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MIKE SWEENEY OF THE HILL - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL F. SWEENEY

MIKE SWEENEY OF THE HILL - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL F. SWEENEY
MIKE SWEENEY OF THE HILL - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MICHAEL F. SWEENEY

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Illustrated athletics autobiography by the one-time American world-record holder in high jump.

First edition. 8vo. 152pp. Cloth-covered boards. Some rubbing and fading to boards Good condition. Signed and dedicated by the author W. Reginald Wheeler, who provides the Foreword, to front fly-leaf (with his business card tipped in alongside). 

Date
1940
Publisher
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Author
Michael F. SWEENEY

£85.00 (Code: 83178)

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