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A collection of articles and commentaries about America's favorite pastime, features bestselling writers such as Thomas Boswell, James Michener, and Philip Roth, and sportswriters including Roger Angell, Roger Kahn, and Jim Murray
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The ARMCHAIR BOOK OF BASEBALL
Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
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Zustand: Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Artikel-Nr. S26E-01210
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The ARMCHAIR BOOK OF BASEBALL
Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Artikel-Nr. N04P-00852
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The Armchair Book of Baseball
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Simon & Schuster, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826
ISBN 13: 9780684184821
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Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Artikel-Nr. 17407840-6
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The Armchair Book of Baseball
Verlag:
Simon & Schuster, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826
ISBN 13: 9780684184821
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Hardcover
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Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). First Edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Artikel-Nr. 4022546-6
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The ARMCHAIR BOOK OF BASEBALL
Anbieter: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, USA
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hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. James Stevenson (illustrator). Scribner Book Company October 1985 Hardcover. No jacket. Much scuffing to boards, mostly around spine. Foxing to fore edge. Artikel-Nr. 177649
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The Armchair Book of Baseball
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Prentice Hall (a Pearson Edu, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826
ISBN 13: 9780684184821
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Anbieter: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, USA
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Hardback. Zustand: Used: Very good. James Stevenson (illustrator). Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDBaseballVery good quality with clean pages. Dust jackets with creasing. Artikel-Nr. Ware695jp034
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The ARMCHAIR BOOK OF BASEBALL (The armchair library)
Anbieter: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in very good dust jacket. Book club. Artikel-Nr. ware359mm071
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The Armchair Book of Baseball; A Lavish Celebration of the national pastime from an all-star lineup of writers, reporters and raconteurs
Verlag:
Charles Scribner's sons, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826
ISBN 13: 9780684184821
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Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). First Printing [Stated]. xiii, 388 pages. Illustrations. DJ is price clipped and has some wear along the edges. Foreword by Peter V. Ueberroth. More than sixty contributions come together in this affectionate look at baseball, from writers, reporters, and raconteurs including Roger Angell, Jim Bouton, Roger Kahn, Philip Roth, James Michener, Red Smith, John Updike, and more. This is one of the Armchair Library series. John A. Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a German-born sports historian, author, publisher, and cultural commentator. Since March 1, 2011, he has been the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball. Thorn served as the senior creative consultant for the 1994 Ken Burns documentary Baseball. In 2004, Thorn discovered documentation that traced the origins of baseball in America to 1791 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He has also attempted to shed light on the contributions of 19th century pioneers of the game, while debunking common misconceptions. In June 2006, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) bestowed on Thorn its highest accolade, the Bob Davids Award. The award honors those whose contributions to SABR and baseball reflect the ingenuity, integrity, and self-sacrifice of the founder and past president of SABR, L. Robert "Bob" Davids. James Stevenson, the humorist and cartoonist, illustrated this book. He is a staff writer for the New Yorker Magazine, the author of several books. Derived from a review found posted on-line: Mr. Thorn includes 61 prose and verse selections arranged alphabetically by author. There's a great deal of assorted commentary and humor. Scientist Stephen Jay Gould explains `"The Extinction of the .400 Hitter'' memorably and succinctly . Other writers look to "extreme achievers'' of the past, in such vivid pieces as Gay Talese's profile of Joe DiMaggio in retirement; Thomas Boswell's insouciant evaluation of "Mr. October,'' Reggie Jackson; and Red Smith's tribute to Howard Ehmke, the unlikely veteran hero of the 1929 World Series. Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First'' comedy routine comes across surprisingly well on the printed page, and Russell Baker's imaginary interview with Yankees' president George Steinbrenner (on the subject of firing employees) is wryly amusing. But few readers will find anything funny in the labored "Quotations from Chairman Pete [Rose],'' or much worth preserving in the boring, overheated prose of the late celebrity-sportswriter Jimmy Cannon. There are several good poems from May Swenson, John Updike, and Robert Fitzgerald. There are excerpts from baseball fiction (by Ring Lardner, Robert Coover, and John Sayles) - and from classic nonfiction books like Roger Kahn's "The Boys of Summer'' and Robert Creamer's "Babe''. It's perhaps just as well that Thorn offers only two speculative essays that attempt to define baseball's appeal. Yale president A. Bartlett Giamatti's "The Green Fields of the Mind'' acknowledges the sentimentalism that is at the heart of fan-dom. And Philip Roth's "My Baseball Years'' contends that the game as played (and followed) some 30 years ago was a genuine socializing force. These 61 companion pieces suggest the essential truth of Jim Bouton's memorable observation (in his "Ball Four''): "You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.'' Even those of us who never played the game can feel that tug, and will welcome the vicarious satisfactions to be found in this splendid and entertaining book. Artikel-Nr. 79629
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The Armchair Book of Baseball
Verlag:
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826
ISBN 13: 9780684184821
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Hardcover
Anbieter: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. James Stevenson (illustrator). Second printing [stated]. Format is approximately 7.5 inches by 9.25 inches. xii, 388 pages. Illustrations. Foreword by Peter V. Ueberroth. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. This is one of The Armchair Library. A collection of articles and commentaries about America's favorite pastime. Among the writers represented are: Roger Angell, Russell Baker, Moe Berg, Ira Berkow, Roy Blount, Thomas Boswell, Jim Bouton, Robert Creamer, Joseph Durso, Curt Flood, Bartlett Giamatti, Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Kahn, Kinsella, Ring Lardner, Eugene McCarthy, James Michener, Zander Hollander, Shirley Povich, Pete Rose, Philip Roth, William Safire, Irwin Shaw, Wilfrid Sheed, Red Smith, Gay Talese, John Updike, and George F. Will. John A. Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a German-born sports historian, author, publisher, and cultural commentator. Since March 1, 2011, he has been the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball. Thorn is the author and editor of numerous books, including Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball, Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame, The Hidden Game of Baseball, The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947?1957, and The Armchair Book of Baseball. His 2011 book, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game was an in-depth chronicle of the seminal development and pioneers of the sport. A New York Times review of the latter book referred to Thorn as "a researcher of colossal diligence." Thorn is also the co-author with Pete Palmer and Bob Carroll of The Hidden Game of Football and with them co-editors of Total Football. His book New York 400, a graphic history of the city timed for its quadricentennial, created with the Museum of the City of New York and Running Press, was published in September 2009. Thorn is a columnist for Voices, the publication of the New York Folklore Society. He founded Total Sports Publishing and served as its publisher from 1998?2002. Among the topics covered are Ron Darling, No-hitter, New York Yankees, Steinbrenner, Bruce Gardner, Reggie Jackson, Ballparks, Henry Waugh, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, George Brett, Ty Cobb, Richards Vidmer, Sportswriters, Carl Erskine, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Designated Hitter, Josh Gibson, Sam Rick, Marty McHale, Rod Kanehl, Joe DiMaggio Rube Waddell, Yankee Stadium, Bleachers, Chicago Cubs, George Brunet, and Frank Chance. Artikel-Nr. 84616