Jesse sumo superstar (6 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Black and white photographs throughout, glossary. Dampstain on the upper rear corner, small chip on the top front edge, light edge wear, name blacked out on the top edge and inside the front cover.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Jesse! Sumo Superstar Andrew Adams and Mark Schilling The Japan Times Ltd. softcover 1985 First Edition Stated ISBN 4789002721 VERY GOOD, clean and bright interior, no writing or underlining, slight foxing to page edges, NEAR FINE dustjacket, slightest bit of edgewear to head of spine, now protected in archival mylar.…

Softcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. One of the greatest sekiwake in sumo history, Takamiya Daigoro, has left behind him an impressive record that very few rikishi (wrestlers) below the rank of ozeki can match. He was not just the only foreigner ever to win a regular tournament, but he held the lower sanyaku ranks of komusubi and sekiwake for an incredible 27 basho - second only to ex-sekiwake Hasegawa with 30. He also won a record number of 12 kinboshi (a gold star given to a maegashira for upsetting a yokozuna), chalked up a total of 10 san-sho (three special prizes), set records for consecutive tournaments in makunouchi (97) as well as consecutive bouts in the top division (1.231), ans was third on the all-time list of most wins in makunouchi (683) at the time of his retirement. But the greatest of this simple Hawaiian from Happy Valley on the island of Maui is not just a matter of statistics. He is probably responsible for creating more good will between the Japanese people and the foreign community than any other single person.…

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Softcover with jacket. Spine of jacket gently faded, else limited wear. Pages unmarked.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition (Stated). Oversize softcover with a bright pictorial dustjacket depicting Jesse in sumo wrestling attire. Stated First Edition, May, 1985. Red lettering to the spine of dustjacket sunned otherwise fine, no chips or tears. Contents very clean and bright. Jesse was the first foreigner ever to win a tournament and went on to establish an impressive record. Profusely illustrated. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …