Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Fine. 1St Edition. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1991
ISBN 10: 0451170296 ISBN 13: 9780451170293
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1991
ISBN 10: 0451170296 ISBN 13: 9780451170293
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, NY, 1990
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 3rd Printing/remainder. Photo section included.
Language: English
Published by Viking Penguin, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: The Librarian's Books, Cranford, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A Fair copy in a Good dust wrapper of a former library copy of a title which has ".a behind-the-scenes account of the players, owners, managers, and umpires in and around the game of baseball, and of the outlandish incidents, on and off the field, which the public never hears about." May have smoke smell. Lean to volume. Dust wrapper is not price clipped. Sunning to inside flaps and along top edging of dust wrapper. Wear to dust wrapper with smudging and scratching. Dust wrapper spine is sunned and has residue from a library spine label. Wear to page edgings on all sides with foxing and a library stamp in black ink along the top. Inside flaps and boards have tape marks where the dust wrapper was attached. Rear flyleaf was torn out, leaving small tears along the spine. Some pages are creased and have a small cut along the top edge. Sunning to pages. Includes 4 pages of illustrations in black & white. Dedication page has Library cataloger makings in black ballpoint. "Contents: Acknowledgments; Author's note; A bullet to the neck; The other me; Umpire development; Behind the mask; Head above the crowd; Getting the message across; Into the bigs; A scab's life; Scott; "How can you soar like an eagle when you work with turkeys?"; Footprints in the sand; Love your enemies; Going in and coming out; Steel nuts; "What is the problem now?"; The bad life; The Rose thing; Another Pallone incident; Saratoga Springs; Life after baseball; Afterword" "Summary:Dave Pallone, a National League umpire for ten years, attracted major public attention when Pete Rose shoved him in a 1988 Mets-Reds game, igniting one of the most controversial incidents in baseball history. This book is a revealing look at baseball through the eyes of an umpire with two unique perspectives on the national pastime: one, the man in blue, cursed by fans and players alike; and two, the stranger in a strange land - the gay sensibility in forbidden straight territory" "Description: x, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.".
Seller: Bob's Book Journey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. "For the first time: A dramatic blow-by-blow account of the Pete Rose 'shoving incident.' Dave Pallone tells his side of one of the most controversial incidents in baseball history." 331 pages., photo section.
Seller: Persephone's Books, Gastonia, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. x, 331 pp. There is a 1/4" puncture in the surface of the front cover, and a corresponding puncture in the jacket. Remainder mark on upper page edges.
Language: English
Published by Viking Penguin, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Books Do Furnish A Room, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Moderate Edge & Shelfwear. First Edition. Pages are clean and binding is tight.
Language: English
Published by Viking Penguin, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Published. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Condition: Good. BOOK APPEARS TO BE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. WE DO NOT AUTHENTICATE SIGNATURES. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.
Seller: Bookworm Books, Tifton, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Intact Dustjacket. First Edition. 330pp, illustrated with b&w photos. The story of a gay baseball umpire. Includes an account of the shoving incident involving Pete Rose. Very Good+. Book.
Seller: Gilboe Books, Fountain Hills, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover, NOT A REMAINDER. Condition: FINE, Dust Jacket Condition: In FINE DJ. First Edition.
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, N.Y. 1990 First Edition, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FIRST EDITION. A fine and tight hardcover in a fine and tight dustjacket/brodart covered, First Edition, Signed by Pallone on the title page. A nice copy.
Hardcover. xi, 331p. + 8p. photos, very later printing in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket. Pallone, the first admittedly gay umpire, got the job in the first place by scabbing the ump's strike in 1979.
First Edition
Hardcover. 348p. + 8p. photos, very good first mass-market edition, printing stated in pictorial wraps. Pallone, the first admittedly gay umpire, got the job in the first place by scabbing the ump's strike in 1979.
First Edition
Hardcover. xi, 331p. + 8p. photos, very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Pallone, the first admittedly gay umpire, got the job in the first place by scabbing the ump's strike in 1979.
Published by Viking, NY, 1990
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: F. 1st Edition. First edition with the full number line present. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Tanning to the jacket's verso. Light rubbing to the head and base of its spine. Black & white photo section.
Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. 331pp. Illus. Gay or not, he was still a lousy umpire. (loc bb/1+1).
First Edition Signed
xi, 331p. + 8p. photos, signed by Pallone, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Pallone, the first admittedly gay umpire, got the job in the first place by scabbing the ump's strike in 1979.
Published by Viking, 1990, 1990
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
1st edition SIGNED BY PALLLONE and dated in the year of publication Fine/near fine.
Published by Viking, New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Clean text. Illustrated. One of the illustrated pages torn out but with book. Spine ends lightly bumped. Clean and solid cover. Dustwrapper lightly shelf rubbed. Nice condition.
Published by Viking, (New York), 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 331pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Near fine with a few tiny bumps along the board edges in an about near fine age-toned dust jacket with a faded spine, slight rubbing and edge wear.
Language: English
Published by Viking Books., New York, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670833126 ISBN 13: 9780670833122
Seller: Ira Joel Haber - Cinemage Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Bds & Cl.w.dj. 2nd Printing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY DAVE PALLONE. Revealing autobio. of the National league umpire who came out of the closet to declear his homosexuality, not an easy thing to do in sports. 8pgs. of photos. Although a common book, inscribed copies are not. Fine/fine. Book.
Published by Viking Press, New York, 1990
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Slightly Frayed DJ. Second Printing. SIGNED BY DAVE PALLONE. 331pp. Illus. Gay or not, he was still a lousy umpire. (loc bbr/1).
Published by Viking, New York, 1990
First Edition Signed
xi, 331p. + 8p. photos, signed, inscribed and dated by Pallone in 1990, card for a Los Angeles event featuring Pallone laid in, first printing, dj. Pallone, the first admittedly gay umpire, got the job in the first place by scabbing the ump's strike in 1979.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. First Printing. 331 pages. Illus., small stains in lower margin p. 311 through rear board, ink name & date ins fr flyleaf. Signed by the author (Pallone). DJ in plastic sleeve, sticker residue on front DJ flap plastic sleeve and inside front flyleaf. Dave Pallone was a National League umpire, involved in a shoving incident with Pete Rose and released from baseball for "unprofessional behavior. " Pallone insists he was found guilty only of being gay.