Rambling Halfback (A Bronc Burnett Story)
by McCormick, Wilfred
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/G-
- Seller
-
La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/G-. Book #4 in the 27-book YA series, published 1948-1967, featuring 16-year-old star athlete Bronc Burnett, with "a world of how-to-play tips interwoven with the exciting yarns themselves." Providing "a stadium full of thrills,'' this series was set in Sonora, New Mexico, & offered stories about baseball, football, & scouting, at which Bronc was equally adept. Orig. written in 1950, this is a slightly later printing of that First Edition, listing to BB#6 in front matter& BB#8 on back DJ cover, self-summary on front flap. In 183 pages. With tan textured cloth-over-boards stamped in brown with images of football players to front/brown lettering to spine, this 12mo is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean, pages slightly off-white but completely unmarked, binding strong & straight. The unclipped DJ is Good- (minus): cover & spine are colorful & bright, with small rubbed areas of sticker pull; heavier rubbing to back cover; chipping to all corners. Nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022852
- Title
- Rambling Halfback (A Bronc Burnett Story)
- Author
- McCormick, Wilfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- G-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- YA MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUNG ADULT BOYS SERIES CHAPTER BOOKS SPORTS ATHLETES TEAMS high school students football DJ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Sports & Fitness;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...