Description: Get ready for the World Series by reading some of the best stories, novel excerpts, essays, and letters about our national pastime. No other sport has been written about with such fervor and excellence—save, perhaps, boxing—and this collection of baseball writing is a fine example of the storied form. THE ARMCHAIR BOOK OF BASEBALL II, Edited by John Thorn. Foreword by A. Bartlett Giamatti and Illustrated by Bernie Fuchs. Features writing from Roger Angell, E.L. Doctorow, Mark Harris, Philip Roth, Walt Whitman, Ted Williams, and others. First Edition, 1987. Hardcover. Octavo. New York: Scribners. Publisher's Blue Quarter Cloth with Green Paper Boards; Gilt Lettering to Spine; Red Top Stain; Generously Illustrated; 431 pages. A very good to near-fine, like-new first edition with straight boards, square spine, sharp corners, and tight binding. Minor edge wear and toning and a smudge on bottom edge of text block, else fine. Pristine interior with clean, glossy pages. NO writing. NO previous owner names. NOT a remainder. NOT ex-library. Comes in a very good illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped, now protected in removable archival Mylar.
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: Southampton, Pennsylvania
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Type: Short Stories
Literary Movement: Baseball Writing, Sportswriting
Era: 1980s
Personalized: No
Features: FIRST EDITION, Very Good to Like New, Protected in archival mylar, Baseball stories, novels, essays, letters, Baseball history, Roger Angell, Philip Roth
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Publisher: Scribner
Publication Year: 1987
Topic: Baseball / General
Book Title: Armchair Book of Baseball
Language: English
Illustrator: Fuchs, Bernie, Yes
Genre: Non-Classifiable, Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 41.7 Oz
Author: David Reuther
Book Series: The Armchair Library
Format: Children's Board Books
