Hobbing (87 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hobbing, Erich - Design (illustrator). First Scribner Paperback Fiction. 285 Pages. Times are tough for the antique dealers working on Worth Row. This is not to say, however, that it is by any means quiet on the Row, a place where bathtubs double as lawn furniture and adultery, bribery and larceny are commonplace. From the quirky to the certifiable, it seems that everyone has something to hide -- from their customers, spouses and even themselves. But when a violent storm strikes, causing fire, a heart attack and grand theft, it stirs up more than just the earth it hits. Suddenly, long-buried truths are flowing faster than the flooding rains, and when the dust and smoke finally clear, everything is righted at last. With a strong, rich and uproariously funny voice, Joe Coomer resurrects the magic of his previous novels, Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God and The Loop, and turns the utterly ordinary into the stunningly extra-ordinary. With a splendid cast of characters and the cleverest canine in comedy, Apologizing to Dogs is a hilarious, heartwarming and wonderfully human tale, proving that no matter how old you get, there's always something worth holding on to, fighting for and loving with all your might.

Diane Hobbing (illustrator). 1st edition, 1st paperback printing, "A Dell Book/March 2009" Mass market paperback, 1st of 5 books in the Huxtable Quintet series, 1st edition of book 2 also available in my store, "Book design by Diane Hobbing", Walmart "Read of the Month" version with bonus material Slight scuffing on the cover, price sticker on front cover (WHY??), reading creases on spine (pictured). Pages are tight and clean. I am a romance genre-only collector and fan. Visit my page for more titles. Contact me to watch for specific authors/titles. I explore estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores, and used book stores for rare 1st edition and early printings of books important to romancelandia. SUMMARY - When Elliot Wallace, Viscount Lyngate, arrives in Throckbridge, the small village is buzzing with excitement over the upcoming Valentine's Day dance. The ladies of the town are busy gussying up for the ball and gossiping about the viscount's mysterious arrival, but Elliot has more urgent matters to attend to. His arrival marks a mission to retrieve the rightful Earl of Merton, while his promise he has made to find a wife by Christmas weighs heavily on his mind. When Elliot meets the new young earl, Stephen Huxtable, and his three sisters, the disagreeable Margaret, the cheery Katherine, and the plain, widowed Vanessa, he becomes absorbed in the family's life. Could it be possible that with the Huxtables he's found both an Earl and wife? If Elliot thinks he's hit two birds with one stone, to which sister will he cast his throw.and will she catch the bait before she discovers his ulterior motives?

Diane Hobbing (illustrator). 1st edition, 1st paperback printing, "A Dell Book/April 2009" Mass market paperback, 2nd of 5 books in the Huxtable Quintet series, 1st edition of book 1 also available in my storefront Embossed letters on cover Slight scuffing on the cover and reading creases on spine (pictured). Heart shape punched out of ISBN on back cover (pictured). Pages are tight and clean. I am a romance genre-only collector and fan. Visit my page for more titles. Contact me to watch for specific authors/titles. I explore estate sales, garage sales, thrift stores, and used book stores for rare 1st edition and early printings of books important to romancelandia. SUMMARY - At four in the morning, the night of his twenty-fifth birthday, Baron Montford finds himself quite sauced with a large group of gentlemen in his library. Spurred on by revelry, pride, and drink, Montford takes on a wager he'll soon regret: to successfully seduce the virtuous Katherine Huxtable within the coming fortnight. The Huxtables have recently fallen into a great deal of wealth and prominence, and Katherine Huxtable knows that she's been lucky in every way but one. Despite her great beauty and newfound life of leisure, Katherine believes she is not made for passion or romance. She has avoided any suitors and all men of the ton, Lord Montford most of all due to his notoriety of as a dangerous rakehell. With a sour reputation, Baron Montford certainly has a steep hill to climb - will he lose his wager or perhaps even his heart?

