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The Boys of Summer
by Kahn, Roger
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060122390
- ISBN 13
- 9780060122393
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060122390 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 442 pages; [SIGNED] 1972 Harper and Row. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. 1st edition stated on copyright page and with complete 1-10 printing line on the last printed page at rear. Signed by Kahn on the title page. Snugly bound and generally neat in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's gilt metallic $8.95 issue price sticker to the unclipped front flap. Mild foxing / spotting to cloth in the joints crown of spine and edges. Small very shallow coffee colored drip stain to the front edge of the last 10 or so leaves. Jacket with just light shelf rubbing spine ends and tips, perhaps a trifle sunned at spine. A high point of baseball writing, offered in a signed 1st printing. VG/VG; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
The author and Brooklyn native recreates the magic of Ebbets field and the Dodgers in an inspiring history of the team that culminates with the exciting 1955 season.
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52143
- Title
- The Boys of Summer
- Author
- Kahn, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060122390
- ISBN 13
- 9780060122393
- Publisher
- Harper and Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 0060122390
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Title Page
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- Copyright page
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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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
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