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Carl Erskine's Tales From the Dodger Dugout: Extra Innings
by Carl Erskine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 158261282X
- ISBN 13
- 9781582612829
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Champaign, IL : Sports Publishing, 2004 Sports Publishing, Champaign, IL. 2004. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an Anderson High School Indian School Anniversary Stamp on the FFFP; this the HS in the town where he lives in Indiana. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant bumping to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95); small wet spot n the rear panel at bottom near flap fold. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 219 pp 8vo. The author was a valued member of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 12 years beginning in 1948. In this book he has updated his classic stories and added new memories from his days as a Dodger, taking the reader into the baseball world of the 1940s-50s. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014163
- Title
- Carl Erskine's Tales From the Dodger Dugout: Extra Innings
- Author
- Carl Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 158261282X
- ISBN 13
- 9781582612829
- Publisher
- Sports Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Champaign, IL
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Brooklyn Dodgers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major league pitcher, Major League Baseball, World Series teams, baseball humor, autobiography, Hall of Famers, Vin Scully, National League, professional baseball stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Autobiography;
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
Biblio member since 2018
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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- New
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- Price Clipped
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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