Lardner Ring Yardley Jonathan (9 results)

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (xii) 388 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in green cloth on beige boards; decorated in gilt on the spine; headband; green upper edge. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few short tears around the edges; price clipped; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by James Stevenson. There are far too many writers and articles here to list them all but some of the highlights are: Foreword by Peter V. Ueberroth; The Web of the Game by Roger Angell; Who's on First? - Anonlymous; The Grip by Jim Bouton; The Extinction of the .400 Hitter by Stephen Jay Gould; Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa by W. P. Kinsella; A Busher's Letters Home by Ring Lardner; Lines Composed in Exaltation Over the North Atlantic by James Michener; La Vie en Rose by Pete Rose; Josh - The Black Babe Ruth, or was Ruth the White Josh Gibson by Robert Peterson; My Baseball Years by Philip Roth; Pick-up Game by John Sayles; No Jury Would Convict by Irwin Shaw; Howard Ehmke by Red Smith; The Silent Season of a Hero - Joe DiMaggion by Gay Talese; Franks Chance's Diamond - Why Ring Lardner Soured on Baseball by Jonathan Yardley; and many, many more. Size: 8vo. James Stevenson; (illustrator). Book. …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Round up with small gift inscription front pastedown (Wilma Seavey, From Paul, May 21, 1934) ; half-inch closed split top of spine, rubbing and wear at corners. Solid reading copy. Ring is Book Club Ed. Fine in very good jacket in protective mylar wrap. Post Cards from the 1950's, unused, one with a fifty-cent size moderate stain on back. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First printing with complete number string. Toning to the inside covers as usual otherwise a firm, clean copy.

Condition: FINE. First printing. The biography of an American original, a great journalist, and for a while in the 20's the most famous writer in the country - until illness and alcohol began to erode his powers. Photographs, index. 415 pages. Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.