Never Look Back: The Autobiography of a Jockey por Pearson, Billy; Longstreet, Stephen; Huston, John (Introduction) - 1958

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Prize-winning thoroughbred-racing jockey turned bit-part actor, turned art connoisseur, turned quiz show winner, becoming only the fourth person to win on the popular 1950s' game show, "The $64,000 Question." In 370 pages + 16 pages of black-and-white photos in front. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1958, SIGNED by Pearson with a personalized inscription to ffep. Introduction by film director John Huston, who had become a friend of Pearson & helped him open his art gallery in La Jolla, California. Hardcover small octavo has gray cloth-covered boards covered in darker gray paper, blind-stamped with an image of a jockey on horse on front cover, blue title box & lettering to spine. Black topstain. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. Page 273-274 has a vertical tear ascending from bottom about halfway up the page. The unclipped DJ.(with orig. $4.50 price intact to front flap) is Fair, downgraded due to a 3" vertical unclosed tear descending from spine-side edge of front cover, along with small chips & rubbing to extremities, light soil. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.