Octavo (20.75cm.); original simulated cloth in teal pictorial dust jacket; [10],276pp. Minor shelf wear with very tiny loss to spine crown, else Very Good to Near Fine. Fictional account of the sports business as seen through the eyes of a minor league baseball player who winds up working in the sporting goods department of a hardware store. COAN, p. 89.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Man on Spikes

Publisher

McGraw-Hill Book Company [1955], New York

Publication Date

1955

Edition

First Edition.

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
661 Millwood Ave, Ste 206, Winchester, VA, 22601, U.S.A.

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