March 6th, 1914. The Home Coming of Chas. Comiskey, John J. McGraw, and James J. Callahan.
by [LARDNER, Ring W. and Edward G. Heeman.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Lacks pp. 30-31. Leaves a little cockled and darkly stained at the fore-edge margin; some minor marginal damage from leaves hav
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
[Chicago:: Edward G. Heeman,, 1914].. First edition.. publisher's limp suede, yapp-edged, gilt-lettered with a gilt-stamped baseball and the original owner's name, a sports editor, gilt-lettered on the front panel; preserved in a custom cloth folding box. . Lacks pp. 30-31. Leaves a little cockled and darkly stained at the fore-edge margin; some minor marginal damage from leaves having been stuck together, affecting no printing; the fragile binding in very nice condition. . Oblong large 8vo,. Illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings. . Ring Lardner was the co-compiler and contributed a foreword; his second book after the script Zanzibar (1903). "This book is in every sense a souvenir of the occasion, and under no conditions for sale."
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- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69359
- Title
- March 6th, 1914. The Home Coming of Chas. Comiskey, John J. McGraw, and James J. Callahan.
- Author
- [LARDNER, Ring W. and Edward G. Heeman.]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's limp suede, yapp-edged, gilt-lettered with a gilt-stamped baseball and the original owner's name, a sports e
- Book Condition
- Used - Lacks pp. 30-31. Leaves a little cockled and darkly stained at the fore-edge margin; some minor marginal damage from leaves hav
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edward G. Heeman,
- Place of Publication
- [Chicago:
- Date Published
- 1914].
- Pages
- 64 pp.
- Size
- Oblong large 8vo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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