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The Babe : The Game That Ruth Built
by Ritter, Lawrence S.; Rucker, Mark
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0965694909
- ISBN 13
- 9780965694902
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kingston, NY, U.S.A.: Total Sports Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Foreword by Hank Aaron. Originally priced at $40. Very large, very heavy book, tan cloth spine, dark blue-ribbed boards, very bright gilt title and line design on front, blue lettering on spine very fine, b/w photo of game inside covers and adjacent end papers, 296 pages, profusely illustrated with 350 rare photos. (Will require additional postage.) DJ front has color photo of stadium with gigantic raised b/w photo of Ruth at bat, small color-illustration of computer program for pitting Ruth against Aaron advertised on front and back, praise on back from scientist Stephen Jay Gould and Nicholas Dawidoff. DJ has light wear to spine top edge and top back tip, Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25797
- Title
- The Babe : The Game That Ruth Built
- Author
- Ritter, Lawrence S.; Rucker, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0965694909
- ISBN 13
- 9780965694902
- Publisher
- Total Sports Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- BASEBALL BIOGRAPHY RUTH BABE 1895 1948 SPORTS RECREATION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Folio
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- Fine
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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....