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Item Details

Description

Heading: (Baseball)
Author: Hopper, James
Title: Coming Back with the Spitball. A Pitcher's Romance
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1914
Description:

[vi], 70 pp. Frontispiece and 3 full page plates from photographs of actual ball games. (12mo) original red cloth, pictorial label on front. First Edition.

Rare baseball fiction, purportedly loosely based on the life of pitcher Ed Walsh. Copyright reads February, 1914 but code 'A-O' indicates January, 1914; perhaps a second issue.

Condition

Light wear, two small holes in front spine gutter; near fine.

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Coming Back with the Spitball

Name: Coming Back with the Spitball
SKU: 62168800
Price: 120 USD
Availability: InStock

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