Man Spikes by Asinof Eliot (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.96.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Woven blue cloth, stamped in red and white shows a very light bit of edgewear. Overalll, a tight, clean copy of the first edition of this now classic baseball novel. 276 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First edition. 8vo, 276 pages, cloth, spot of water on top edge, bumps on final leaves from card stapled to rear endpaper ( blank, not a library card); dj worn Voted no. 23 on a list of the best baseball novels. Roger Kahn thought this one of the "golden dozen" of baseball books. Asinof played minoir league ball for the Phillies. This work, based upon the career of Mickey Ruttner, shows the game and the big business which is baseball.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.; New York, 1955. Hardcover. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with white and red lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of crimping to spine edges, bumped top spine edge, bent top front board corner, faint moisture stain top front pastedown corner, few small scuff marks to text block edges, bit of age toning to pages, some rubbing along board and spine edges, previous owner gift inscription front free endpaper else unmarked, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, moisture stain top front panel corner/top outer front flap corner and verso, moisture stain top inner rear panel corner and verso, Mylar protected, Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 276pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 25 of a 75 copy limitation. Spine titling worn. Binding firm, unmarked copy. Signed on tipped in leaf. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book is Very Good. Dust jacket is Good. Book has light wear to the bottom of the boards. The dust jacket is not price clipped, $3.75. Dust jacket has some wear to the head and tail of the spine which does not affect any of the lettering. The front flap exhibits some wear. The spine is a bit faded, but quite readable. Author's first book. Rated #23 on list of best baseball novels of all time. Jacket is now in Mylar. Selling quality books for over 35 years.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket with chipping to spine ends of jacket and to ends of flap folds and tears to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. copy #33 of 75 copies specially bound, numbered and signed by the author; AS NEW hardcover no marks in text, tight binding, clean exterior, appears unread. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. Limited First Edition. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket (as issued) Signed/ Limited edition #56 of 75 signed copies, foreword by Marvin Miller. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. Dark red cloth is lightly worn along edges and at spine ends. First edition thus. No. 34 of 75 specially bound and signed copies. No jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. First edition thus, hardcover, signed by author and limited no. 36/75, has very slight wear to spine ends and corners, faint rubbing, and some very slight soiling to top and bottom edges of text block, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Dark red cloth is fine. First edition thus. No. 31 of 75 specially bound and signed copies. No jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

First Edition Thus Hardcover SIGNED by author on limitation page, #30 of a limited edition of 75 copies; near fine in gilt-stamped burgundy cloth boards, no jacket as issued; minor scuffing to boards, gilt title on spine shows some flaking else a tight square unmarked copy in sound binding; first printing thus.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. two closed tears to an unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus: Copy #49 of a limited edition of 75. (Only 50 were for sale). Fine, as new, in plum colored cloth with cover signature device stamped in gold; gild spine titles on a black panel; no dust jacket, as issued. "Eliot Asinof, brother of Isaac Asimov and author of Eight Men Out, the definitive book on the Black Sox scandal. He drew upon his own brief minor league career for Man on Spikes."--McCue, page 16. Man on Spikes is considered one of the finest baseball novel and a cornerstone of any baseball fiction collection. A HANDSOME DELUXE LIMITED EDITION! UNREAD AND JUST RECENTLY REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL PACKING PAPER!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition, McGraw Hill 1955. Very good hardcover in a very good Brodart protected dust jacket. Signed by Asinof on the title page. Interior clean and unmarked. Dj has mild wear to spine ends. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Gray boards stamped in red and white. First edition inscribed to ffep by Asinof. Lightly sunned cloth and lightly toned pages. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly sunned to spine, nicked at spine ends, and mildly edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

277 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy in a very near fine jacket with just a trace of soiling to the back panel and the very slightest of fading to the red lettering on the spine. A beautiful copy, very unusual in this condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Toning to inside of dust jacket, wear to head and heel and extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. McGraw Hill Book Company, New York. 1955. 276 pgs. Typed Letter, Signed from Eliot Asinof laid in (possibly to Roger Kahn or Roger Angell; not sure). First Edition/First Printing DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is reinforced at the corners of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Man on Spikes is an uncompromisingly realistic novel about a baseball player who struggles through sixteen years of personal crises and professional ordeals before finally appearing in a major league game. ; Writing Baseball; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 276 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket Lightly Chipped at the Crown.Scarce Copy.First Edition.$3.75 on Flap.Excellent Copy.

Condition: Very Good. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998. Limited Edition of 75 copies, of which this is number 24. Boards in plum cloth with gilt lettering and black title square to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards lightly faded along bottom edge with some faint scuffing to title lettering on spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author on limitation page at front. Limited Edition re-issue of Asinof's classic 1955 baseball novel.

First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original simulated cloth in teal pictorial dust jacket; [10],276pp. Minor shelf wear with very tiny loss to spine crown, else Very Good to Near Fine. Fictional account of the sports business as seen through the eyes of a minor league baseball player who winds up working in the sporting goods department of a hardware store. COAN, p. 89.