With Al Stump (32 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is the Bison Books Edition reprinted from the original text published in 1961 by Doubleday. One of the most interesting baseball biographies you will read. Cobb comes across as an ego maniac with a really scary personality. Introduction by famed baseball historian Charles Alexander for this edition. In very good condition. I have hundreds of baseball biographies in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 283 pages, photos, Reprint of the 1961 Doubleday edition. Hardcover. Brand New. Never Read. Limited to only 80 copies printed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Crest printing. Uncreased spine. Slight loss of colour to the background of the back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Fine hardcover w/out dj. Later printing. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Foreword by General Douglas MacArthur. 283pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean interior with a tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Jacket has light fade to spine, little edgewear to spine ends and light soil to rear cover-- not detracting from conpleteness of handsome jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Worn with minor edge tears. First Edition. This first edition hardcover of "My Life in Baseball: The True Record" is in good condition, with a dust jacket showing signs of wear, including minor edge tears. The binding remains strong, ensuring the book's durability for years to come. The pages are clean, with no inscriptions or library markings, making it a pristine copy for collectors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, near fine in a very good dust jacket. The book is tight and square, and has a bump across the foredge of the boards about 3" from the bottom edge. The rear board is bumped a little more heavily than the front board. The yellow jacket has small chips at the top edge, and a couple of short closed tears. Drawings by Burt Silverman (including a frontispiece portrait of Snead), and an index; 248 pages. $4.50 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. (no dust jacket) [moderate wear to bottom edges and top corners of covers, one-time owner's name on reverse of ffep]. (B&W photographs) Cobb's alleged autobiography, revealed in the ensuing years to have been largely fraudulent from the get-go. The book itself was published a couple of months after his death, and the following year co-author Stump published an expose-type article in the magazine "True," purporting to tell the "true story" behind this "True Record," in which he described the difficulties of the collaboration, and in the process pretty much cemented Cobb's reputation as the meanest s.o.b. to ever set foot on a baseball diamond. He further compounded things some 30-odd years later by publishing yet *another* book about Cobb, in which he doubled down on the negativity (and which in turned served as the basis for the movie COBB, starring Tommy Lee Jones). Problem was, as several later researchers have discovered, that Stump was quite the fabulist, and that many of his claims (such as Cobb's purported deathbed confession of having murdered a man in 1912) were made up and then "authenticated" by forged documents, including Cobb's diaries. The most recent book to try and cut through all this crap and set the record straight is Charles Leerhsen's "Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty," which debunks much of the accepted knowledge about Cobb, and largely succeeds in presenting a more balanced and reliable assessment of his complex (but not monstrous) personality.…

Condition: VG/VG- (see notes). 1st. 8vo. 248pp. Price-clipped DJ has a number of 1/4" chips and tears, bit of foxing. on inside.

with dustjacket, hardcover. Condition: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 248 pages; good hardcover with dustjacket; dustjacket scuffed to face, nicks to edges, spine head and heal area slight fray starting; board tips bumped; spine starting; spine slanting; slight bend back board; dustjacket price clipped by previous owner; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking; third printing. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine price-clipped dj (small 1/8" circular chip to lower left corner of dj spine and also to spine of book at same spot). A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and a clean and bright dj. Dj covered in protective mylar. Later printing (1961 date to copyright page and no edition or printing stated to copyright page). Illustrated. 283pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Has become one of the most controversial baseball books ever written. Stump portrays Cobb as a racist, mean, old man who put both their lives in danger. The book has been refuted by many later authors. First Edition stated. Both the book and the non price clipped Dust jacket (in a mylar protector) are in very good- condition. A very difficult book to find in a First Edition. I have more than 225 Baseball Biographies and over 2,300 Baseball Publications in stock. Discounts available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Signed by author. Inscription from Snead on the endpage. No dustjacket. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

248pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. B/w illustrations. Some light foxing. A very good copy. . First UK edition.

Condition: Very Good. 8vo softcover 315pp very good. Highly successful in knitting together this story of the life of a most remarkable and dedicated player-perhaps the most spirited baseball player ever to have graced the diamond.

Condition: Very good. First printing. Hardcover. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. Former owner's ink name on the front inner cover. Internally clean and tight.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Frayed. First Edition. 283pp Illus Newsprint stain on front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Octavo. Pp. 248 + [20]ff. illustrations. Number 575 of an edition of 2000 published for the Sam Snead Collection, and SIGNED IN PENCIL BY SAM SNEAD. THIS COPY IS ADDITIONALLY SIGNED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A memoir full of jokes, anecdotes, and useful golf instruction. A fine copy in green faux-leather boards with titling and illustration in gilt. Dust jacket very good, with half-inch loss to spine head, and rubbing to foot of spine and corners. Burt Silverman (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Fifth Printing [stated]. vii, [1], 248 pages. Index. Frontis illustrations. Illustrations. Tournament Victories. Inscribed by Snead on fep. Samuel Jackson Snead (May 27, 1912 - May 23, 2002) was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for the better part of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events, including seven majors. He never won the U.S. Open, though he was runner-up four times. Snead's nickname was "Slammin' Sammy", and he was admired by many for having the so-called "perfect swing," which generated many imitators. Snead was famed for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, and making such statements as "Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away from whiskey, and never concede a putt." He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974, and received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. This is the incredible true story of how a poor kid who grew to become one of Americas most talented and respected professional golf champions in the 20th century. Each chapter ends with short comments on the various aspects of golf, getting right down to simple illustrations and valuable pointers that could only come from a golf master. Sam writes about how his elder brother's golfing drew him into the game. "Slammin' Sam" goes on to become a pro and a sensation in the year 1934. Sam went on to win 3 PGA championships, 3 Masters and a British Open, apart from a myriad of other titles. Sam's account of his golfing career comes with many hilarious and not-so hilarious incidents. He writes about telling the President a thing or two about golf and other similar and remarkable stories. Sam lays down chunks of it throughout the book, dealing with all major issues like putting, chipping and sand traps. Sam Snead is gracious enough to pack a book with wisdom about his time on the green. Burt Silverman (illustrator).…

"He tells how a young hillbilly (himself) became golf's biggest money winner". Mainly instructional, but enlivened by shafts of Sneads famous salty wit. First UK Edition. Large 8vo. vii + 248pp. Drawings in the text by Burt Silverman. From the collection of the well-known sports journalist Denzil Batchelor, with his name inside. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. Good condition.…

248p. cloth. Autobiography of 82 PGA tournament winner Snead, remarkable journey. D&J S26920.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing hardcover. Clean pages, firm binding. Contains the PO signature of acclaimed American documentary photographer Norman Mauskopf on the front pastedown. Slight toning/foxing to eps. The DJ shows foxing with minor wear.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 283 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. A very nice copy in DJ (price-clipped). Inscribed and signed by Sam Snead. Drawings by Burt Silverman.