The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and The World He Created
by Jane Leavy
- Used
- as new
- first
- Condition
- As New/as new
- ISBN 10
- 0062887270
- ISBN 13
- 9780062887276
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper, 2018. First edition. As New/as new. As new in dust jacket. First edition/first printing. Hardcover. 620 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photos. Superb biography of baseball's greatest player and possible the most widely known athlete and personality in the world in his time. Leavy uses a framework of the late 1927 "Bustin' Babes-Larrupin' Lous" barnstorming tour to weave the life story of the Bambino; her exhaustive research discovered facts and stories about The Babe that were previously unknown to even the most dedicated baseball historians,
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E25270
- Title
- The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and The World He Created
- Author
- Jane Leavy
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- as new
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0062887270
- ISBN 13
- 9780062887276
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- baseball, babe ruth, lou gehrig, boston red sox, yankees, new york yankees, athletes, bambino, sultan of sway, home runs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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