Vida Blue (27 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition ex-library book with usual library markings and stickers.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Condition: good. Signs of wear and consistent use.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near Fine in a DJ with a 1/2 inch closed edgetear, a couple tiny nicks and a small pale yellow spot on the back panel, else Very Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The story of Vida Blue. Price negotiable.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The Way It Is. Curt Flood, Richard Carter. Intro. Vida Blue. Published by Pocket Books, 1972. paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked--12.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This is an inside look at the near rookie who became an overnight sensation and a legend in his time. Plus his battles with Charlie Finley, owner of the A's. First Edition, the book is in very good condition, the non price clipped Dust Jacket has numerous tears, is now in mylar protector, and is in fair condition. I have over 200 baseball biographies and more than 2,200 baseball biographies in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket w/ minor tears. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports; Baseball; ISBN: 0139417737. ISBN/EAN: 9780139417733. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24063.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A touch of rubbing on extremities, light browning of pages, else very good in pictorial wrappers. October, 1975 issue. Vida Blue on front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dustwrapper.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 067178188X. Mass Market Paperback. First Printing. tight sound copy in Very Good condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good Plus jacket. 1st Printing. Boldly signed by Blue in gold marker on the first endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition blue cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a near fine condition price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments and Author Dedication. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. A 1/2 inch repaired closed tear at the lower left front jacket edge; the jacket is otherwise in fine condition (see photographs). All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). "Although seats in the bleachers once cost less than a soda in the stands today, baseball is still the least expensive and mosts popular sport around - still as American as apple pie and still as well-loved as the happy summer days it ushers in. So when a likable highschool kid from a small Louisiana town makes it big in the major leagues, everyon enjoys a dream come true. And when the kid has a magic name like Vida Blue, and a magic arm whose pitching dazzles even the experts, excitement gives way to cheers, instant fame, and the inevitable pressures that follow. Here is Vida Blue's own story - an inside look at the near rookie who became an overnight sensation and a legend in his time - a story that opens with a small boy on a neighbor's field deep in the South, and moves to the big green diamond of the Oakland A's. We see Vida grow up, and learn why he chose a career in baseball rather than pursuing his first love - football. We watch him in action, and see him game after game, soaking that precious left arm in ice water and signing an endless stream of autographs with the right. Here he is with that controversial character Charles O. Finley engaged in the widely publicized battles and negotiations over salary, arguing, and refusing an offer of $2,000 to change his name to "True" ("Why doesn't he change his name to True O'Finley?" Blue muttered afterward). We watch Vida miss his own appearance on Laugh In to catch the football game, and see him gulp down a gallon of milk after endorsing the product. The first Black whose picture ever appeared on the front page of the Mansfield, Louisiana, hometown weekly, Vida Blue still introduces himself as Joe Namath to anyone who doesn't know. In one short year he rose from just another ballplayer to a sports superstar, finding his face on the cover of Time and splashed with Aqua Velva daily on TV. Winner of the Cy Young Award and the American League's Most Valuable Player Award for his first full season in the pros, his spectacular success prompted Sandy Koufax to say, "I'd still rather have his future than anyone else's past ." More than just a baseball yarn or tale of rags-to-riches, Vida: His Own Story is a powerful portrait of the dehumanizing demands made on all sports idols, and how the overwhelming pressures affected one extraordinary boy - Vida Blue - whose future is unlimited, and whose unparalleled first professional season has secured him a permanent place in baseball history and the hearts of the fans." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.…

Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.39.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Frayed. First Edition. "Oh, for the days of kerrydancing." SIGNED BY VIDA BLUE. 248pp. Illus. (loc bbr/1).

Prentice-Hall, Inc. . Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey USA. 1972. 1. Aufl. 248 S. 16*24cm. -3)Bibl. Bibliotheksexemplar/Library copy.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. ("Vida Blue") in black ink on full length action pose while pitching. Photograph is on single stock; 8" x 10"; very good (traces of tape on verso); ca. 1970. Signed and inscribed: "To Fred The coolest of them all Right on! Vida Blue P.S. I have enjoyed every minute of it". Signed by Author(s).…