Description
Hogar Publishing Company, Published 1981. Paperback, 255 pp.; 28 cm; First Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographs, drawings, wash paintings and diagrams, and a map.
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Condition & notes
In Good condition. Cream pictorial paper covers, front cover with photograph of a volleyball on sand, rear cover with black-and-white photograph of a player at the net at sunset. Bumping and creasing to edges and corners, mild to moderate shelf and edge wear, fading to spine and along top edge, some toning, scuffing and soiling to covers. Spine lightly creased; binding intact. Previous owner's name in ink on inside front cover; scattered faint spots to inside rear cover. Pages moderately toned, with heavier toning to half-title, title page and endpapers and along text block edges; otherwise unmarked. [From back cover] The first complete book solely devoted to the fundamentals, strategies, history and essence of the sport of Beach Volleyball. Written and illustrated by Dennis Hare, an open-tournament winner of the 1970s and later a member of the Southern California Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame, with Jill Esteras, who took many of the photographs. Covers serving, passing, setting and hitting, offensive and defensive strategy for doubles, the history of the game, and running a tournament, with contributed chapters by Fred Featherstone (nutrition), Jean Brunicardi (history of women's doubles), Mike Cook (running a tournament) and Fred Zuelich (mixed doubles). Tournament photographs by Robie Hutas, C. J. Brown, Doug Avery and others, with a frontispiece of the 1980 Manhattan Open. Includes a map of California Beach Volleyball Association tournament sites and a glossary of beach volleyball terms.