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Play Ball!
by Dunne, Bert; Cronin, Joe (Introduction); Benton, Al
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Sequel to the author's popular first book, "Play Ball, Son!", in 274 pages with profuse black-and-white photos on glossy paper throughout text. Dunne (1903-1966) has SIGNED this copy with a personalized inscription on the ffep to a youngster, Al Benton, followed by a penciled note from the recipient detailing how he received the book in 1951 when he was a "visiting clubhouse boy in San Diego P.C.L." Benton would go on to become a major league baseball player himself, so this is a scarce association copy between two baseball greats! Orig. published in 1947, this is a 1951 printing of that First Edition. Hardcover small 8vo has light blue cloth-covered boards stamped with black lettering & front & spine. Because of external rubbing & soiling, condition is downgraded to Fair. Interior is generally quite clean, with a few random spots. Pages tanned with some light pencil underlining & marginal notes. Binding strong & straight. Missing DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022400
- Title
- Play Ball!
- Author
- Dunne, Bert; Cronin, Joe (Introduction); Benton, Al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- BASEBALL PLAYERS TECHNIQUES PITCHING BATTING SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Sports & Fitness;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Association Copy
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- FFEP
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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