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Baseball Has Done It
by Robinson, Jackie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine(+) jacket with extremely minor edge-wear, think crease to rear flap amd faint sin-daing to spine. Jacket now h/near fine
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1964. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Fine in near fine(+) jacket with extremely minor edge-wear, think crease to rear flap amd faint sin-daing to spine. Jacket now housed in archival mylar. Please see photos./near fine. Octavo in white and red (spine) illus jacket; 216 pages ; 21 cm. A lovely copy of the first edition. / Contents: The past -- The present -- The future. "Jackie Robinson's theme is that integration in baseball has proved that Americans can live together in peaceful competition. The theme is developed with a history of Negroes in baseball. Excerpts from their lives as players are given in their own words, by Larry Doby, for instance, and by Roy Campanella. Ball club managers, prominently Branch Rickey, tell why they hired Negroes and how the barriers were broken down."âPublisher. // African American athletes. Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Segregation. African American athletes. Baseball. Sportifs noirs américains. Discrimination dans les sports -- Ãtats-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. African American athletes. Discrimination in sports. Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. Black Studies. Sports.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93318
- Title
- Baseball Has Done It
- Author
- Robinson, Jackie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine(+) jacket with extremely minor edge-wear, think crease to rear flap amd faint sin-daing to spine. Jacket now h
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports and Recreation;
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About the Seller
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About Bibliope by Calvello Books
Over thirty-five years experience in the used, out-of-print and rare book trades. Selling online since 1997. WWW.BIBLIOPE.COM (formerly Calvello Books)
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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