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Cobb; A Biography
by Al Stump
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0945575645
- ISBN 13
- 9780945575641
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight shelfwear; soiling to textblock top and fore edge. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light top edge bumping; small closed tear at tail; small closed tear at head. Blue boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 436 pp 8vo. Stump was picked by Cobb to write his autobiography and thus had a fascinating window into Cobb's life and times. The original was a highly sanitized edition but this new book bring out the dark side of Cobb for all to read. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008980
- Title
- Cobb; A Biography
- Author
- Al Stump
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0945575645
- ISBN 13
- 9780945575641
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Baseball, Ty Cobb, Al Stump, professional baseball, Detroit Tigers, American league, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Philadelphia Athletics, baseball betting, Royster Georgia, greatest baseball hitter ever,
- 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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