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Beating the Bushes; Life in the Minor Leagues
by Frank Dolson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0896510557
- ISBN 13
- 9780896510555
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
South Bend, IN: Icarus Press, 1983 Icarus Press, South Bend, IN. 1983. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail and two small bumps on rear board. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($13.95); light edge bumping; light rubbing to panels. Red grained boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 278 pp 8vo. This is a baseball book about those how made it to the major leagues and those who failed due to ability or other reasons. It is about life in the minor leagues and what the people who play there do and put up with all for the chance in a million that they make it to the big leagues. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009540
- Title
- Beating the Bushes; Life in the Minor Leagues
- Author
- Frank Dolson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0896510557
- ISBN 13
- 9780896510555
- Publisher
- Icarus Press
- Place of Publication
- South Bend, IN
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Baseball, major league baseball, baseball stories, the minors, the big leagues, farm teams, minor league teams, major league teams, baseball umpires, sports, bonus babies, racism, Max Patkin, major leagues, The Show,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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