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Comeback
by Dravecky, Dave (signed); with Tim Stafford
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0310528801
- ISBN 13
- 9780310528807
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Grand Rapids, Michigan / San Francisco, CA: Zondervan / Harper & Row, Publishers, 1990. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper as follows: "Bill, All my best! God Bless! (signed) Dave Dravecky." Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 24 pages of photographs, most in full color. Chronology of Events. Bound in the original gray boards with a black cloth spine. Stamped in shiny red metallic on the spine and front cover. Inspirational autobiography of major league baseball pitcher and cancer survivor Dave Dravecky, who starred for the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants. Selected for the All-Star game in July 1983, Dravecky pitched two scoreless innings for the National League. In October 1984 Dravecky made five relief appearances for the Padres in the National League championships and the World Series, pitching ten and two-third scoreless innings. After being traded to the San Francisco Giants, he beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 5-0 on October 7, 1987 in the National League championship series. From the Dust Jacket: "The story of... Dave Dravecky stands out as one of the greatest comebacks of all time. When his doctors removed a cancerous tumor from his pitching arm in October of 1988, they removed muscle as well and gave him near-zero chances of ever pitching again. On August 10, 1989, Dravecky pitched again. He won [going 8 innings and beating the Cincinnati Reds].". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Dave Dravecky. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 253pp. + 24 pages of photos.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015169
- Title
- Comeback
- Author
- Dravecky, Dave (signed); with Tim Stafford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Second printing
- ISBN 10
- 0310528801
- ISBN 13
- 9780310528807
- Publisher
- Zondervan / Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Grand Rapids, Michigan / San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Baseball;
- Size
- 8vo. 253pp. + 24 pages of photos
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