Coming Back Spitball Pitchers by Hopper James (18 results)

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. SUPER FAST SHIPPING.

Condition: New. SUPER FAST SHIPPING.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Minor foxing on outside edges of pages.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 96. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1914 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 96.

First Edition, "February, 1914" and A-O code. Photographically produced illustrations. Rare baseball theme short novel, based on the life of real life pitcher Ed Walsh. McCue p. 54-55. Attractive Near Fine copy, some loss to cheap cloth along rear spine edge in dustjacket lacking top third of rear panel and rear flap, several centimeters of loss at top front panel, spine ends chipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, printing A-O, Harper 1914. Fine hardcover in a very good Brodart protected dust jacket. Beautiful clean copy, square and firm binding. Dj is complete, with a line of soiling to top of rear panel. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition (possibly second printing, with A-O code indicating February 1914 and publication date listed as January 1914). Red cloth with applied illustration. Frontispiece and three additional photographic illustrations. Small tear on front fly, long tear on p.21 but with no loss, a couple of small stains in the text, else an attractive, very good copy of this young adult novel, purportedly based on the career of Ed Walsh. The novel stars an over-the-hill alcoholic pitcher who salvages his career by developing the spitball. The author, a Carmel, California native, was friends with Jack London, George Sterling, and others of their circle. *Grobani* 12-37a; *McCue* pp.54-55.

First Edition, "February, 1914" and A-O code. Photographically produced illustrations. Rare baseball theme short novel, based on the life of real life pitcher Ed Walsh. McCue p. 54-55. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, about three square centimeters of loss at lower front panel, light stain along spine.