9780825630309 - Baseball the beautiful;: Decoding the diamond (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Paul Spina illustrations (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Light edge tone, light wear. Solid paperback. ; First Edition, First Printing INSCRIBED by author to bookseller and wife opposite title page. "Cohen is a superfan, and he has written an intellectual manual for his co-religionists. They know who they are and they will cherish this manual." - Introduction by Jim Bouton. ; 120 pages.

Zustand: fair. Paul Spina (illustrator). First Printing. 120, wraps, illus., covers soiled, stained, and somewhat worn, name stamped inside front flyleaf, sticker residue on rear cover. Introduction by Jim Bouton. Chapter titles include "The Ravings of a Baseball Fanatic, " "Pagan, Ritualistic, and Religious Resemblances to Plain Old Baseball, " "The Tragically Short Span of Excellence; the Brief Term of a Player's Fading Glory, " "The Whole Team, Feeding on Individual Talents, " and "Exercises in Baseball as a Way of Fiction, " among many others.