Willie's time: A memoir by Einstein, Charles

Lippincott, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.3000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.3000 in. Missing dust jacket. Scuff marks on cover.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1979. 2nd prt.. hardcover. 8vo, 352 pp. .

J.B. Lippincott, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, dark blue cloth spine, red boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, photo after getting a hit inside front cover and adjacent end paper, at bat inside back cover and adjacent end paper, 352 pages. DJ price-clipped, beneath mylar, glossy white background with montage of color-illustrations on front and color photo of Willie Mays at bat center front, white spine and back. DJ has very tiny tear at bottom front tip, microtear at spine bottom edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

New York: J. B. Lipppincott Company, 1979. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 352 pages. Illustrated endpapers. DJ is worn, soiled, torn and chipped. Charles Einstein (August 2, 1926 - March 7, 2007) was a newspaperman and sportswriter. He was also the author of the novel The Bloody Spur, on which the film While the City Sleeps by Fritz Lang was based. His father was the comedian Harry Einstein. He was the older half-brother of comedic actors Albert Brooks and Bob Einstein, better known by his stage name "Super Dave Osborne". Einstein was also the editor of a series of compilations of baseball writings, titled The Fireside Book of Baseball. To a generation of fans, Willie Mays was the greatest ballplayer they had ever seen. He was the first player to hit fifty home runs and steal twenty bases in a single season. Mays played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets, and in his glory days with the Giants he not only set the… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Place_Pub: New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. good, fair to good. 352, endpaper illus., price stickers on front DJ flap, DJ soiled and small edge tears, small stains to book edges. An anecdotal look at the career of Willie Mays.

Lippincott, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

An appreciation of Willie Mays placed in a historical context signed by Mays. Condition of both book and dust jacket very good plus.