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. Mark Stutzman (Jacket Illustration); Howard Gotfryd (Author Photo); Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 383 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Paul Smith (Jacket Design); Samuel Colman (Cover Painting); Suzanne DeChillo (Front Author Photos); John P. Christin (Back Author Photo); Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 302 pp. Nearly flawless copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stain on back of dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Fulbrook III (Jacket Design); PhotoZion/John Theodor (Jacket Photo); Edward Burne-Jones (Spine Painting); Catherine Sebastian & Will McIntyre (Author Photos); Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 353 pp. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly slanted spine. Numerous stains on pages throughout book. Occassional pencil markings on text. Light foxing on page edges. Pages slightly detached from spine.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 1st Scribner Poetry Edition. 268 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 1st Touchstone Edition: 2002. 557 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Publisher's remainder copy. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Erich Hobbing (Design); Porter Gifford (Author Photo) (illustrator). 1st Touchstone Edition: 2002. 557 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Like New. Francine Kass (Cover Design); Bill Brandt/Bill Brandt Archive Ltd. (Cover Photo); Erich Hobbing (Designed by) (illustrator). 126 pp. Flawless book.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. John Fulbrook (Jacket Design); Ian Beesley/Photonica (Jacket Photo); Marie-Reine Mattera (Author Photo); Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 363 pp. Clean, fresh copy and dj with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Missing. Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 355 + pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dj is missing.

HARD BACK GREY & BLUE. Condition: AS NEW. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ. HOBBING, ERICH (illustrator). very good cover and spine. copper gilt lettering to spine. price tag with 5" white string taped to inside front flap of DJ. price tag is double sided, one side states the price, $15, and the other side states "MI". very clean endpapers. pages are very clean. DATE PUBLISHED: 2007 EDITION: 285.

Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. Diane Hobbing (Design); Leah Lococo (Cover Design) (illustrator). 411 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.

HARD BACK WHITE & BLUE. HOBBING, ERICH (illustrator). light wear to boards. stated price of $33.00 to front flap of DJ. gold gilt lettering and an illustration to spine. very clean endpapers. pages are very clean. black illustrations throughout. DATE PUBLISHED: 1999 EDITION: 640 VERY GOOD. JACKET: VERY GOOD DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Erich Hobbing (Design); Andrew French (Author Photo); Todd Gipstein/Corbis (Jacket Photo); 'Man' by J.H. Bemiss, 1880 (Jacket Illustration) (illustrator). 421 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Fulbrook (Jacket Design); Dan Bibb (Front Jacket Photo); Robert A. Redder, Susan Biddle, Harry Hamburg (Back Jacket Photos); Mary Lou Foy (Author Photo); Erich Hobbing (Design) (illustrator). 464 pp. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Smooth cover.

