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WHEN IN DOUBT, FIRE THE MANAGER: My Life and Times in Baseball
by Dark, Alvin and Underwood, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0525232648
- ISBN 13
- 9780525232643
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton (1980) 242 pp. Original green paper covered boards w/ blue cloth spine. Faint sunning at edges. Light natural toning to blank endpapers. DJ has modest edge wear w/ creases to front flap. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104SPBB
- Title
- WHEN IN DOUBT, FIRE THE MANAGER: My Life and Times in Baseball
- Author
- Dark, Alvin and Underwood, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ to Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525232648
- ISBN 13
- 9780525232643
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1980
- Keywords
- SPORTS BASEBALL HISTORY BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ATHLETES MANAGERS DARK ALVIN RALPH BLACKIE SWAMP FOX 1922 MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS TEAMS BOSTON BRAVES 1946 1949 NEW YORK GIANTS 1950 1956 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 1956 1958 CHICAGO CUBS 1958 1959 PHILADELPHIA PHILLI
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Sports - Baseball; Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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