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The Southpaw
by Harris, Mark
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. The first book in Harris' baseball quartet about pitcher Henry Wiggen, preceding Bang the Drum Slowly. Green boards with gilt gently bumped and rubbed, hinges loose. Large portion of the upper corner of the front end paper clipped, stain to the rear end papers. Jacket shows light wear at the edges, spine slightly tanned, with creases to the flaps, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231162
- Title
- The Southpaw
- Author
- Harris, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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