Giants of the Polo Grounds: The Glorious Times of Baseball's New York Giants by HYND, Noel - 1988

Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, The, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, The, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday Books, 1988. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Giants of The Polo Grounds is the definitive work on baseball's New York Giants and their tenure in New York City. An "Editor's Choice" of The New York Times when it was first published more than 20 years ago, the book was also a Spitball Magazine nominee for the Best Baseball Book of the year.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1988. First. Hard Cover. fine/fine. First edition (stated). Cloth, 396 pps. with index; illustrated. Wonderfully entertaining and readable history of the storied New York Giants baseball team from its beginnings in the 1880s when most of the players were transferred from the Troy (NY) Haymakers, through the glory years of Mathewson and McGraw and into the age of Willie Mays. One of the best baseball books of the last 20 years. Fine in fine, bright dust jacket.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. Fine condition in bright, Near Fine Dust Jacket (one short closed tear to rear panel of jacket). No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. With 32 pages of vintage photos. Bibliography. Index. Captivating tales of Christy Mathewson, Carl Hubbell, Joe McGinnity, Rube Marquand, Benny Kauff, Franny Frisch, Johhny Rawlings, Casey Stengel, Mike Donlin, Jack Bentley, John McGraw, Bill Terry, Mel Ott, Leo Durocher, Johnny Mize, Dusty Rhodes, Willie Mays, Bobby Thompson, Sal Maglie, Monte Irvin, Gil Hodges, move to San Francisco, etc. Keywords: Major League Baseball. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Green cloth spine/black boards/DJ Not Price Clipped (18.95). Illus. by Marcellino, Fred (jacket art). 8vo. vii, 396pp.

Doubleday. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Hardbound with dust jacket. Moderate foxing/spotting of top edge, less on other edges. Pages unmarked, gentle wear.

NY:: Doubleday,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0385237901 . First edition. INSCRIBED by the author in 1990. Near fine in a near fine (small, light damp stain on rear panel) dust jacket. .