Coombs John W (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing and bumped corners. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Book slightly shelf-cocked. Previous owner's name inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Every kid, college and professional baseball player and coach must read this book; full of interesting and important information about baseball. Covers the defensive and offensive game; role of each player; official scores and rules;organization and management; coach; injuries, etc Third edition; first printing. 350 including index. Pages tight, clean, no markings; minor yellowing; poi name stamped on inside front endpaper. Tan hard boards have slight rubbing. Spine tight; no rubbing.

Condition: GOOD. Second edition, fifth printing. Forewords by Grantland Rice (who calls this the most complete book on playing baseball ever written) and Connie Mack (who describes this as the first book of its kind). Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Index. xxiii, 340 pp. Fair condition only in charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering, no dust jacket (wear to the covers, contents are very good, printed throughout on heavy glossy stock, binding is sturdy.).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Second Edition, 5th Printing. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/white facs signature and spine titles. Very Good/No DJ. Cloth rubbed and edgeworn, owner name front pastedown, else Fine and unmarked. 340pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 278 pages with index in rear. 5 parts; Word by Connie Mack and Grantland Rice in front. Usual ex-library markings; Pages tight;; yellowed; moderate page wear; Many b/w diagrams and photos; B/w photo of Jack Coombs on frontispiece. Some smudges on endpapers; Green hard cover with lettering on spine. Moderate shelf wear; some rubbing and minor wear of corners, edges, and spine ends. Chapter headings include: The Defensive game (pitching, catching, infielder's; first base, second base, Shortstop, Third Base, Outfielder's game; Defense Strategy) Ofensive game (batting base running; batting order); Mythical ball game (the game itself); Practical problems (Organization and management; coach); and Treatment of minor injuries in baseball. RARE VINTAGE BOOK ON BASEBALL.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Coombs, John W. "Jack." BASEBALL INDIVIDUAL PLAY AND TEAM STRATEGY. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Second edition (revised) 6thprinting June 1949. "Instructions to Scorers" added as part IV of the revised edition. Photos and diagram illustrated including frontispiece of JackCoombs playing baseball in uniform. Introductions by Connie Mack and Grantland Rice. xxv, 340pp with index, 8vo, gilt lettering on navy blue cloth(hardcover). Published on quality, calendered (glossy) stock with absence of foxing (brown age spots). Unmarked, clean, tightly bound. Generally invery good condition.

vg/no dj, prev owner name/covers faded/edgewear, good tight copy. index. Illustrated by photos. 1950 printingst edition. Binding is blue cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. NYC: Prentice-Hall, 1950. 2nd edition, 7th printing, VG+/G. Book has rubbing to the word "Baseball" at top of spine light wear to spine ends & corners. DJ has 1 1/2" V-shaped chip at top of spine eliminating Coombs", wear to corners, lower spine, most edges, closed tears on lower front panel & upper rear panel. Over 100 illustrations form a complete guide to the proper method of playing every position, covering many scenarios. Long section on scoring a game, how to treat injuries, uses a mythical 9-inning game to show numerous examples of defending. Combs was a former MLB player with at least four, 2 in each league. Short intros by Grantland Rice and Connie Mack. Good, solid intro to the National Game.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Crisp, clean, fresh, bright. Small inventory control stamp on top or bottom edge. Otherwise a new copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st ed., 3rd printing. 278 pp.; bw ill., 8vo. : sound binding, lightly cocked, stamp and nameplate to front end papers, corners bumped. DJ in Mylar wraps, chipped edges, not clipped ($2.75), sunned spine edge. : Well packaged in a box ships with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SHOWS AGE WITH SLIGHT SOIL AT BASE. MISSING REAR ENDPAPE AND FRONT ENDPAPER PASTED DOWN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. M. RELYEA (illustrator). NICE COPY FAIRLY NEW WITH ONLY DEFECT WRITING AND INK STAMP OF OLD OWNER ON FRONT ENDPAPER.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Stated Sixth Printing (1949). No Chips, Tears Or Writing. Slight Slant. Light Foxing To The Edges. Corners Square.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 2nd Edition - 5th Printing -- Duke University Baseball Coach.

hardcover. Condition: Good. minor wear, no dj.

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Prentice-Hall, Inc. G/G. (1947). 2nd Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 2nd Printing . 12mo., xxiii, 340 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, tears, toning, cover bumped, writing on ffe, page toning .

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DJ. THIRD EDITION, THIRD PRINTING, CLEAN COPY.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Baseball, Manual, Reference) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

HC. Condition: Good-FON. 340 Written for the purpose of helping those to play and coach the game with a greater degree of proficiency.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled wrappers. Spotting on the spine with light edgewear, near fine. Contributors include Margaret Secrist, Neville C. Johnson, Ilmars Uldis Purens, Herb Barrett, Laurence McCarty, Emilie Glen, Margaret Gibson, Marten Robbins, John Burnett Payne, Thomas Kretz, William Battrick, R.L. Tyler, Dolores Stewart Anderson, Lynn Strongin, Michael DeVitis, R.L. Walford, Leonard Opalov, George Flynn, Ted Sandler, Anthony Edkins, Pat Kennedy Brehm, S.L. Friedman, Jerene Cline, Douglas Barbour, Vaughn L. Duhamel, Tracy Thompson, Len Dickey, Charles Shaw, Leslie Woolf Heley, Peter Thomas, George Gott, Carole Simonsen, Dorothy Dalton, Madeline Bass, R.L. Cook, D.J. Coombs, Forrest Anderson, Joseph Semenovich, Jess Perlman, Morris Kirschstein, L. Radsliff, Naomi Grady, Bill Meissner, L.W. Michaelson, and A. Spencer Schwartz.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second edition. Near fine with light rubbing to the boards; lacking dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Later Printing. No dustjacket, bound in black cloth with silver gilt lettering on spine (lettering is almost entirely rubbed off.) Good to Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs and bumps to edges and corners of covers, some browning to edges of interior pages.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Third Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket 2nd edition. (Baseball, Sports) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Hardcover. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 704 pp. : illustrated (some in color) ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 185471094X ; OCLC: 31801215 ; Dewey: 745.1 ; color pictorial boards, in similar dustjacket ; "The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques is a complete reference work, and one of the most comprehensive books for collectors ever published.Each section includes information on maintenance and repairs, fakes and forgeries, important collections, plus a glossary and bibliography.[I]ncludes 64 pages of colour illustrations, about 1,800 black a nd white photographs and some 200 line drawings."--jacket ; slight crease to dustjacket, else FINE/FINE. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1380 pp. ; thoroughly illustrated (partly in color) ; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 79-12452 ; OCLC: 79238 ; LC: SB45; Dewey: 635.9/03 ; Originally published in 1936 under title: The garden encyclopedia./ "Your first garden; a guide for the beginner, by Carol H. Woodward" ; color pictorial cloth ; exhaustive, thick heavy volume covering all manner of plants and methods ; "The Garden Encyclopedia has been prepared with the aim of presenting in simple, practical, interesting and helpful form the information th at will enable any person with a garden to get the most out of it." ; slight wear to back cover, curve to spine, else VG. Book.