What Are The Odds? : The Bill Waterhouse Story
by Bill Waterhouse
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1741666309
- ISBN 13
- 9781741666304
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Knopf, Australia, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. 519 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Knopf, Australia, 2009. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Bill Waterhouse has worked the track for more than 70 years, his first day as a bookmaker in his own name was Epsom Day 1954. Henry Waterhouse, his ancestor, brought horses to Australia with the First Fleet . This family had no choice but to follow their destiny and become "the" dynastic Australian horseracing family and we are now into the fourth generation of Waterhouse bookmakers. Bill was a practicing barrister, albeit well-known at the track, and bookmaking was a side business until his brother, Charlie died suddenly and he 'temporarily' took the family bag to the track, at 87, he can still be found trackside. Featuring stories of barristers, politicians, and other prominent characters, his real estate empire, the punting battles with the Packers, the family law suit that took ten years and $10 million to resolve, and the real story of the Fine Cotton affair that saw Bill and his son Robbie banned from any involvement in racing for many years. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781741666304. Inventory No: 23110205.. 9781741666304
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23110205
- Title
- What Are The Odds? : The Bill Waterhouse Story
- Author
- Bill Waterhouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1741666309
- ISBN 13
- 9781741666304
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; What Are The Odds? : The Bill Waterhouse Story
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- Biography & Autobiography;
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