Condition: As New. A collection of delightful birthday-related illustrations (mostly Victorian) with quotations, games, recipes, facts, miscellany. Charming book in new giftable condition, Rare. 6-3/4 x 6-3/4, 352 pp, color illus throughout, pink satin placemarker bound-in, illus endpapers. Hardcover in color illus boards, no jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Hobbing, Diane (book design) (illustrator). New condition red boards/black spine/red spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Praise for The Power of Nice; Authors' Dedications; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Jay Leno; Notes and Index. "Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval have moved to the top of the advertising industry by following a simple but powerful philosophy: it pays to be nice. Where so many companies encourage a dog-eat-dog mentality, The Kaplan Thaler Group has succeeded through chocolate and flowers. In The Power of Nice, through their own experiences and the stories of other people and businesses, they demonstrate why, contrary to conventional wisdom, nice people finish first. Turning the well-known adage of "Nice Guys Finish Last" on its ear, The Power of Nice shows that "nice" companies have lower employee turnover, lower recruitment costs, and higher productivity. Nice people live longer, are healthier, and make more money. In today's interconnected world, companies and people with a reputation for cooperation and fair play forge the kind of relationships that lead to bigger and better opportunities, both in business and in life. But being nice doesn't mean acting wimpy. In fact, nice may be the toughest four-letter word you'll ever encounter. Kaplan Thaler and Koval illustrate the surprising power of nice with an array of real-life examples from the business arena as well as from their personal lives. Most important, they present a plan of action covering everything from creating a positive impression to sweetening the pot to turning enemies into allies. Filled with inspiration and suggestions on how to supercharge your career and expand your reach in the workplace, The Power of Nice will transform how you live and work." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. "This little book will show you why women should run most corporations in America, and maybe the entire country. Reading Nice will improve just about everything in your life, and that's a promise." - James Patterson, bestselling author, former CEO of J. Walter Thompson North America. "The Power of Nice is a wonder drug! It could literally save your career and your life .And let me suggest a first act of kindness: buy some extra copies for your enemies. I'll bet they need The Power of Nice more than you do." - Keith Ferrazzi, author. "Leo Durocher was wrong! Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval's The Power of Nice is the antidote to our increasingly mean-spirited culture. I'm going to send a copy to every political campaign consultant I know." - Arianna Huffington. "In negotiation, the cheapest concession you can make is to be nice. And the returns can be high, as Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval show in this delightfully readable primer packed with practical advice and entertaining stories. I recommend it with pleasure!" - William Ury, Coauthor of Getting to Yes and author of The Power of a Positive No. "For my money, I would always rather make a deal with people I like who treat me well. If you want to discover the surprising power of nice, read this book. Memorize it. Use it. You'll be glad you did." - Donald Trump.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 70 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); leichte altersbedingte Anbräunung des Papiers; der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 380.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Designed by Erich Hobbing (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stephen King. Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales. New York: Scribner, 2002. First Edition, First Printing, with a full number line '1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2' and 'First Scribner hardcover edition' stated. King's first short-story collection since Nightmares & Dreamscapes, this volume gathers award-winning work, New Yorker publications, the landmark e-story 'Riding the Bullet,' and the first print appearance of '1408,' later adapted for film. King's brief introductions to each tale add insight into their creation and place within his broader body of work. This copy is Ex-Library, though unusually clean: there are no interior library stamps, barcodes, or withdrawal marks, with the only institutional evidence being a shelf-address sticker at the foot of the jacket spine and a library vinyl jacket protector. Two small prior-owner names appear in pen on the front endpapers; the remaining pages are crisp, unmarked, and bright. The binding is tight and square, and the book presents better than is typical for ex-library King titles. The dust jacket, unclipped at $28.00, remains in Very Good+ condition with only light rubbing to the laminate and the noted spine sticker. The hardcover book is also Very Good+, with clean boards beneath the jacket cover, strong hinges, and a well-preserved text block. Production details include design by Erich Hobbing and U.S. manufacture, with complete Scribner colophon information intact. A solid and appealing example of a collectible King first edition - made especially desirable for containing several stories that played key roles in King's early-2000s resurgence in both print and film.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hobbing, Erich (book design); Lew, Jennifer (jacket design); Waldie, Ian (jacket photograph); Carroll, Chris (author photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition beige boards, black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated and photographic dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page Quote from an Irish Soldier dated February 22, 1945; Introduction; Editor's Note; Acknowledgments, Permissions, and Sources; Index; About the Author and The Mission Continues. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings. "Behind the Lines is an extraordinary achievement, a compendium of voices at once immediate and timeless, heartbreaking and entertaining. Andrew Carroll bears witness to cataclysm by allowing participants to speak for themselves, achieving an evocative power rare even in the best war literature." - Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. "For three years Andrew Carroll traveled throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters ever written during US wars. Behind the Lines is the result of that extraordinary trip and represents the first book of its kind: a dramatic, intimate, and revealing look at warfare as seen through the personal correspondence of US and foreign troops and civilians who have experienced major conflicts firsthand. From hand-written missives penned during the American Revolution to e-mails from Afghanistan and Iraq, Behind the Lines captures the full spectrum of emotions - exhilaration, fear, devotion, despair, courage, heartache, patriotism, rage, and even humor - expressed in times of war. Featured her are approxmately two hundred rare and previously unpublished letters and e-mails, including: Vivid descriptions of guerrilla warfare dating back to the American Revolution; Fierce exchanges between brothers who fought on opposite sides of the Civil War; Eyewitness accounts by foreign and American troops overwhelmed by the carnage caused by a new generation of weapons during World War I; Letters between World War II pen pals who fell in love and became engaged solely through their correspondence; Secret messages to loved ones written by POWs while in captivity; Final words by troops who knew