
New York / London / Toronto / Sydney / Auckland: Nan A. Talese, Doubleday, 2002. Illustrated. Signed, First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, 2002. SIGNED BY PAT CONROY AND SIX OF THE CITIDEL BASKETBALL SQUAD PLAYERS. Signatures of players Doug Bridges, Greg Connor, Brian Kennedy, Dave Bornhorst, Al Kroboth, and Tee Hooper are written on each of their photographs respectively on the front endpapers. Inscription and signature of author Pat Conroy on the title page. Hardcover. Bound in quarter violet burgundy publisher's cloth and off white parchment paper. Covers are plain with gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several photos in sepia and black and white. Contents are in four parts: The Point Guard Takes to the Court; The making of a Point Guard; The Point Guard Finds His Voice; and The Point Guard's Way of Knowledge. Also includes an epilogue and acknowledgements. 402 pp. Illustrated dust jacket is in off white, green and dark burgundy color tones, and is protected by a mylar cover.
EXCERPT FROM THE DUST JACKET: "In My Losing Season, Conroy takes the reader through his last year playing basketball, as point guard and captain of The Citadel Bulldogs, flashing back constantly to the drama of his coming of age, presenting all the conflict and love that have been at the core of his novels. He vividly re-creates his senior year at that now-famous military college in Charleston, South Carolina, but also tells the story of his heartbreaking childhood and of the wonderful series of events that conspired to rescue his spirit."
CONDITION: Volume free of marginalia or notation. Binding tight. Small faded spot lower page edge. Dust jacket bears small moisture stain at lower inside edge of spine which is not evident on outside. Fine condition. Would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied. Fine / Fine.
9x6x1.
Item #068802
ISBN: 0385489129
Price: $750.00