A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
A lifelong hockey fan, Carleton "Mac" McDiarmid put together an impressive library of tomes about the great winter game. This outstanding collection of hockey books features just about every significant title written about the sport over the last few decades, and many, many more of earlier vintage. Red Dutton's 1938 book "Hockey: Fastest Game on Earth", the 1949 book "Hockey Heroes" by Ron McAllister and Foster Hewitt's "Hello Canada!" from 1950 are highlights among the older books included here, primarily from the 1960s, '70s and '80s. These almost exclusively hardcover editions were written by such noted hockey authors as Trent Frayne, Scott Young, Stan Fischler, Brian McFarlane, Andy O'Brien, Jim Hunt, George Vass, Mark Mulvoy and Claude Larochelle. Even Colleen Howe got in the act with her book, "My Three Hockey Players", about Gordie and the couple's sons, Mark and Marty. They include historical events, instructional books and vintage biographies of Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Conn Smythe, Punch Imlach, Jacques Plante, Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Derek Sanderson, Dave Schultz, Guy Lafleur and Mike Bossy. More recent books include multiple titles written by the likes of Dick Irvin, Jr., Stephen Brunt, Damian Cox, Douglas Hunter, Andrew Podnieks, Chrys Goyens, to name but a few. An amazing wealth of hockey stories awaits the winning bidder!
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