Three Men on Third: A New Book of Baseball Anecdotes and Odities (in bright original dust jacket)
by Smith, Ira L. and Smith, H. Allen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition. Hardcover in pale blue cloth. Illustrated endpapers, 250 pp. with illustrations by Leo Hershfield. A tight, bright, crisp example, small ownership signature verso of the front free endpaper; in a bright, crisp dust jacket, price intact, tiny scratch front panel. A very popular 1950s baseball humor book, very unusal in this condition.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E13718
- Title
- Three Men on Third: A New Book of Baseball Anecdotes and Odities (in bright original dust jacket)
- Author
- Smith, Ira L. and Smith, H. Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- baseball, sports, humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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