Gibson, Althea. edited by Ed Fitzgerald

I Always Wanted to Be Somebody

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1958. Early printing. Hardcover. Octavo ( standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Old price sticker on flap. 176 p. w/illus. The autobiogaphy of Gibson, one of the first Black athletes in [rofessional tennis, and the first to win a Grand Slam event, and Wimbledon the following year, WShe was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both 1957 and 1958. She later was also the first Black player to compete in the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Very good / very good, price clipped. Item #21730

Price: $30.00