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FOUR-MINUTE SMILER: THE DEREK IBBOTSON STORY

FOUR-MINUTE SMILER: THE DEREK IBBOTSON STORY

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Rare biography of the great middle-distance runner of the 1950s, who died in 2017.

First edition. 8vo. 175pp. Illustrations. Original owner's name to fly-leaf. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with large area missing from lower section of front and spine. Good.

Date
1960
Publisher
Stanley Paul
Author
Terry O'CONNOR

£50.00 (Code: 88799)

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