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The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jubilee Edition): The Complete All-Time Major League Players Register
by Hy Turkin and S.C. Thompson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: A.S. Barnes and Co, 1951. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY THE GREAT DIZZY DEAN on the front free endpaper. A handsome copy to boot of the 1951 1st thus, which is also the Jubilee edition and first 1 volume edition. Solid and VG (with pronounced offsetting --and very light chipping-- at the endpapers) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends. Thick octavo, 618 pgs. Baseball's reference book of note of the period.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8589
- Title
- The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball (Jubilee Edition): The Complete All-Time Major League Players Register
- Author
- Hy Turkin and S.C. Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.S. Barnes and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Rare baseball, rare Dizzy Dean, signed Dizzy Dean, rare Baseball Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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