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They Also Served; Baseball and the Home Front, 1941-1945
by Bill Gilbert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517585227
- ISBN 13
- 9780517585221
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Crown Publishers , 1992 Crown Publishers, New York. 1992. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($20.00). Red boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 276 pp 8vo. When 500 major league baseball players went to fight in WWII, President Roosevelt gave the green light for major league baseball to continue. With the dwindling pool of talent, those coming into the major leagues as replacements were an interesting bunch of players that ranged from over-the-hill major leaguers to a one-armed player. This is a story of times and how players and fans alike adapted. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010156
- Title
- They Also Served; Baseball and the Home Front, 1941-1945
- Author
- Bill Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0517585227
- ISBN 13
- 9780517585221
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- major league baseball, World War II, fill-in players, draftees, 4-F rated baseball players, night baseball, Joe Nuxhall, Pete Gray, retired baseball players, Monty Stratton, war-time baseball, ration cards, gas rationing,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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