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The Shortstop
by Zane Grey
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Grosset & Dunlap, New York,1937. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket: Very Good. 310 pp plus 7 pp of advertising. Text sunned typical of age and materials used. Dust Jacket has 2 inch closed tear on spine from bottom edge. Pictorial pastedowns and free endpapers. A story of a small-town boy who overcomes obstacles to make his way to the Major League. A story crowded with hard and fast baseball--and a dash of romance!
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
- Select Tomes
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100287
- Title
- The Shortstop
- Author
- Zane Grey
- Illustrator
- H. S. Delay
- Format/Binding
- Orange cover with black lettering and a black illus of a short stop. Corners crisp. Hinges tight.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sports, baseball
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Children's literature; Zane Grey Novels;
- Size
- 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
About Select Tomes
I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
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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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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