The High Hard One by Kirby Higbe, Martin Quigley - 1967

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1967 The Viking Press, New York. 1967. Hardcover. Stated First Published 1967. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; NOT price clipped ($4.95); bumping to head and tail; light wear to tips. Green boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 184 pp 8vo. This is the story of Kirby Higbe, most well known as a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and a National League All-Star member from 1940-1946. He tells the story of baseball in the war years; the good and the bad, the rough road up; the rollicking glamor days under Leo Durocher, the Jackie Robinson controversy; and the rougher road down. A clean very presentable copy in Brodart mylar jacket.