Isbn: 9780151550968 - A Magic Summer: The '69 Mets (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Condition: Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; otherwise in excellent condition. Meets the acceptable condition guidelines. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

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

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The '69 Mets did not look like a good baseball team. Only Cleon Jones and Tommie Agee came to bat more than 400 times. But with superior pitching from Seaver, Koosman, Ryan, and McGraw-the Mets surprised the baseball World. First Edition with all Letters from A to E present. Both the non price clipped Dust Jacket and the book are in very good condition. I have around 50 books on New York Mets Teams and Players, about 250 Baseball Team Histories, and over 2,300 Baseball Publications in stock. Discounts available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. San Diego, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust jacket: Very Good, Cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. 311 pages. Record # 467286 Record # 467286.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover 1st edition - Some shelf and edgewear,as well some light age toning, otherwise a good clean solid copy. Dust jacket is rubbed, chipped, otherwise still in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. REMAINDER MARK.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xi, [3], 311, [9] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Statistics. Corner creased at rear endpaper. DJ has slight wear and soiling. The author was a successful free-lance writer and communications consultant in New York City. He had been a reporter, an editor, a writer, and a teacher. His book, The Game They Played named in 1987 by Sports Illustrated as among the twenty-five books no sports fan should be without. Derived from a Kirkus review: A literate and likable work that recaptures much of the excitement generated by baseball's New York Mets in their first championship season. Cohen offers a week-by-week account of how the National League Club ended seven years of futility by winning the pennant and then beating the Baltimore Orioles four straight times, after dropping the opener, to win the 1969 World Series. Cohen points out, the lovable losers bypassed mediocrity on their way to the top. Cohen goes on to say that the odds-against triumph seems a lot less unlikely than it did at the time. For one thing, the expansion club had talented youngsters on the threshold of stardom, plus productive veterans and role players--Don Cardwell, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, et al. For another, manager Gil Hodges proved a master at juggling lineups and keeping his charges fresh throughout a long season. Of the 25 players on the Mets' 1969 roster, Cohen interviewed all but two. Cohen's evocative text provides fine fare for nostalgia buffs as well as for Mets' rooters. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FLAT SIGNED BY RON SWOBODA & KEN BOSWELL.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.