Description: Hardcover book with illustrated dust jacket present, dust jacket is mostly clean with some surface and extremity wear including light extremity curling, binding is complete and solid, book itself is clean with a small amount of top edge rubbing and front cover bottom edge has wear. Overall condition of the book and dust jacket is Good - near Good +. Please see photos for more information on the condition of the book and dust jacket. 8vo/octavo size at spine, 292 pages, contents pages, prologue, epilogue, acknowledgements page, illustrated with b&w photos interspersed through the text and two 8-page full-color photo sections, published by Warner Books/A Time Warner Company, New York, NY, 1996 (1996), stated First Printing: November 1996. Co-author is E.M. Swift. Despite a few minor condition issues, this first printing book and dust jacket are in good acceptable shape for collecting and/or gifting. From the dust jacket flap notes: “ Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov were the most celebrated pairs skaters of all time. Partners in life as well as on the ice, they were rarely apart. Then, tragically, Sergei died at the age of twenty-eight. Now in her own words, his wife, Katia, tells their remarkable story, in this loving tribute to the exceptional man she idolized, whom she called…MY SERGEI. They were two mismatched kids teamed by the Soviet regime to perform for the good of the state. She was a tiny, serious girl of eleven; he was a fun-loving boy of fifteen. But they were talented and dedicated, and together they won four World Championships, two Olympic gold medals - and the hearts of millions of fans. Then, without warning, on November 20, 1995, Sergei suffered a fatal heart attack during a routine training session. Katia’s dreams lay shattered. They had skated together for fourteen years and Sergei had been her protector. Katia, innocent in the ways of the world, was left to fend for herself and three-year-old Daria.” Book’s been stored in a smoke free home with two short haired pets. Please study and understand what you’re looking at/buying; I accept returns within 30 days, buyer pays for return shipping. I only accept PayPal for payment. I will ship internationally via eBay’s Global Shipping Program. Shipping charges listed are for US shipping only and are paid by the seller; alternate US shipping charges are paid by the buyer. Please don’t hesitate to contact me through eBay with any questions or serious reasonable Best Offer submissions; I will gladly respond ASAP. I invite you to visit my eBay store Bill’s Books And Things, browse through the hundreds of other fine books and items listed there for sale, and follow the store to keep current with all the latest additions to the store, thanks!
Price: 14 USD
Location: Tewksbury, Massachusetts
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed: No
Book Series: Historical
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition, Collector's Edition
Vintage: No
Type: Autobiography
Literary Movement: Realism, Modernism
Era: 1990s
Illustrator: Various
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, First Printing
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: My Sergei : a Love Story
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6.4in
Author: E. M. Swift, Ekaterina Gordeeva
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Ice & Figure Skating, Sports, Olympics & Paralympics
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Year: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
