The veteran American sportscaster recounts the leading events of a milestone year for major-league baseball--the Yankee-Dodger World Series, Leo Durocher's suspension, and the entry of Jackie Robinson
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Red Barber was for millions the voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees; he was later a baseball commentator for National Public Radio. His books include The Broadcasters , The Rhubarb Patch, The Walk and the Spirit, and with Robert W. Creamer, Rhubarb in the Catbird Seat.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 2301258-75
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Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. 1st edition, review copy (slip laid-in), NF/G. Book has light wear to spine. DJ has wear & chipping to upper corners, closed tear & small chip at top of spine, wear to spine ends, closed tears & some wear to edges, light wear along folds. Subtitle: The stormiest year in Big League Baseball. The advent of Jackie Robinson. A full description of this eventful year in baseball history by one of its greatest writers and Hall-of-Fame Dodger announcer, Red Barber. Tremendous writer. Seller Inventory # 003294
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 367pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning. Seller Inventory # 563424
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Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Frayed DJ. First Edition. Small ink stain on front endpaper. Red's view of Robinson, Durocher, MacPhail and the idiot Chandler. 367pp. Seller Inventory # 13574
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Seller: LSQ Books, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. Story of the most pivotal year in baseball by a man who saw it first hand, the long time Brooklyn Dodger announcer. Seller Inventory # 001341
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Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. A square solid tight clean very carefully read copy. This copy has some foxing to the edges of the text block, light foxing to the end papers front and rear. The priced jacket has some light rubbing wear, some edgewear, some wrinkling to the bottom edge of the front panel. Book. Seller Inventory # 032429
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Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardback. No Dustjacket. Full Leather. Fine Condition. Full Leather Binding with Gilt Lettering and Decorations, Gilt Page Edges, Illustrated Endpapers, Ribbon Bookmark and Raised Bands on the Spine. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. As New Copy. Still Sealed In Publishers Shrinkwrap. Seller Inventory # 82614
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with DJ. Blue cloth spine with gold lettering. Orange paper over boards. Binding clean and tight. White pictorial DJ toned, especially towards edges. DJ wrapped in protective mylar. Title page dated 1982. Copyright page dated 1982. Stated first edition. 367 pages. Deckled edges. Pages uniformly toned and clean throughout. Signed by Red Barber in red ink on front free endpaper, dated March 14, 1983. A very nice copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 24-873
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Seller: LSQ Books, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. First Edition. Personalized to fellow author & SIGNED BY RED BARBER. Dj and book clean. Story of the most pivotal year in baseball by a man who saw it first hand, the long time Brooklyn Dodger announcer. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001597
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Seller: Koster's Collectible Books, Farmingville, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good, Very Good. First Edition, 1982. 8VO, Hardcover Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by author Red Barber on first endpaper. Two tone cloth boards show minor wear. Text pages are clean. White illustrated dust jacket shows light edge wear/creasing. Light soil. Looks nice in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. Seller Inventory # 046461
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