Shawkey Bob (2 results)
Baseball Players and Their Times: Oral Histories of the Game, 1920-1940
Murdock, Eugene; [Paddy Livingston, Stan Coveleski, Bob Shawkey, Bob O'Farrell, Bucky Crouse, Eddie Sicking, Andy High, Joe and Luke Sewell, George Uhle, Glenn Wright, Bob Smith, Joe Hauser, Eddie Moore, Fred Blake, Nick Cullop, Ted Lyons, Woody Engli
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Original red cloth, gilt. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, as issued. First Printing of the First Edition. Westport, Connecticut:: Meckler, 1991. As New condition. No remainder marks. No owner's name or bookplate. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Illus…trated with a few photos. Compiled from interviews the author conducted in the 1970s with 20 professional ballplayers, including Paddy Livingston, Stan Coveleski, Bob Shawkey, Bob O'Farrell, Bucky Crouse, Eddie Sicking, Andy High, Joe and Luke Sewell, George Uhle, Glenn Wright, Bob Smith, Joe Hauser, Eddie Moore, Fred Blake, Nick Cullop, Ted Lyons, Woody English, Tony Piet, etc. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Original red cloth, gilt/No Dust Jacket, as issued. 8vo. (iv), 356pp.
National Home Monthly Magazine, October (Oct.) 1941 - Battle of the Atlantic / Red Cross POW Support
Stewart, Dr. H.L.; Cunningham, L.A.; Perry, G.; Bourne, K.U.; Kennedy, M.; Phayre, I.; Bajkov, A.; Clay, C.; Shawkey, Bob; Bayne, E.; Kelley, Etna; et al
Published by Stovel / National Home Monthly, Winnipeg, 1941
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 64 pages. Features: One-page Parker Pen ad shows 'active service set' which complies with military regulations; "Canada is Strong" - one page illustration of man harvesting grain, sponsored by Fleischmann's yeast; News digest includes 'Defining War Aims', A Roosevelt - Churc…hill Message to Europe'; Sombre one-page War Savings Certificates ad by the War Savings Committe features photo of British tots being led into bomb shelter; The Marquis of Medicine Hat, part 1 of 4; The Hitch-Hiking Trojan Horse (short story); The Battle of the Atlantic - great photo-illustrated article; Expert Touch (short story); Aid to Russia Through the Arctic; "Jack is a Prisoner of War" - great photo-illustrated article explains how the International Red Cross supports POWs, with photos of volunteers at Chorley Park, Toronto; Superfluous Murder (short story); What Happens in World Series Baseball, by J. Robert Shawkey; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Woodbury soap ad features photos of Miss Monique Jobin of Montreal and Eleanor Frothingham; The Oriental Box Office - photo-illustrated movie news; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Loretta Young; Kaaren Verne - photo and write-up; Rare 1/4-page Longines ad features photo of Walt Disney; The Plastics Era - how they are being used for home products; Beauty article; Wives without Husbands - how one English wife copes with wartime separation; Article on food storage; Nice one-page colour Nabisco shredded wheat ad shows military officer walking with his lady; Colour ad for Canadian Canned Lobster; Fashion illustrations; Photo shows ladies wearing Hudson's Bay 'Point' blanket cloth adapted to fall coats; Quotes from around the world; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover shows smiling man in suit aboard train; Colour Ritz cracker ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Smith, Hal (cover); Smith, Ralph C.; Humphrey, Wa.ter Beach; Wills, William; Clymer, John F. (illustrator).
