Frick Ford C (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket torn. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Baseball; ISBN: 0517503468. ISBN/EAN: 9780517503461. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21678.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. X-Library book. Typical library markings. Ships promptly from Texas. 100% Money-Back Guarantee!!!

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; small stain at lower edge of front board; otherwise in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Product description: Fifty years of behind-the-scenes anecdotes and experiences by a former commissioner of baseball.

Hardcover. Condition: N-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition/ Second Printing. A square solid tight clean copy. This copy has just a bit of pagedge soil. The jacket has seen better days. The former Baseball Commissioner that invented the asterisk. Nice copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. No subsequent printings noted. Dust jacket has wear and some tears. See photos. Inside is clean and unmarked. Tilt to spine of book. See photos.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Frayed DJ. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Illus. 244pp "Memoirs of a Lucky Fan," which is okay, as long as you're not Commissioner. No, he never even mentions Bill Veeck. (loc 274/3).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 295pp; clean and unmarked contents. No library stamps. No ownership name or writing; no highlighting. Tan cloth HC with dark brown lettering. B/W photographs of BABE RUTH, GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER, CHRISTY MATHEWSON, TY COBB. XXV chapters cover: Alexander, Campanella, Cobb, Collins, Dean, DiMaggio, Feller, Foxx, Gehrig, Grove, Hornsby, Hubbell, Johnson, Lajoie, Mathewson, Musial, Jackie Robinson, Ruth, Sisler, Speaker, Waddell, Wagner, Walsh, Williams, Young.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. DJ has small pieces missing at edges of spine, other small chips and creases with some scuffing and wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in VG condition: slight handling, ink marks on the front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket is good with a few edge tears, and is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. 295 pages. [13oz]. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Frayed DJ. First Edition, First Printing. Illus. 244pp "Memoirs of a Lucky Fan," which is okay, as long as you're not Commissioner. No, he never even mentions Bill Veeck. (loc bb/1).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hardcover in Good dust jacket, some light smudge marks on panel edges, dust jacket rubbed with light soiling, some tears and chips on edges, price clipped.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. Several staples in upper left corner of pamphlet.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Through a binder's flaw, a few pages have been mis-bound and are a little narrower than the rest of the text, a small check mark on the front fly else fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean and pristine, with no signs of use. There is just a touch of tanning to the endpapers, but none noted elsewhere. The jacket is intact, front and back, with some chipping. ; 8.1 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches; 177 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original cloth-backed boards. A bit of foxing to edge of pages. Bookplate (of the E. H. Moores) coming loose from front pastedown. Else Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped). Inscribed on flyleaf: 'To Ernie Moore/who taught me golf/by osmosis and followed/along, and marveled./Ford Frick'. Frick 'was an American sportswriter and executive who served as president of the National League from 1934 to 1951 and as the third Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1965. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970. Besides Frick's election to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1970, the Hall created the Ford C. Frick Award in 1978, and presents the award annually to a baseball broadcaster for major contributions to the game. . . . In the late 1930s, Frick played a central role in establishing the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Later, during his tenure as National League president, when several members of the St. Louis Cardinals planned to protest Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier, Frick threatened any players involved with suspension. In 1951, he succeeded Happy Chandler as commissioner of baseball. Frick's critics accused him of favoring the NL in his rulings, such as how the 1960s expansion teams would be stocked. Frick's most highly criticized decision as commissioner was to convince baseball record-keepers to list the single-season home run records of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris separately in 1961, based on the length of the season played. Later, it was revealed that Frick had served as a ghostwriter for Ruth earlier in his career. Ultimately, the 'asterisk' was struck from the record book, as Frick had no real authority over how the records were presented' (Wikipedia). Signed by Author(s).

April 17, 1962. From Ford Frick to Dr. Stewart D. Brown, Jr. One page typed on Frick's commissioner letterhead and signed by Frick in green ink. Near fine tri-folded letter with a circle and minor annotation made by previous owner in pencil, and two tiny staple holes to top of letter. Overall, an excellent letter with a vibrant signature. Includes James Spence Authentication (JSA) certificate. In this letter, Ford Frick lets Stewart Brown, Jr. know that he is passing an attached letter on to him, presumably dealing with the "regulations or availability" of scholarships. Ford Frick served as the president of the National League from 1934 to 1951, and as the commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1965. Frick grew the sport in many ways and was instrumental in establishing the Cooperstown National Baseball Hall of Fame, which he was inducted into in 1970. Stewart Brown, Jr. was the son of an acclaimed surgeon who collaborated with Ty Cobb to erect a hospital and the Ty Cobb Museum in Cobb's hometown of Royston, Georgia. Brown, Jr. established the Ty Cobb Memorial Baseball shrine in honor of Cobb on Sept. 29, 1961. Signed.