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Summer of '49
by Halberstam, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 068806678X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688066789
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: William Morrow & Co, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Fine. Solid first edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean beige boards with clean green cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean illustrated endpapers; previous owner inscription and signature on back side of front free endpaper. 304 pages with index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Wonderful book about the 1949 pennant race in which two legendary rivals, the Bostn Red Sox and the New York Yankees, battled down to a winner-take-all final game of the season..
Synopsis
Chronicles the 1949 pennant race between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, profiling the players, owners, and fans as major league baseball was poised on the brink of major changes.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027738
- Title
- Summer of '49
- Author
- Halberstam, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 068806678X
- ISBN 13
- 9780688066789
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BASEBALL, DAVID HALBERSTAM, FIRST EDITION, 1949 BOSTON RED SOX, NEW YORK YANKEES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
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