by Byron Gentry

San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, (1962).

First edition, first printing.

Warmly inscribed, dated 1967, and SIGNED by the author to the title page.

Byron Gentry (1913-1992) was a renowned football player who played championship teams at the Rose Bowl twice, and for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1937-39.

In 1960 he was named a member of the All-Time Pittsburgh Steeler Team.

He was a decorated captain during WWII, and later became state and national commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Later he became a City Prosecutor and then a defense attorney.

The author offers a delightful memoir about these things.

Nearly fine plus in orange linen with black embossed illustrations of footballs, a law book, a gavel, and a bomb to the front cover and with black embossed titles to the spine; in an about very good dust jacket with a couple of abrasive scratches, a small chip and a five-inch half-circle tear to the upper front panel, a tiny chip to the spine panel and nicks and short tears to the upper and lower spine edges; original $4.95 price still intact to the front inner flap.

A wonderful SIGNED collectible.

Octavo; 191 pages.

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