Mad and Magnificent Yankees: A New England Portrait Gallery
by Silitch, Clarissa M. (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Dublin, New Hampshire, USA: Yankee, Inc., 1973. BY1 - A hard cover first edition book in very good condition with a dust jacket in good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with minor oveall shelf wear plus a gift inscription in black marker on the inside surface of the front board plus the original owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. The dust jacket shows minor overall wear plus light edge wear and yellowing overall plus some heavy chipping at the front top right corner with a piece (about 0.25"x0.5") missing plus there are two closed tears on the back, one (about 0.25") on the top edge and one (about 0.5") on the bottom edge. An anthology of articles from Yankee Magazine that bring together the lives, legends, facts, and foibles of the many Yankees, past and present. Designed by Carl F. Kirkpatrick. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 319p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW04411
- Title
- Mad and Magnificent Yankees: A New England Portrait Gallery
- Author
- Silitch, Clarissa M. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yankee, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Dublin, New Hampshire, USA
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Biography Biographies American History United States History U.S. History US History New England History Regional History Genius Geniuses Eccentric Eccentrics Odd-Ball Odd-Balls
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Biography / Biography Collections; Sports / Baseball;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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