Christy Mathewson; Baseball's Greatest Pitcher
by Gene Schoor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Julian Messner, Inc. , 1953 Julian Messner, Inc., New York. 1953. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; wear to head, tail, and tips from shelving; two bumps on front board top. No DJ. Brown cloth boards with black lettering on the spine with chaim mail decoration on spine and front board. Green patterned endpapers. 180 pp 8vo. This is a story for young readers of the great pitcher for the New York Giants in the early teens. A college graduate from Bucknell who excelled on and off diamond, played professional baseball, was an all-star, fought in World War I where he was gassed and never recovered to play baseball again. A clean presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007927
- Title
- Christy Mathewson; Baseball's Greatest Pitcher
- Author
- Gene Schoor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Julian Messner, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Bucknell University, New York Giants, Professional baseball, baseball pitcher, Hall of Fame, All-star baseball player, John McGraw, World War I, Gas Attack, Chlorine Gas,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Biographies;
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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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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