Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick by Paul Dickson ISBN 13: 9780802717788

Walker Books, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Walker & Company, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Walker Books, 2012. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Walker Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Walker and Co., 2012. Second printing. Hardcover. As New/fine. 6 x 9 in. Black paper boards. Condition is AS NEW ; like new on all poinrs. Presentation bookplate on ffep. DJ is FINE ; no wear. like new. Sport. Stax.

NY: Walker Books, 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 434 pages, b&w photos. William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team for financial reasons the next year. He bought a majority of the St. Louis Browns in 1951, sold it three years later,… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

Walker Books, 2012-04-24. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. clean well kept first edition hardcover copy with dust jacket, price tag unclipped, no markings, stickers or stains. fast shipping with tracking number.

Walker & Company. New in New dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover, photos. 0802717780 . Book and DJ New. NO notes. NO markings of ANY kind. New DJ not price clipped ($28) ; Ships in a box, USA; 434 pages .

New York: Walker & Company, 2012. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. x, 434, [4] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index, small tear top edge of title page, bottom corner rear board & DJ bumped. Much more than an eccentric baseball owner, Bill Veeck was a transformational figure in the history of baseball. Nonconformist, visionary, and showman extraordinaire, he spent a lifetime challenging baseball's staid establishment. Paul Dickson has been an independent writer for almost 50 years during which time he has produced more than 60 non-fiction books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles on a variety of subjects. Dickson's Bill Veeck--Baseball's Greatest Maverick received five awards including: the Jerome Holtzman Award from the Chicago Baseball Museum, the Reader's Choice Award for the best baseball book of 2012 from the Special Libraries Association and the Casey Award from Spitball magazine, also… Read More

Walker Books, 2012. 1st US . Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, sturdy book, black covers, silver lettering very bright on spine, 434 pages including glossy photo section. DJ glossy beneath mylar with photo of Veeck on front on phone, dark red spine, light yellow back with praise from John Lehrer, Clarence Page and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Signed, First Edition, Mint Condition/CollectibleBook appears to be untouched/unread. Binding is tight.Dust Jacket in mint condition and protected in Mylar.Signed by the author, Paul Dickson, on the title page.First Edition print.William Louis "Bill" Veeck, Jr. (1914-1986) is legendary in many ways-baseball impresario and innovator, independent spirit, champion of civil rights in a time of great change. Paul Dickson has written the first full biography of this towering figure, in the process rewriting many aspects of his life and bringing alive the history of America's pastime. In his late 20s, Veeck bought into his first team, the American Association Milwaukee Brewers. After serving and losing a leg in WWII, he bought the Cleveland Indians in 1946, and a year later broke the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, a few months after Jackie Robinson-showing the deep commitment he held to integration and equal rights. Cleveland won the World Series in 1948, but Veeck sold the team… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Walker & Company, 2012. First U.S. Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. x, 434, [4] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by author on title page. Small tear at top of pages 3-6. Much more than an eccentric baseball owner, Bill Veeck was a transformational figure in the history of baseball. Nonconformist, visionary, and showman extraordinaire, he spent a lifetime challenging baseball's staid establishment. Paul Dickson has been an independent writer for almost 50 years during which time he has produced more than 60 non-fiction books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles on a variety of subjects. Dickson's Bill Veeck--Baseball's Greatest Maverick received five awards including: the Jerome Holtzman Award from the Chicago Baseball Museum, the Reader's Choice Award for the best baseball book of 2012 from the Special Libraries Association and the Casey Award from Spitball magazine, also for the… Read More