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Oh, Baby, I Love It!; Baseball Summers, Hot Pennant Races, Grand Salamis, Jellylegs, El Swervos, Dingers and Dunkers, Etc, Etc, Etc
by Tim McCarver and Ray Robinson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394556917
- ISBN 13
- 9780394556918
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$11.11CA$7.78
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About This Item
New York, NY: Villard Books, 1987 Villard Books, New York. 1987. Hardcover. Stated First Edition / First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small bump to rear board at bottom and tip; factory defect in front gutter with small fabric flaw. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); slight rubbing to panels. Orange paper over boards with blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 245 pp 8vo. This is the story of professional baseball catcher Tim McCarver who made the successful switch from the playing field to the broadcast booth. This book covers his playing days with the Cardinals, Phillies; catching for Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton; playing in two World Series; becoming an announcer; life in the broadcast booth and extensive coverage of the Mets run to a Championship in 1986. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016090
- Title
- Oh, Baby, I Love It!; Baseball Summers, Hot Pennant Races, Grand Salamis, Jellylegs, El Swervos, Dingers and Dunkers, Etc, Etc, Etc
- Author
- Tim McCarver and Ray Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394556917
- ISBN 13
- 9780394556918
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL, WORLD SERIES, BOB GIBSON, STEVE CARLTON, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, NEW YORK METS, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, BASEBALL ANNOUNCING, MAJOR LEAGUE CATCHER, MIRACLE 1968 1964 SERIES, Tim McCarver, Baseball Announcer.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Memoirs; 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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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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