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Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
by Ruth, Babe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1928. Very Good Minus, in original blue cloth with gilt lettering, photographic end papers, illustrated with 31 black and white photos, First Edition stated at copyright page. Lacking the dust jacket. Cloth sunned at spine, wear at spine ends and small rubs at corners, Contents clean and unmarked. A baseball classic. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009686
- Title
- Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball
- Author
- Ruth, Babe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Any book is returnable for any reason within 10 days for a complete refund, as long as it is returned in the same condition as when received. Please notify in advance of return. I accept checks, money orders, Mastercard, Visa, and bank wire transfer.
About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Online bookseller specializing in rare and collectible books in all fields. Books bought and sold from single item to entire collection.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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