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One Man's Dream; My Town, My Team, My Time
by Frank White (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0985631422
- ISBN 13
- 9780985631420
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Olathe, KS: Ascend Books, 2012 Ascend Books, Olathe, KS. 2012. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. INscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; scant smudging to textblock fore edge from thumbing pages. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95). Blue paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 271 pp 8vo. Frank White played 18 years for the Kansas City Royals and was a premier gold-glove second baseman who led the Royals to their World Series Championship. This book gives fans an inside look at his baseball legacy, from the glory days of the 1970s to the disappointing way the organization turned its back on its greatest representative- both on and off the field. A clean pristine copy. Laid in are a Second to None card and a card for Inside the Park about Willie Wilson.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013955
- Title
- One Man's Dream; My Town, My Team, My Time
- Author
- Frank White (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0985631422
- ISBN 13
- 9780985631420
- Publisher
- Ascend Books
- Place of Publication
- Olathe, KS
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Kansas City Royals, Frank White, major league player, major league baseball, American league, World Series, Hall of Fame,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Kansas Related; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Fore Edge
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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