Pitcher Pollock (Splendid dust jacket)

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1914

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Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books

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The book is near fine with its original dust jacket which is also in very good condition. Splendidly bound in bright green cloth stamped in black lettering. Pages are clean and tight. There is no writing in the book. There are 4 glossy full page illustrationss spread throughout the book which create a nostalgic look into baseball's history. The dust jacket is very good with some heavy chipping to the top of the spine ends which cut into the top letters of the word PITCHER; light wear at the bottom of the spine; and some light wear to the corners. And a small tear at the top left-hand corner of the rear pastedown. A collector's copy of this classic. Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 — October 7, 1925), nicknamed Big Six , The Christian Gentleman , Matty , and The Gentleman's Hurler , was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher, who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants. He stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg). He was among the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several key pitching categories, including wins, shutouts, and ERA.[1] In fact, he is the only professional pitcher in history to rank in the top 10 both in career wins and career ERA, if taking 19th-century pitchers' statistics into account.[2] Otherwise, both Mathewson and Walter Johnson would hold that distinction.[3] In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its first five members. Later Grosset & Dunlap printing with copyright of 1914. This printing is from the early 1930s.…

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Title
Pitcher Pollock (Splendid dust jacket)
Author
Mathewson, Christy ("Matty")
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Publication year
1914
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
With a frontispiece and 3 other full-page plates by Charles M. Relyea.

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