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Published by Pocket Books, NY, 1976
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Printing. Pocket Books #80446, 1976. Stated first Pocket Books printing. VG+ con dition. The front wrapper has faint circular outlines from a glass bei ng placed on it. Dust soiling to the wrappers. Mild tanning to the pag es. Includes two black & white photo sections.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1975
ISBN 10: 0671220578ISBN 13: 9780671220570
Seller: Mike's Baseball Books, Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Leo Durocher was a controversial figure both as a player and as a manager, which kept him out of the Hall of Fame for many years . Chapters include I Came to Kill You, The Gas House Gang, Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie, Mr. Rickey, A Hamfat Politician Named Happy, The Santo Explosion and much more. Durocher was instrumental in getting the Dodgers to accept Jackie Robinson and in protecting Jackie from verbal abuse from opponents. In very good condition. First Edition with all numbers from 1 to 10 present. I have more than 100 books on Managers, Owners, and Front Office Executives and about 250 publications on the Negro Leagues and Black Sports in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.
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Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975
Seller: Phyllis35, Canyonville, OR, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated (illustrator). Brown hard boards with gold gilt print on spine in as new condition, spine ends are bumped (not bad), tips are sharp. Interior is tight and clean. Lots of black and white photos of "Leo the Lip" and his many years in baseball and the Hall of Fame. Dust jacket with one 3/4" tear at top of spine, some discoloration, and small bumps and creases, still complete and protecting the book. Not price clipped and complete. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Nice Copy! Book Club Edition. NO marks or writings, pages bright and clean, binding square, tight and sound. Very little wear to covers or corners. Dust jacket with very small tear to back bottom corner, some spotting on spine and back cover, light wear to spine ends and corners. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. SP.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine-. First Printing, Compl. # String. 448pp. Numerous photos. Short gift inscription on front endpaper. Dust jacket not price-clipped. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0671220578ISBN 13: 9780671220570
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First edtion. first printing. Hardcover 448 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Fine in crisp dust jacket with some sun fade to the spine. Considered one of the cornerstone sports titles of its era, the autobiography of Hall of Fame baseball manager "Lippy" Leo Durocher. Light-hitting Durocher played defensivly outstanding shortstop for the Yankees (Babe Ruth called him "the All-American out"), Cardinals, Reds and Dodgers mostly in the 1930s. He went on to manage the Dodgers and was instrumental in the acceptance of Jackie Robinson on the team in 1947. He later managed the Giants, Cubs and Astros.
Published by Ziff-Davis Publishing, Chicago, 1975
ISBN 10: 0671220578ISBN 13: 9780671220570
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 448pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Remainder mark bottom edge, else fine in near fine lightly worn dustwrapper.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 448 [32]pp. Illustrated from black and white photographic plates. Owner's name, fine in a spine faded very good price clipped dustwrapper with short tears.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975
ISBN 10: 0671220578ISBN 13: 9780671220570
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 448 [32]pp. Illustrated from black and white photographic plates. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with sunned spine.
Published by Ziff-Davis Publishing, Chicago, 1975
ISBN 10: 0671220578ISBN 13: 9780671220570
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Octavo. 448pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Remainder mark bottom edge, else fine in a good only dustwrapper with straight edge cuts in mid-spine.
Published by Published by Simon and Schuster, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, USA circa [Book Club Edition]. USA circa 1976., 1976
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original nut brown paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, fore edges uncut. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 375 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Rubs to the spine ends, edges and corners. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the yellow of the spine, wear to the spine ends and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [Literature].
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1975
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. Rousing memoir by the legendary Cub manager and ex-Brooklyn Dodger. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY LEO DUROCHER (TO NO ONE IN PARTICULAR) on the dedication page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1975 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of crisp black-and-white photos complementing the text.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1975
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very good in a good dust jacket. Multiple tears including two one inch tears to spine crown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. INSCRIBED by Leo "the lip" Durocher on the dedication page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. (Faint erasure and lightly inked previous owner's name at head of front endpaper. ) ; 6" x 8 1/2"; 448 pages 0-671-22057-8.