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My Baseball Diary, A Famed American Author Recalls the Wonderful World of Baseball - Yesterday and Today

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My Baseball Diary, A Famed American Author Recalls the Wonderful World of Baseball - Yesterday and Today

by Farrell, James T

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New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1957. Very Good condition. No owner's name or bookplate. Square and tight. Grobani 27-25. Shannon pp. 268-271 [DIAMOND CLASSICS, ESSAYS ON 100 OF THE BEST BASEBALL BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED]. Branch pp. 129-131. From the Dust Jacket: "[Farrell's] memories of ball games stretch back to the year 1911 when he saw the no-hit game Big Ed Walsh, of the Chicago White Sox, hurled against the Boston Red Sox... The book contains a number of different types of stories, reminiscences and descriptions of various aspects of the game. Farrell reveals what the dreams of baseball were to a boy passionately devoted to the game, and how these dreams have changed into the continuing interest and enthusiasm of the mature man; there are biographies of, and interviews with players, past and present; the last interview given by Buck Weaver is recorded here; a description of baseball schools; an account of the author's journey to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown with his young son, and many more baseball memorabilia.". 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Original tan cloth/DJ flaps laid- in (price$3.75). 8vo. xi, 276pp.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
001663
Title
My Baseball Diary, A Famed American Author Recalls the Wonderful World of Baseball - Yesterday and Today
Author
Farrell, James T
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Original tan cloth
Jacket Condition
DJ flaps laid- in (price$3.75)
Edition
1st ed? (No additional printings listed)
Publisher
A. S. Barnes and Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1957
Bookseller catalogs
Baseball;
Size
8vo. xi, 276pp

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