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Basketball

The Ultimate Book
By Peter Feierabend
Series: The Ultimate Book
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A comprehensive illustrated book about one of the most popular sports in the world – basketball. Basketball – The Ultimate Book presents the history and lifestyle of the sport, showcases the best players and teams, the most beautiful dunks, and the most legendary halls. Discover all... Read More
Format: Hardback
$13400

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A sumptuous survey of the history and lifestyle of Basketball, showing the best players and teams, the most beautiful dunks, and the most legendary venues.

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A comprehensive illustrated book about one of the most popular sports in the world – basketball. Basketball – The Ultimate Book presents the history and lifestyle of the sport, showcases the best players and teams, the most beautiful dunks, and the most legendary halls. Discover all about street basketball, how the jersey became cult clothing, and who made it into the Hall of Fame. This sumptuously illustrated book is a must for every basketball fan.

Author: On almost every bookshelf, designer, editor, and author Peter Feierabend will find one of the approximately 3,000 book titles he has worked on, and it's far from Feierabend's end. Born in Hanover, he has lived in Cologne for 25 years after studying design at the University of the Arts in Berlin.

Selling Points:

  • Basketball – The Ultimate Book presents the history and development of this globally popular sport and showcases the best players and teams.
  • A comprehensive illustrated book with lots of emotion that captures the fascination and lifestyle of this sport.
  • A must for every basketball fan.
  • Includes 120 colour illustrations.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783961716302

Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 September 2025

Country: Germany

Imprint: teNeues Media GmbH & Co. KG

Illustration: 120 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 245.0mm

Height: 314.0mm

Weight: 1680g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

On almost every bookshelf, designer, editor, and author Peter Feierabend will find one of the approximately 3,000 book titles he has worked on, and it's far from Feierabend's end. Born in Hanover, he has lived in Cologne for 25 years after studying design at the University of the Arts in Berlin. 

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