Levin Leonard Editor (14 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. As pictured. Light cover wear. Carefully packed and promptly shipped.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. [Fort Smith, Arkansas]: South and West Inc. Very Good. 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6" x 9"], saddle-stapled, 40+ pages, illustrated with 1 photograph. Fine. whb19E.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. viii, [2], 365, [1] pages. Illustrations. Introduction. Chapters on individual players, Branch Rickey, Jack Buck, Harry Caray, August A. Busch Jr., Timeline. A Three-way Tie for the Pennant, the 1964 World Series, Epilogue, Notes and References and a final section on the contributors. The biographies were contributed by the Society for American Baseball Research. This is part of The Memorable Teams series. Among the players and others profiled are: Ken Boyer, Lou Brock, Mike Cuellar, Curt Flood, Bob Gibson, Tim McCarver, Joe Morgan, Ray Sadecki, Mike Shannon, Bobby Shantz, Curt Simmons, Bob Uecker, Red Schoendienst, Branch Rickey, Stan Musial, Jack Buck, Harry Caray, and August A. Busch, Jr. By 1964 the storied St. Louis Cardinals had gone seventeen years without so much as a pennant. Things began to turn around in 1953, when August A. Busch Jr. bought the team and famously asked where all the black players were. Under the leadership of men like Bing Devine and Johnny Keane, the Cardinals began signing talented players regardless of color, and slowly their star started to rise again. Drama and Pride in the Gateway City commemorates the team that Bing Devine built, the 1964 team that prevailed in one of the tightest three-way pennant races of all time and then went on to win the World Series, beating the New York Yankees in the full seven games. All the men come alive in these pages, pitchers Ray Sadecki and Bob Gibson, players Lou Brock, Curt Flood, and Bobby Shantz, manager Johnny Keane, his coaches, the Cardinals' broadcasters, and Bill White, who would one day run the entire National League, along with the dramatic events that made the 1964 Cardinals such a memorable club in a memorable year. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 352 pages. 10.25x8.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good green stapled wraps with a few white spots to the front cover. 42 pages, unmarked. Elizabeth Ackley, Gertrude Diamond, Leonard Golber, Sarah Houghton, Ellen Levin, Eva Linker, Elizabeth Macleod, Dan Marlin, Claude Roper, Gerald "Gerry" Stearns, N. P. Wilson. [dp50 0615]. ; W Poe; 42 pages. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 400 pages. 10.00x8.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 392 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 340 pages. 11.00x8.40x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 354 pages. 11.00x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 392 pages. 6.00x0.88x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 296 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 880 pages. 8.50x1.81x11.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 230 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. translation edition. 230 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.