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The Babe Ruth Story as told to Bob Considine
by Ruth, George Herman (Babe) / Considine, Bob
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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SALEM, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
250 pages in brick red cloth with dust jacket. Sixth printing (stated on front dj flap). Illustrated endpapers [front: 60 home run baseballs, rear: Yankee Stadium]. Price clipped. Original bookstore label with $3.95 price is present at top corner of rear free endpaper. Five pages of milestones and statistics at rear. Book has mild shelf wear along bottom edge and at spine ends. Dust jacket has creasing along spine and mild wear at the spine ends. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked.
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- Bookseller
- Roomful of Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 236
- Title
- The Babe Ruth Story as told to Bob Considine
- Author
- Ruth, George Herman (Babe) / Considine, Bob
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Baseball; Yankees; Babe Ruth; History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Americana; Biography;
Terms of Sale
Roomful of Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Orders received on Friday, Saturday or Sunday will be shipped on Monday (or Tuesday if P.O. is closed on that Monday).
About the Seller
Roomful of Books
Biblio member since 2019
SALEM, Oregon
About Roomful of Books
44 years experience in the book trade and 24 years experience selling online. Books are packed in cardboard with all necessary wrapping to make sure that they get to you safely.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Price Clipped
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