About this title: This diary chronicles James T. Farrell's enduring passion for baseball, from his earliest baseball memory at the age of six through his reminiscences of his first World Series game in 1917 to his later recollections of Ray Schalk, Eddie Collins, Red Faber, Ty Cobb and Gabby Hartnett.
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. S. Barnes, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. 276 p. 22 cm. HARDCOVER 1st printing of the 1st edition; x-library copy with usual markings: good in good dust jacket. Chicago born & raised, Farrell was a fine and popular novelist from the 1930s on. Most famous for his coming of age novel "Studs Lonigan" he was also an active, lifelong baseball fan. Here, in an unjustly neglected work, he writes about the game he loved. Focuses on Chicago baseball (though not exclusively) & includes Black Sox' Buck Weaver ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A.S. Barnes, New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 276 Pages, $3.75 publishers dust jacket price, Light Edge Wear to the DJ Spine Ends. read more
Edition: First Trade
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, IL, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780809321896ISBN:0809321890
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1957 book by the author of Studs Lonigan. Minor staining to the top and side edge, otherwise, a near fine copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Company. New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Dust Jacket has a one-inch tear at top of spine and shows general wear. Binding and contents are clean and tight. Tan cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 276 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. S. Barnes & Co., New York
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Light bumping to spine extremeties. DJ bumped at spine extremeties and at flap fold corners. Small tear in head of spine. Some light soil to DJ panels.; 276 pages. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Co. New York, NY
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 276 pp. VG-/G Small pen markings on front and rear EP; some foxing. Substantial chipping and foxing on DJ; light pencil markings on dj rear; moderate tear at dj spine top. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. S. Barnes, New York
Date Published: (1957)
Description: First edition. Fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with a few small chips and rubbing to front panel. Reminiscences of the game by the creator of Studs Lonigan. Shannon 100. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. S. Barnes, New York
Date Published: (1957)
Description: First edition. Faint owner name stamp else near fine in a very good dustwrapper with several modest nicks and tears and foxing on the front flap. Reminiscences of the game by the creator of Studs Lonigan. Shannon 100. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A.S. Barnes, New York
Date Published: (1957)
Description: First edition. Early gift inscription dated in 1959, boards a bit soiled, a very good only copy in a price-clipped, good or better dustwrapper with small chips and tears. Engaging reminiscences of the game by the creator of Studs Lonigan. This copy is Inscribed at a later date to Joe DiMaggio: "To Joe DiMaggio with kind regards. James T. Farrell. Aug. 17, 1978 N.Y. " DiMaggio, who is mentioned in the text, as any book about baseball from this era would, must have been forced to seek out a used ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-13:9780809321896ISBN:0809321890
Description: Very good. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 1998. Paperback. 1st Ed. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
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