THE UNIVERSAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, INC. by COOVER, ROBERT - 1968

The New American Library, 1969. First Edition (so stated). Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a paperback book with 174 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The illustrated covers are clean with just a hint of edgewear. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

London: Hart-Davis. As New in As New dust jacket. 1970. 1st edition UK; First Printing. Hardcover. Book and DJ As New. NO notes, names or ANY markings. Not remaindered. DJ with no cuts or tears. Not price clipped 30s (£1.50 net) ; With glossary. ; 262 pages; Square,tight and very clean.Sweet copy! A 16 page glossary for the English reader included. .

New York:: Random House,, (1968). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good only dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, dust jacket has several short tears, a couple of small chips, some sunning to the spine, original price of $4.95 still present and now protected by an achival cover.. First printing. Coover's second novel, the story of an accountant who becomes increasingly obsessed by the fantasy baseball league he created in which every move is determined by the roll of the dice. 242 pp.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, spineends rubbed, otherwise VG in VG dustjacket with hinge marks on the inside.

New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. His second novel. About a fantasy baseball league powered by the roll of the dice. 8vo silver-stamped quarter red cloth, tan paper boards stamped in red; top edge blue. Very good or better with page top and board edges faintly foxed, flattened crease in paper on front board (production error), and few light finger smudges to margins; in very good price-clipped dust jacket with faint foxing along upper edge, spine lettering slightly toned, few tiny edge nicks, and few small tears with tiny tape repairs on verso. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations about the text on rear endpaper and corresponding passages marked lightly in pencil in margins.

NY: Random House, 1968. First printing. 8vo, pp. 242. A VG tight copy in price-clipped and some chipped and soiled dj. Coover's second novel.

New York: Random House, 1968. Advance proofs. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto [30 cm] Light blue spiral bound wrappers. Light toning and soiling to the wraps. Housed in a custom clamshell. Scarce uncorrected advance proof of Robert Coover's second novel: A darkly humorous tale of an unhappy accountant and his immersive, solo experience with tabletop dice baseball. A distinctive Coover fabulation; the reader is immersed in the thoughts of both the main character, and the imaginary players he has developed. Upon publication, the title was amended to "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop." The main character's name is critically considered a nod to the concept of God and the philosophy of creationism, a major subtextual theme of the novel. Ex-libris Carter Burden, late New York City Council member and principal owner of the the Village Voice. A direct descendent of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Carter Burden was a prominent member of the 1960s Manhattan social elite, playing host to… Read More