Memories of Summer. When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about it a Game. by Kahn, Roger

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Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. ...; ...; Hardcover. Overall, a clean and tight copy. Additionally, Dust Jacket protected with a new clear archival cover. Hyperion Books, 1997. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Book wrapped in bubble wrap. Media mail delivered in a box, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. .

New York, NY, Hyperion, 1997,, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo hardcover, fine in VG light gray pictorial dj. First Edition, 1st Printing. Giftable. Blue cloth spine with silver lettering. Boards are blue. Beautifully illustrated dust jacket. 290 pages. With sixteen pages of black & white photographs. Index. A memoir of baseball and sportswriters in the 1940's, 50's and 60's. --the good old days of Yankees, Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers and others.

Hyperion. Near Fine. 1997. 1st Edition. Paperback. 0786883162 . Trade Paperback. A Near Fine copy, a tight binding with a bright, unmarked text. Stated First Edition. Moisture wear to the first few pages bottom right hand corner. "Before a baseball player's salary resembled the Pentagon's budget, before a doubleheader was something brokered between lawyers and publicists, there was the "gilded era of baseball". In "Memories of Summer" Kahn recalls growing up with baseball--afternoons and evenings at the ballpark--laughing and talking with the likes of Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle--and not a publicist in sight." ; B&W Photographs; 9.10 X 6.10 X 0.90 inches; 290 pages .

New York: Hyperion, 1997. Kahn, one of the finest of sports writers, "reminds us just why we used to love baseball." This is a Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Blue paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine, silver lettering. Clean and fresh text; 290 pages, indexed. The dustjacket is unclipped; Fine, in a plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.