The Third Strike
by Quirk, Leslie W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First edition (so stated, September, 1914). Octavo. Illustrated with four b/w plates by Henry S. Watson. Original green pictorial cloth with baseball scene in red and cream. No dust jacket. Very good. 349 pages + 1 page of ads for The Wellworth College Series.
Includes chapters: "How to Play Baseball" "Batters Only" "He Wanted to Pitch" "The Underhand Throw."
Early signature of Will Hansgen, Rock Island, Ill.; small bookseller bookplate on rear pastedown.
Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2221924
- Title
- The Third Strike
- Author
- Quirk, Leslie W
- Illustrator
- Henry S. Watson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1914
Terms of Sale
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