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Kings of the Hill; An Irreverent Look at the Men on the Mound
by Nolan Ryan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060183306
- ISBN 13
- 9780060183301
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$13.84CA$9.69
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About This Item
New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992 HarperCollins Publishers, New York. 1992. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a remainder mark on the textblock top. Book Condition: Near Fine; light shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($20.00); bumping and slight wear at head, tail, and tips. Gold boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright red lettering on the spine. 243 pp 8vo. Written by the strikeout king of major league baseball this is a distillation of all he knows about the fascinating men who have made a living throwing a baseball. The book follows Ryan through his career and illuminates the pitcher and hitters he has toiled with and against. Full of stories about the great pitchers and their tricks of the trade. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009005
- Title
- Kings of the Hill; An Irreverent Look at the Men on the Mound
- Author
- Nolan Ryan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060183306
- ISBN 13
- 9780060183301
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Baseball, Pitchers, major league baseball, Nolan Ryan, major league pitchers, autobiography,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- 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....
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