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Blackball Stars Negro Leagues Pioneers
[Buy it!] | Holway John B. | USD 16.95
(Thu May 23 20:27:17 2024) | Biblio | About Books | Westport, Connecticut: Meckler Books, Date: 1988. Fine condition in a Fair dust jacket (chipped, torn). Not price clipped ($22.50). Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. Photo illustrated. Oral baseball history, based on interviews with some of the Negro League greatest players: Sol White, Rube Foster, John Henry Lloyd, Jose Mendez, Smokey Joe Williams, Dick Redding (The Cannonball), Louis Santop (The Big Bertha), Oscar Charleston, Cristobal Torriente, Dick Lundy (King Richard), Oliver Marcelle (The Ghost of New Orleans), Judy Johnson, Joe Rogan (Bullet Joe), Dobie Moore (The Black Cat), Jud Wilson (Boojum), Biz Mackey, Martin Dihigo, Norman "Turkey" Stearnes, Mule Suttles, Red Grier, Luther Farrell, Chino Smith, Cum Posey, Gus Greenlee, J. L. Wilkinson, Leon Day, and Ray Dandridge. Front of jacket features a team photo of the 1921 Kansas City Monarchs. Bound in the original black cloth. Includes dust jacket.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fair jacket (chipped, torn). 8vo. xvi, 400pp. 1988. Meckler Books ISBN 0887360947 9780887360947 [US] |