they were dying; Gripe letters, humorous accounts from the front lines, and "provocative" letters intercepted by censors; Profound reflections on faith and humanity; A moment-by-moment description of 9-11 by a survivor of the attacks in New York City; E-mails and letters by Iraqi civilians telling family members abrouad about the bombings in Baghdad; Letters of reconciliation between veterans from countries that were once enemies. Behind the Lines, like Carroll's phenomenal national bestseller War Letters, is part of a larger effort to preserve correspondence that is riveting, insightful, and histrically significant. But this book is also about Carroll's journey across the globe to visit the fields of battle where so many of these letters were written, meet with veterans and active duty troops who generously agreed to share their private correspondence, and speak with family members who have lost their loved ones to combat. Behind the Lines is a tribute to those who have fought - and continue to fight - for freedom, as well as a lasting reminder to present and future generations of the true nature of warfare and the sacrifices it demands of individuals, families, and entire nations." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reyes, Jesse Marinoff (jacket design); Hobbing, Diane (book design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition maroon boards/brown spine/gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Illustrations; Introduction by Byron Hollinshead; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; and A Note About the Editor. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "Twenty distinguished American historians vividly re-imagine twenty events of great drama and significance in our country's past. "What is the scene or incident in American history that you would like to have witnessed - and why?" This is the thought-provoking question that editor Byron Holingshead posed to twenty of our finest interpreters of American history with the invitation to write a personal essay answering it. The result is I Wish I'd Been There, a book that trains a lens on crucial moments of our past and brings them to vivid life. With these peerless scholars as their guides, readers will be transported to the Salem witch trials, the Lewis and Clark expedition, the raid on Harpers Ferry, the assissination of Abraham Lincoln, the Scopes "monkey trial," the beginnings of the Vietnam War, the voting rights march to Selma, and other turning points of our national drama. Contributors include Mary Beth Norton, Joseph Ellis, Jay Winik, Carol Berkin, Kevin Baker, Robert Cowley, Carolyn Gilman, Geoffrey Ward, Robert Dallek, and William Leuchtenburg, among other luminaries of the historical profession. I Wish I'd Been There is a marvelous concept, wonderfully and imaginatively executed. The result is an American pageant of character and event that will attract and delight readers of history." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Hobbing, Erich (interior design); Sahre, Paul (jacket design and photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. As new condition black boards with silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Don DeLillo; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Albert Einstein and About the Author. Remainder mark at lower page edge. "A swift and searing haunting of a novel. An encapsulation of our continuing crisis of aberration and pause. The Silence is prime DeLillo." - Joy Williams. "In this wry and cutting meditation on collective loss, a rupture severes us, suddenly, from everyithing we've come to rely on. The Silence seems to absorb DeLillo's entire body of work and sand it into stone or crystal." - Rachel Kushner. "Don DeLillo completed this novel just weeks before the advent of COVID-19. The Silence is the story of a different catastrophic event. Its resonances offer a mysterious solace. It is Super Bowl Sunday in the year 2022. Five people, dinner, and apartment on the east side of Manhattan. The retired physics professor and her husband and her former student waiting for the couple who will join them after what becomes a dramatic flight from Paris. The conversation ranges from a survey telescope in north-central Chile to a favorite brand of bourbon to Einstein's 1912 Manuscript on the Special Theory of Relativity. Then something happens and the digital connections that have transformed our lives are severed. What follows is a dazzling and profoundly moving conversation about what makes us human. Never has the art of fiction been such an immediate guide to our navigation of a bewildering world. Never have DeLillo's prescience, imagination and language been more illuminating and essential." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hobbing, Erich (book design); Ratchford, Patti (jacket design); Olshaker, Carolyn C. (author photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition color photographic dust jacket. Includes Lists of Other Books by the Authors'; Authors' Dedication; Authors' Note; Preliminary Page Quote by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Introduction and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime - from the Whitechapel murders to JonBenet Ramsey - often contradicting conventional wisdom and legal decisions. Jack the Ripper. Lizzie Borden. The Zodiac Killer. Certain homicide cases maintain an undeniable, almost mystical hold on the public imagination. They touch a nerve deep within us because of the personalities involved, their senseless depravity, the nagging doubts aobut whether justice was done, or because, in some instances, no suspect has ever been identified or caught. In The Cases That Haunt Us, twenty-five-year-FBI-veteran John Douglas, profiling pioneer and master of modern criminal investigative analysis, and author and fimmaker Mark Olshaker, the team behind the bestselling Mindhunter series, explore the tantalizing mysteries that both their legions of fans and law enforcement professionals ask about most. Among the questions they tackle: Was Jack the Ripper actually the Duke of Clarence, eldest grandson of Queen Victoria, or perhaps a practicing medical doctor? And did highly placed individuals within Scotland Yard have a good idea of the Ripper's identity, which they never revealed? Douglas and Olshaker create a detailed profile of the killer, and reveal their chief suspect. Was Lizzie Borden truly innocent of the murder of her father and stepmother as the Fall River, Massachusetts, jury decided, or was she the one who took the ax and delivered those infamous "whacks"? Through a minute-by-minute behavioral analysis of the crime, the authors come to a convincing conclusion. Did Bruno Richard Hauptmann single-handedly kidnap the baby son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the most famous couple in the wold, or was he an innocent man caught up and ultimately executd in a relentless rush to judgment in the "crime of the century"? What kind of person could kill six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey on Christmas night in her own home? Douglas was called in on the case shortly after the horrifying murder, and his conclusions are hard-hitting and controversial. Why, in the face of the majority of public, media, and law enforcement opinion, including forrmer FBI colleagues, does Douglas believe that John and Patricia Ramsey did not murder their daughter? And what is the forensic and behavioral evidence he brings to bear to make his claim? Taking a fresh and penetrating look at each case, the authors reexamine and reinterpret accepted facts and victimology using modern profiling and the techniques of criminal analysis developed by Douglas within the FBI. This book deconstructs the evidence and widely held beliefs surrounding each case and rebuilds them - with fascinating and haunting results." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

