This poignant tale showcases an athlete of immeasurable talent who met an untimely death. Roberto Clemente, one of history's greatest and most memorable baseball stars, led a remarkable professional and personal life, until he met an untimely death in 1972 in a plane crash, while on his way to the site of a disastrous earthquake in Nicaragua. The first Latin American player to be recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Clemente is honored once again in this book that illustrates his dramatic life from his childhood in ...
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This poignant tale showcases an athlete of immeasurable talent who met an untimely death. Roberto Clemente, one of history's greatest and most memorable baseball stars, led a remarkable professional and personal life, until he met an untimely death in 1972 in a plane crash, while on his way to the site of a disastrous earthquake in Nicaragua. The first Latin American player to be recognized by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Clemente is honored once again in this book that illustrates his dramatic life from his childhood in Puerto Rico to his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Very Good. Size: 7x5x1; no signs of cover wear, clean glossy, pages clean, bright and unmarked, spine tightListing Includes Books Image. Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping. Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S.
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Good. Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Dust jacket is protected in a mylar cover. Pages are clean. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Book. Octavo; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with blue print; DJ has light edgewear, light smudging to rear, price-clipped; Boards in green cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xiii, 274 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1339447. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Very good, clean, tight condition. First edition, second printing. Personal copy of former MLB player and manager Bill Virdon. Texts free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Second printing. Octavo. 274pp. Foreword by Wilfrid Sheed. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Endpapers lightly foxed, cloth lightly faded towards bottom edges, else very good in a very good edgeworn dustwrapper.
