NY: Rudolph Field, 1949. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. First printing. Hardcover, 327 pps. illustrated with photos. Foreword by Casey Stengel. Famed New York Daily News sportswriter Jimmy Powers provides stories of "the darlings and the hated" of baseball from the early days of John McGraw, Christy Mathewson and Ty Cobb through the era of Babe Ruth and into the then-modern-day stars such as Williams and Jackie Robinson. Anecdotes of the big names are here as well as tales of lesser known characters such as Babe Herman, Al Schacht, Bobo Newsom and Dazzy Vance. A tight copy, genearlly fine with just a trace of wear at the spine ends, prev. own. sig. front pastedown under the jacket flap. In clean dust jacket with the usual shallow chipping about the egdes.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: F360
Title: Baseball Personalities
Author: Powers, Jimmy
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Rudolph Field
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: Baseball, Sports, Yankees, red Sox, Ruth Babe, Gehrig, Cobb, Mathewson, Wagner Honus, Yogi Berra, Satchel Paige, Ted Williams
Bookseller catalogs: Baseball;

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.

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About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)

The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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