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BRYANT,JOHN: : THE LONDON MARATHON: THE HISTORY OF THE GREATEST RACE ON EARTH.[Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,2005.

ISBN 0091797144.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but warmly dedicated + SIGNED by author in neat,blue ink: 'To (undecipherable) Enjoy every step together! John Bryant.' to title page,no price-clip to dw/dj.[The author of '3:59:4:The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mile',is a veteran of marathons around the world and has been involved in the London Marathon for 25 years.A life-long athlete, Oxford Blue,county champion,coach to an Olympic athlete and long-time captain of the world's oldest cross-country club,he has lived his life in the world of running.John Bryant worked closely with Chris Brasher,John Disley and Dave Bedford during the early years of the London Marathon,and has been associated with its development and promotion continuously since 1981.] Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine -an unread copy? Bright, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,viipp+1-180pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, foreword (by Sir Steve Redgrave),25 chapters,24pp contemporary colour action photographs from races,in 3 blocks of 8pp apice,between pp56/7,pp136/7 and pp216/7 respectively,appendix,index,acknowledgements,plus [unpaginated] half-title page and SIGNED+dedicated title-page and dedication. THE LONDON MARATHON salutes 25 years of the incredible physical and mental challenge that lies at the very heart of marathon running.It begins with the author standing on the start line at Blackheath for the very first London Marathon in March 1981.And it ends 26 miles and 25 yeas later,as the author emerges,still running,past Buckingham Palace and on through the miles and memories to the finish. The marathon is at once the greatest trial and the greatest motivation for millions of runners.The very word 'marathon',rooted in Greek legend,has echoes of heroism. This is the story not just of the world's greatest runners,but also of those thousands of ordinary men and women who make up the mass fields of the great city marathons.Some of the runners are young and strong.Others are older,but defiantly determined not to be overtaken by time.All of them yearn to find a new meaning in life,to tackle a distance that both excites and terrifies them. From the legend of Pheidippides and the mystery of Spiridon Louis - who won the first modern Olympic marathon in 1896 - to the agony of Paula Radcliffe,reduced to tears on the long road to Athens more than a century later,this is a story of dreams, pain,struggle and achievement.The courage and the craziness of characters who for 25 years have run the streets of London,have turned this race into the greatest marathon in the world. 'THE LONDON MARATHON' is a testament to their endeavour,and to the spirit that leads them each spring to tackle their own surburban Everest.This is their story. John Bryant has worked as a Fleet Street journalist since 1971.For a decade he was deputy editor of The Times.He is a former editor of the Sunday Correspondent and The European and is currently consultant editor of the Daily Mail. Since April 2013,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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