Harold kaese (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. A little offsetting to the front fly, and a little rubbing, else near fine lacking the dustwrapper.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Photos; ads, 7.5 x 5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, contents toned and a bit used, with a couple of inkstamps for Goodwin Goldgaden bookstore in Los Angeles 1951. Relatively SCARCE item. Kaese and Ralby were sports writers for the Boston Globe.…

First edition. 269 pages. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. First Edition. First edition- copyright date of 1954, with no additional printings listed. Dust jacket flap is unclipped with a price of $3.50 in upper corner. Light blue cloth covers with red lettering on spine. The book is in good condition with some foxing and staining, especially on end pages, borders of the pages of photographs and page edges. Affixed on the front end page is the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum sticker. The contents are tight and otherwise clean with no markings or highlighting. The dust jacket is in fair condition with chipping and wear to the edges, a couple of closable tears. The rear panel which list the titles in the Putnam Sports Series, is spotted and soiled. Despite the stated flaws, it is still a decent dust jacketed copy of a an uncommon baseball history. Published in 1954, the year after the Braves moved from Boston to Milwaukee, this book chronicles the 82-year history of the Braves in Boston (written by Kaese) and of their move to Milwaukee and their "glorious" reception there (written by Lynch) . ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by Illustrated from Black and White Photo (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. 269pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Owner's decorative bookplate laid on front pastedown, light offsetting on endpapers, else very good in a good only dustwrapper with brown tape repair inside edges, spine faded. Scarce title. …

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. signed by the author on the ffep. dj shows minor wear, pages tanned and clean.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Features: Food is a Weapon - is the British blockade sabotaging the democratic cause?; Wilderness Defense - delayed and censored printing of a color-photo illustrated article on the development of certain defense projects in the northwest, and measures to protect northwest timber from incendiaries; We Learn the Hard Way - looking the facts about our Pacific war in the face; It's Tough To Take Your Shoes Off - What Made Lefty Grove One of the Greatest Baseball Pitchers of them all?; Postmarked London - Little-known facts about England in Wartime. Short Stories: Dawn Attack; Sleight-of-Heart; Sometimes Talking Helps; "This Week's Bargain". Also includes Murder in the OPM (part 1 of 6) and Sugarfoot (part 7 of 8). Great color-illustrated back cover Coke ad features lovely server at soda fountain serving two servicemen. 88 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful WWII-era issue.; Cover Photo; Folio. Illustrated by Arnold, Rudy (illustrator). …

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, ix, [1], 269pp, [1]. Blue cloth, title stamped in blue on the spine. No additional printings noted. Light rubbing to tips of the spine, a near fine example. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. Includes frontispiece portrait and seven photographic plates of players. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 on the front flap, light sunning to the spine, chip to lower corner of rear panel, a very good example. Signed on the half title by Tommy Holmes and Warren Spahn. Tommy Holmes (1917 - 2008) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. Holmes was a two-time All-Star (1945, 1948) and led the National League in several categories during his standout 1945 season, including hits (224), doubles (47), home runs (28), total bases (367), and slugging percentage (.577). He later served as the Braves' manager from 1951 to 1952, compiling a 61-69 record. Warren Spahn (1921 - 2003) was an American left-handed pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston and Milwaukee Braves. He holds the MLB record for most career wins by a left-handed pitcher, with 363 victories, and is fifth on the all-time wins list. Spahn achieved 20 or more wins in 13 seasons, the most by any left-hander in MLB history. He was a 17-time All-Star and won the Cy Young Award in 1957. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973. The first edition of The Boston Braves by Harold Kaese, signed by Boston Braves players, Tommy Holmes and Warren Spahn. This work is part of the Putnam's Sports Series. (illustrator). Signed.…