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The Devils' Coach
by Jim Brock (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0891911030
- ISBN 13
- 9780891911036
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€14.02€9.82
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About This Item
Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, Publishing, 1977 David C. Cook, Publishing, Elgin, IL. 1977. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light foxing to textlbock edges and front endpapers; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95); light foxing to obverse and reverse of teh DJ; light shelfwear to tips. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine.168 pp 8vo. This book is an account of Jim Brock's Christian rebirth and his transformation as the coach of Arizona State University's baseball team, the Sun Devils, culminating with winning the 1977 NCAA Baseball championship. Basis of a documentary film of the same name. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016734
- Title
- The Devils' Coach
- Author
- Jim Brock (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0891911030
- ISBN 13
- 9780891911036
- Publisher
- David C. Cook, Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Elgin, IL
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Arizona State University, autobiography, baseball, movie, religion, Sports, Jim Brock, college baseball, Bobby Winkles, ASU, Bump Wills, College Baseball World Series, Sun Devils
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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