1960, You Have to Pay the Price by Earl H. Blaik & T Cohane, HBw/dj BLAIK SIGNED

Description: THIS IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPH OF FAMED WEST POINT ACADEMY FOOTBALL COACH, EARL H. BLAIK, WHICH IS NICELY INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY EARL H. BLAIK. The signature has not been authenticated, but is consistent with others easily found online. First Edition (stated, no indication of later printings), published in 1960 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Overall in VERY GOOD CONDITION, with the main wear issues associated with the dust jacket. It has edge wear with small tears and chips, with a larger chunk missing top of dust jacket. There is light age-toning of white spaces, but is fully intact including price on front flap and now handsomely preserved in a mylar jacket. The light blue cloth boards have light edge and corner wear, some color fading around the edges with a larger fade on top of spine where the dust jacket had a chunk missing. 430 clean and solidly bound pages, one photo section, no interior marks except for NICE INSCRIPTION, DATE (1961) AND SIGNATURE OF EARL H. BLAIK on first free endpaper. The book was found in an estate in the Washington DC Metro Area, and the inscription is to "Bobby Baker". Here is a bio of the likely Bobby Baker from the Washington DC are at that time frame, from Wikipedia: "Robert Gene Baker (November 12, 1928 – November 12, 2017) was an American political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party. He became the Senate's Secretary to the Majority Leader. In 1963, he resigned during an investigation by the Democratic-controlled Senate into his business and political activities. The investigation included allegations of bribery and arranging sexual favors in exchange for Congressional votes and government contracts. The Senate investigation looked into the financial activities of Baker and Lyndon Johnson during the 1950s. The investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the Baker investigation was later dropped after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's ascension to the presidency." Here is a bio of Earl H. Blaik, from Wikipedia: "Earl Henry "Red" Blaik (February 15, 1897 – May 6, 1989) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at the United States Military Academy from 1941 to 1958, compiling a career college football record of 166–48–14. His Army football teams won three consecutive national championships in 1944, 1945 and 1946. Blaik was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1964... ... At West Point, Blaik coached for 18 seasons compiling a 121–32–10 record. Blaik's Army teams had a 32-game unbeaten streak from 1944 to 1947, won consecutive national titles in 1944 and 1945, and finished second in the nation in 1946 with their record blemished only by a scoreless tie with rival Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium. In 1946, Blaik was selected as the AFCA Coach of the Year. In 1948, he became one of the first college coaches to implement a two-platoon system, using players strictly for offense or defense. Blaik was also one of the first coaches to analyze the game play-by-play, charting a team’s tendencies on every down with the use of game film. During his tenure at West Point, Blaik coached three Heisman trophy winners, Doc Blanchard in 1945, Glenn Davis in 1946 and Pete Dawkins in 1958, as well as a total of 11 Hall of Fame players. Twenty of his former assistant coaches became head coaches: Paul Amen, George Blackburn, Chief Boston, Eddie Crowder, Paul Dietzel, Bobby Dobbs, Sid Gillman, Jack Green, Andy Gustafson, Dale Hall, Tom Harp, Herman Hickman, Stu Holcomb, Frank Lauterbur, Vince Lombardi, John Sauer, Richard Voris, Murray Warmath, Bob Woodruff, and Bill Yeoman.." B146

Price: 125 USD

Location: Burtonsville, Maryland

End Time: 2025-01-26T20:42:07.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6 USD