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How to Play Baseball
by Ruth, Babe
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931 First edition, first printing. Publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in darker blue with an illustration of Babe Ruth to the front cover; original dust jacket with matching illustration to the front panel, lettered in dark red. Near fine book with light rubbing to front board and a hint of fading to spine; near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a few small nicks and creases to edges and corners, some toning to spine, and a bit of wear to lower spine. Overall, a handsome and sturdy copy. How to Play Baseball is a book on baseball fundamentals by the legendary player Babe Ruth. Each chapter covers a different element of the game, such as "The Batting Stance," "How to Throw a Curveball," and "Blocking the Plate." The book also includes over thirty full-page photos of Ruth instructing young players. Ruth was a big advocate for children playing baseball, famously saying, "I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat." Ruth played in the MLB from 1914 to 1935 and revolutionized the game with his incredible home run hitting ability. Many consider him to be the greatest baseball player of all time.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BRNYY005
- Title
- How to Play Baseball
- Author
- Ruth, Babe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
New York, New York
About B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Selling First Editions and Rare Books from all centuries. Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, modern first editions, signed and inscribed books, early children's literature, and poetry.
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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