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1933ref. 537027Chicago: Buxton Publishing Co 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 1933 edition. Large quarto. 544pp. Illustrated from photographs. Red cloth boards. Chip in upper right corner of front board with some light staining on the same board else very good and internally about fine. An important volume heavily illustrated with photographs and full-page biographies of then current baseball stars. A presentable copy of a large book usually found well-worn. Buxton Publishing Co hardcover
1933ref. HJWW001Chicago: Buxton Publishing Company 1933 First edition. Inscribed by the book's publisher Grover C. Buxton on front free endpaper: "To 'Bobby' / from / Grover / Sept. 27 1933" and signed again by Buxton on p. 11. Original red cloth baseball design and title in gilt to front board titles in gilt to spine frontispiece photograph of High Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis. A good copy with a rectangular patch of fading to front board a bit of wear and soiling to exterior hinges slightly loose fairly large chip to p. 47 pages otherwise intact and very clean offsetting and residue from removed bookplate to front free endpaper. Overall a presentable copy of a classic baseball book. Who's Who in Major League Baseball compiled by the sportswriter Harold Speed Johnson is a directory that includes biographical sketches and statistics for the professional baseball players around the time of its publication. It also includes sections with biographies on coaches umpires statisticians and other figures in the world of baseball. Each biography includes a sepia portrait alongside it. This is the first edition of the first book which was issued annually afterwards until 1955. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Chicago: Buxton Publishing Company hardcover
1933ref. 462916Chicago: Buxton Publishing Co 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 1933 edition. Large quarto. 544pp. Illustrated from photographs. Red cloth boards. Owner name on the front fly a small spot on the front board slight wear on the spine ends very good. An important and attractive volume heavily illustrated with photographs and full-page biographies of then current baseball stars. A nice presentable copy of a large book usually found well-worn. Buxton Publishing Co hardcover
1933ref. 70304Chicago IL: Buxton Publishing Co 1933. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. 544 pages. small former owner's name on first page. introduction by Henry P. Edwards. sections on Kenesaw M. Landis biographies of Baseball Officials and Immemoria Sketch on James Iovino and Introduction to Players Umpires Hank O'Day History of Baseball etc. light scuffs to covers with some light spots. light foxing to inside front and rear covers. very bottom edge of last page has bottom one inch mended with clear tape and on page 543 & 544 at bottom are light brownish spots dissimilar to foxing. red cloth covers with gilt titles. spine a little dulled. shipping will be extra for this book please inquire. ; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 Buxton Publishing Co hardcover
1935ref. 51494Chicago IL: B. E. Callahan 1935. fair to good. 240 illus. tables discoloration inside boards and flyleaves some darkening to text top & bottom spine edges worn. 2 vols. in one--Book 1: The American League 128 pages and Book 2: The National League 112 pages. Features Yankee manager Joe McCarthy Babe Ruth Dizzy Dean and Casey Stengel among many others. B. E. Callahan hardcover
1933ref. 21742Buxton Chicago 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Boards discolored from dampness a few crayon marks on eps half-title and Intro. 544 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Baseball; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21742. . Buxton hardcover
1935ref. 21590Callahan Chicago 1935. 1st Edition. Softcover Side-stapled. Very Good Condition. 128 pages. Spine chipped at head. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Baseball; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21590. . Callahan paperback
1937ref. 1302140076B. E. Callahan 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text is clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers purple w/gilt show light edge wear/fading and rubbing/light stains. Back strip edge wear. Binding cracked but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! B. E. Callahan hardcover
1933ref. 52594Chicago:: Buxton Publishing Co. 1933. First edition. publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 1944 ink gift inscription; otherwise very near fine in a jacket with numerous long splits and tears neatly reinforced with tissue on verso; and a number of one-inch chips. Folio. Illustrated from photographs throughout. Buxton Publishing Co., hardcover
1936ref. 002420Chicago: B. E. Callahan 1936. 177pp num bw ills schedule stats etc. Or blue cloth with gold title. Slightly rubbed at edges and moderately worn at head and foot of spine. No splits tears stains etc and very clean and tight. Covers the commissioners owners and players in all major league baseball teams for the year. Scarce in this condition. 1936 Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. B. E. Callahan Hardcover
ref. 1019877561.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0364442581.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1900ref. mon00000059951900-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback generally in good condition for its age with some wear or markings to book covers and discolouring to page edges due to age. Clean copy. unknown
ref. 1404855459.Glibrary. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
ref. 13-1294San Francisco: Printed for Henry H. Hart by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn 1936. Folio 24.3 x 37.5 cm 8pp. Bound Letterpress On Fine Paper Deckled Edges. Very good with small tears rubbing some creasing minor edge wear and perforation minor stains on cover. French-fold original wraps with some insect damage. Illustrated color plates maps. One of 100 copies printed. Folded Presentation sheet finely printed on deckled handmade paper "from Henry H. Hart for fellow members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco" present. San Francisco: Printed for Henry H. Hart by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, 1936. paperback
ref. 0837498023New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
1993ref. Q-0837498023Newfield Publications 1993-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Newfield Publications hardcover
1998ref. 33253NY: Putnam. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0399226311 . Illustrated by Julie Downing. First impression. Fine in an about fine hint of age toning to flap edges dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover books
1998ref. Q-0399226311Putnam Juvenile 1998-03-23. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Putnam Juvenile hardcover
1998ref. 33253NY: Putnam. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0399226311 . Illustrated by Julie Downing. First impression. Fine in an about fine hint of age toning to flap edges dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover
ref. 19882608like new. unknown
2009ref. Q-1934964298Oni Press 2009-12-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Oni Press paperback
ref. 35268London: George Humble. 1627. 8.5 x 11.5 cm. Uncoloured. Miniature county map of Warwickshire. Text on verso. Slight weakening to impression at upper right corner. Small hole just within lower border though not affecting printed area. [London: George Humble. 1627] unknown
ref. 9137London: William Humble. 1612-46. No binding. Good. 385 x 515 mm. with recent outline and wash colour in good condition. This map is by arguably the most famous English cartographer John Speed 1552-1629. First published in the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' 1612. It was the first atlas of the whole British Isles. He was a tailor by trade and had a fascination for history. He used numerous sources for the counties and had the plates engraved by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam. This issue is from the 1646 edition published by William Humble. Speed's maps are noted for being the first to include the boundaries of the hundreds and for introducing town plans on the maps. Here we find on the left panel Beaumaris Carnarvan Harlieg Cardigan Penbrok and Carmarthen. The right side bears Denbigh Flint Montgomery Radnor Brecknok and Cardife. Booth p. 30; Evans 1964 p. 7; Roberts 1994 pp. 34-9; Shirley 2004 T.Spe 1g; Skelton 1970 48. William Humble. 1612-[46] unknown
ref. 49700Antwerp, WAFT galery, 2015 English. Hardcover (25x25 centimetre), 256 pages. ISBN 9783667105547.
