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Blockade Billy
by Stephen King
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1451608217
- ISBN 13
- 9781451608212
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
Item Price
CA$41.65CA$37.48
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About This Item
Yellow boards with red/black writing on spine; picture of baseball catcher and runner sliding on front board. Front board also includes "Contains the chilling bonus story "Morality" at bottom. Bottom of book spine slightly rumpled; book issued without dust jacket. Tight binding and pages look in excellent condition.
Scribner First edition, First printing as indicated by full number line ending in "1" on copyright page
Stephen King's novella about a baseball catcher names William Blakely, this Scribner edition (which includes short story "Morality") was printed after a limited printing of the novella by Cemetery Dance. Hardcover issued with no dust jacket so unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover because of small size.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- KING065
- Title
- Blockade Billy
- Author
- Stephen King
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1451608217
- ISBN 13
- 9781451608212
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-05
- Pages
- 132
- Keywords
- stephen king; blockade billy; scribner
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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