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Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times
by Bak, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0878338489
- ISBN 13
- 9780878338481
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1994. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (1st edition, 1st printing) Very large, sturdy book, quality purple cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, faded along bottom front edge near tip, marbled inside covers and adjacent end papers, 194 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated with some color. DJ glossy and colorfully designed, black spine, an ornate gold border to front and back edges, a colorized photo of this notorious and premier baseball player on front, b/w photo of back, a purple color to top and bottom back, blue at bottom front, lettering in dark red, blue and gold. DJ has very light crease at bottom front edge. Foreword by Ernie Harwell. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57871
- Title
- Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times
- Author
- Bak, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0878338489
- ISBN 13
- 9780878338481
- Publisher
- Taylor Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Dallas
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Keywords
- Biography Baseball Racism Ty Cobb
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 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....
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