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Pitcher Pollock
by Christy Mathewson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Hudson, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
"Pitcher Pollock" by CHRISTY MATHEWSON, the famous Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher. 1914 1st edition, 1st printing; Dodd, Mead and Company; New York. The book features a frontispiece and three other full-page illustrations by Charles Relyea. The front cover has an inlaid baseball glove and baseball bat pattern.
Condition:
The cloth has faded along the spine, and along the top and right-hand edges of the front cover. Some very light soiling at the bottom of the front cover. Tiny cloth tear at the bottom-right corner of the front cover. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only an occasional small, light smudge and foxing spot here and there; the blank back-side of the half title page has numerous small, light foxing spots. Overall the book is in Very Good condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- CraigsClassics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7533
- Title
- Pitcher Pollock
- Author
- Christy Mathewson
- Illustrator
- Charles Relyea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- christy mathewson, pitcher pollock, pitching in a pinch, managing in a moment, second base sloan, catcher craig, big six baseball stories, won in the ninth, playing the game
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Classics; Literature / Fiction;
Terms of Sale
CraigsClassics
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
CraigsClassics
Biblio member since 2018
Hudson, New Hampshire
About CraigsClassics
My store offers a curated selection of antiquarian books in a variety of topics with an emphasis on classic literature and children's classics. I take pride in providing great customer service with prompt replies to offers and inquiries, careful packaging and next-day shipping. Based in scenic southern New Hampshire.
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- New
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