Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1956
Da: Montana Book Company, Fond du Lac, WI, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 256 pp. Tightly bound. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. Stated First Edition. NOTE: The reasons for the lower "good" rating: (1) The lower corner of the back board is bumped. (2) Light bump and wear to cloth at heel of spine.
Editore: Doubleday, Garden City, 1955
Da: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First edition. First edition stated. Hardcover in gray cloth stamped in red and black with facsimile player autographs front cover. 247 pp. with bibliography, seating diagrams of all major league parks. Fine, no dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs of prominent players with facsimile signatures and team photos of the 1954AL pennant winning Cleveland Indians and World Series winning New York Giants. The first part of the book consists of position by position autobiographical sketches by then current stars, for example "The Center-Fielder" by Willie Mays, "The Second Baseman" (Nellie Fox), " The Catcher" (Yogi); "The Left Fielder" (Stan Musial). there follows a series of articles on topics such a scoring, how to figure averages, the Hall of Fame, etc.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, a touch of red staining to the cover edges, and mild staining to the tail edge of the text block. Overall, a Very Good copy in a Good+, unclipped dust jacket, which has largely chipped bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, wear with closed tears to the edges, a longer creased tear to the tail of the front hinge, rubbing with a few stains to the covers, mild sunning to the spine, and a small tear to the rear hinge. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.