The Short-Stop
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Magalia, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Later Printing. Pictorial Hardcover. Spine lightly faded, light moisture marking along bottom edge of covers and first 10 pages, corners of covers lightly bumped, pages toned, address inked on verso of frontispiece, small white-out spot on FFEP; 310 pages .
Reviews
On Apr 12 2020, a reader said:
The Short Stop is the story of Chase Alloway who has to persuade his mother to let him quit his job in a factory to become a ball player; and of the many exploits he encounters on his way to the big leagues. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries baseball was "the grand ole game" every one played, and nearly every town of any size at all had its own team which competed in a league. The players were paid, and rivalries between towns reached fever pitch when they competed against one another. Incidents such as having a "ringer" inserted into a game were common, so when a team had an exceptional player he was looked on with suspicion by the other team. This is great stuff for any sports fan to read, and shows the beginnings of the writing style Zane Grey would later become renown for. I have this exact book, and have had it for 30 years. I enjoy it time and time again. You will too.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Paradise
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F1946
- Title
- The Short-Stop
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Fiction, Sports, Baseball
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Books of Paradise
Oversize/heavy books subject to additional p/h. Book is returnable only if not as described, authorization is required.
About the Seller
Books of Paradise
Biblio member since 2003
Magalia, California
About Books of Paradise
Books of Paradise was established in January of 1988. We operated a 'mom & pop' general used bookstore until June of 2011 when we closed our doors and "retired" to internet bookselling only. We specialize in used rare and out-of-print books, as well as local history books.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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