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The Boy's Baseball Book

The Boy's Baseball Book

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The Boy's Baseball Book

by Mickey Owen, Frank Farmer

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  • Hardcover
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall , 1963 Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped tips, head, and tail; scant soiling to boards. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($3.95); wear and missing small pieces at tips, head, and tail; rubbing to panels, wear at flap and spine folds. Yellow cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 208 pp 8vo. This is a fully illustrated complete baseball instruction guide by one of baseball's great catchers, Mickey Owen. Written especially for youngsters, it contains hundreds of inside tips, techniques, and offensive and defensive strategies that can turn ordinary players into champions. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
007713
Title
The Boy's Baseball Book
Author
Mickey Owen, Frank Farmer
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Fair
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Place of Publication
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Date Published
1963
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
baseball, baseball coaching, Mickey Owen, baseball schools, player instruction, baseball hitting, baseball pitching, baseball fielding, managing baseball teams,
Bookseller catalogs
Baseball; Adolescent/Childrens Books;

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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

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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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Jacket
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First Edition
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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....
Cloth
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Brodart
Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Price Clipped
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