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Blockade Billy
by King, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
Item Price
CA$27.77CA$13.88
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About This Item
NY: Scribner. F. 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first Scribner hardcover edition with the full number line pres ent. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4" hardcover bound in pictorial boards. A Fine copy without a dust jacket as issued. Includes the short story "Morality". .
Synopsis
From New York Times bestselling author Stephen King comes the haunting story of Blockade Billy , the greatest Major League baseball player to be erased from the game. Even the most die-hard baseball fans donâÈçt know the true story of William âÈêBlockade BillyâÈë Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the gameâÈçs history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all. Originally published through Cemetery Dance Publications on April 20, 2010 as a $25.00 limited-edition hardcover, Stephen King and Cemetery Dance have made an arrangement with Scribner to make available a less expensive hardcover edition of Blockade Billy , with an on-sale date of May 25th, the same date the audiobook goes on sale. The Scribner edition will be available in all U.S. and Canadian retail outlets. Both the Scribner book and the Simon & Schuster audiobook will feature a bonus short story ("Morality").
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70107
- Title
- Blockade Billy
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2010
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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