TAYLOR, Katie. My Olympic Dream (Signed first edition)

London: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2012. First edition. Quarto. Original publisher’s pictorial boards, illustrated throughout in colour. A clean, bright copy. Minor spotting/marks to front free endpaper, otherwise very good in slightly frayed dust jacket.

Boldly signed by Katie Taylor on the title page, the autograph clear and well-placed, without inscription. A desirable signed modern Irish sporting memoir.

Katie Taylor’s official autobiography, charting her journey from her early boxing career in Bray to Olympic gold at London 2012. Published at the height of national celebration, the book documents: Taylor’s formative years and amateur career. The road to Olympic qualification. The London 2012 Olympic Games. Ireland’s unprecedented public response to her victory.

Signed copies of My Olympic Dream are increasingly difficult to source, particularly clean first editions signed directly on the title page. As Ireland’s most decorated boxer and one of the defining Irish sporting figures of the 21st century, Katie Taylor material remains in strong and sustained demand.

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