Hanging Curve
by Soos, Troy
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Kensington Publishing Corporation, 1999. CG5 - A first edition advance reading copy/uncorrected proof book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in black and white photo illustrated white wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. This is a title in the author's Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery series. Mickey Rawlings, an utility infielder for the St. Louis browns agrees to play in a game against the East St. Louis Cubs. The Klan shows up when the game begins and a black pitcher is found hanging from the backstop in Cubs Park. A novel about the struggle against Jim Crow in 1920s America. 263p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW06372
- Title
- Hanging Curve
- Author
- Soos, Troy
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Publisher
- Kensington Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Fiction Mystery Murder Crime Detective Detectives Private Investigator Private Investigators Rawlings Mickey African American African Americans African-American African-Americans Historical Mystery Baseball Utility Infielder St Louis B
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Historical; Fiction: Historical / US Historical Fiction; Fiction: Mystery / Sports Mystery; Fiction: Mystery / Occupational Mystery;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reading Copy
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- Jacket
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