Bower

Bower: A Legendary Life by Dan Robson, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd in 2018. This hardcover copy includes its dust jacket and is identified on the copyright page as a first edition and first printing, with a complete number line beginning with 1. ISBN 9781443457262.

Robson traces the life of beloved Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Johnny Bower, from his Saskatchewan childhood and lengthy minor-league career to his years in the Toronto crease and four Stanley Cup championships. Drawing on records, contemporary accounts, family recollections and interviews with people close to Bower, the biography explores both his hockey career and the character that made him an enduring Canadian sports figure. The book received the Ontario Historical Society’s 2019 Donald Grant Creighton Award for best Ontario biography.

This copy is personally inscribed to Matt and signed by author Dan Robson on the title page. The inscription refers to the story of the Maple Leafs legend and concludes with Robson’s signature, making this an appealing association-style presentation copy for a hockey or Toronto sports collection.

The dust jacket is present and is now protected in a removable clear plastic cover. Minor shelf and extremity wear is visible on the photographed jacket. The photographed copyright and author-biography pages appear clean and readable, and the title page bears the personalized author inscription. Please use the supplied photographs as part of the condition description.