Babe Ruth: The Idol of the American Boy
by DANIEL, DANIEL M.("Daniel")
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Racine, WI: Whitman, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. None Issued. First Edition. First printing. Yellow and violet paper covered boards lettered in white and in black with silhouette of Babe Ruth swinging the bat. 108 pps.; illustrated with photos by Charles Conlin (sic; actually Conlon). "With a foreword to boys by Babe Ruth". Good. Well rubbed about the edges and and spine with shallow loss at head and foot of spine. One of the scarcer, earlier Babe Ruth biographies. Issued without dust jacket and without endpapers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A5019D
- Title
- Babe Ruth: The Idol of the American Boy
- Author
- DANIEL, DANIEL M.("Daniel")
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Whitman
- Place of Publication
- Racine, WI
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- BABE RUTH, BASEBALL, BAMBINO, YANKEES, BOSTON, RED SOX, SULTAN OF SWAT, NEW YORK,GEHRIG
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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