Isbn: 9781929763313 - the Fade-away (2 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed "To Karin: Thanks for the enjoyable lunch." George Jansen 7/19/07. One fog-bound night in 1900, the citizens of Port Newton, California, fish a six-foot, half-drowned American Indian dressed in a tuxedo out of San Francisco Bay. He turns out to be a washed up, ex-Big League pitcher Chief Dobbs, a boorish but charismatic hustler. He begins to lead the ragtag town team to victory but only by employing the dirty ball tactics of McGraw's Orioles of the 1890s. In very good condition. I have more than 175 Baseball Novels and Mysteries, more than 130 Signed Sport (mostly Baseball) Books, and over 2,300 Baseball Publications in stock. Discounts available when you purchase multiple items on the same order. Bryan Costales (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…