1. O.-Broschur. Aus den Reihen: Abhandlungen zur Pflege evangelischer Erziehungs- und Unterrichtslehre. Heft 25 / Fr. Manns Pädag. Magazin. Heft 1277.; Jahr: 1930; Format: Oktav; Anzahl der Seiten: VI, 84; Auflage: 1.; Zustand: 3 (Rauher Buchschnitt. Teilweise stockfleckig und mit leichten Knickspuren. Insgesamt jedoch noch gut erhalten.)Shipping costs displayed on some platforms (mainly AbeBooks/ZVAB) may differ from the actual costs for items over 500 grams or in larger formats. If you are affected by this, we will ask you for your consent. PLEASE NOTE US CUSTOMERS: Due to the US government's customs regulations, goods can currently only be shipped to the US as parcels, which costs at least 30,00 USD. 105 gr. VI, 84 pages. Rauher Buchschnitt. Teilweise stockfleckig und mit leichten Knickspuren. Insgesamt jedoch noch gut erhalten.

einfacher Bibliothekseinband; Condition: Gut. 67 Seiten; Buch aus aufgelöster wissenschaftlicher Bibliothek mit den entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen; sauberer Zustand. ORIGINAL, kein Reprint !! Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 150.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hobbing, Erich (book design); Fulbrook, John (jacket design); Ravid, Joyce (author photograph) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very fine unread condition maroon linen boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic and color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Don DeLillo and Praise for Underworld. Illustrated with a two page New York Times front page from October 1, 1951. Remainder mark at lower page edge. "Pafko at the Wall is from the novel Underworld." - from the rear outer jacket. "There's pleasure on every page of this pitch-perfect evocation." - Malcolm Jones, Newsweek. "There's a long drive. It's gonna be. I believe. The Giants. win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant." - Russ Hodges, October 3, 1951. "On the fiftieth anniversary of "The Shot Heard Round the World," Don DeLillo reassembles in fiction the larger-than-life characters who on October 3, 1951, witnessed Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jackie Gleason is razzing Toots Shor in Leo Durocher's box seats; J. Edgar Hoover, basking in Sinatra's celebrity, is about to be told that the Russians have tested an atomic bomb; and Russ Hodges, raw-throated and excitable, announces the game - the Giants and the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds in New York. DeLillo's transcendent account of one of the iconic events of the twentieth century is a masterpiece of American sports writing." - from the inner front jacket flap. "Pafko at the Wall is the prologue to Don DeLillo's eleventh novel, Underworld. It origiinally appeared, in different form, in Harper's, October, 1992." - from the inner front jacket flap.