Published by Pocket Books, New York, 1949
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. (x) 298 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Writing by: Ring Lardner; Frank O'Rourke; James Thurber; STanley Frank; Charles Francis Coe; Talbert Josselyn; Herbert M. Alexander; William Fay; Harry Stuhldreher; Pete Martin; Paul Gallico; J. P. Marquand; Corey Ford; George Harmon Coxe; and Richard Macaulay. Introduction by Red Smith. Book.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons - Scribners, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826 ISBN 13: 9780684184821
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. James Stevenson; (illustrator). 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. Book.
Published by Pocket Book, 1950
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Printing. Pocket Book 649. Near Fine to Fine condition.
Published by A.S. Barnes and Company, New York, 1949
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. About fine, tight, clean, no markings or bookplate. In good to very good dust jacket with slight fading along spine and some edge wear. NO chips, minor short tears. Not price-clipped. 22 stories about baseball, golf, boxing, Boston Marathon, football, tennis, horse racing.