"A LITTLE MAGIC AND A LITTLE CREATIVE DIPSY-DOO CAN TAKE YOU A LONG WAY": FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY EARL MONROE

(BRADLEY, Bill). MONROE, Earl [with] TROUPE, Quincy. Earl the Pearl: My Story. (New York): Rodale, (2013). Octavo, original blue paper boards, original dust jacket. $275.

First edition of basketball legend Earl Monroe's story, with a foreword by Bill Bradley, boldly signed on the title page by Monroe.

"A spectacular shooter and a master showman" (New York Times), Earl "The Pearl" Monroe was inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the International Sports Hall of Fame, and included on the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list. Bestselling poet, journalist and biographer Quincy Troupe helped write this account of Monroe's early life and basketball career, and former New York Knicks teammate Bill Bradley—basketball All-American and later U.S. Senator—supplied the foreword. The book's publication was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Knicks 1973 NBA championship. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographs.

A fine copy.