Remember Times Square before it was a theme park? Remember when there was no such thing as a luxury box? In the first half of the century New York City was sports heaven, full of lives lived in the ring, on the field, in the bar. Lawrence Ritter has spent decades listening to old-timers recall stories of the men who made New York City the center of the sporting world. With Ritter's richly evocative text and nearly 200 images in both color and black & white, East Side, West Side brings back to life sites from Babe Ruth's ...
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Remember Times Square before it was a theme park? Remember when there was no such thing as a luxury box? In the first half of the century New York City was sports heaven, full of lives lived in the ring, on the field, in the bar. Lawrence Ritter has spent decades listening to old-timers recall stories of the men who made New York City the center of the sporting world. With Ritter's richly evocative text and nearly 200 images in both color and black & white, East Side, West Side brings back to life sites from Babe Ruth's haunts and the forgotten ballparks of the Negro Leagues to Gil Hodges's bowling lanes, middleweight Mickey Walker's Toy Bulldog Tavern, and Professor Heckler's hugely popular Flea Circus.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Rucker, Mark. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 210 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 1998 edition with DJ. Book is NEW
Edition:
Edition not stated, No previous printings noted
Publisher:
Total Sports
Published:
1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17077922360
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New York, Total Sports, 1998, large format hardcover (9" x 11"), xiii-210 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed and inscribed by the author " For Alan-With best wishes and many thanks, Larry Ritter", Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slightest spine-end touches. As new dustjacket, unclipped, bearing original price. The sports historian, and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written', presents a cultural history of New York City in the first half of the twentieth century with sports, those who participated in them, and the many legendary venues that housed them at the center. Profusely illustrated throughout with both black-&-white and color photographs, many from the author's personal collection. Appended: Bibliography, Addendum, Index. Foreword by Lawrence Block. ISBN 9780965694964.
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Rucker, Mark. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author. 210 pages. First edition, first printing. Foreword by Lawrence Block. Illustrated with many black & white photographs. Inscribed by Ritter on the page facing the title page. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
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Edition not stated, No previous printings noted
Publisher:
Total Sports
Published:
1998
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16807035150
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New York, Total Sports, 1998, large format hardcover (9" x 11"), xiii-210 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Association Copy, Signed by the author and inscribed to the American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould with a bookplate to the front pastedown identifying the book as 'From the Library of...', Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in protective glassine sleeve. The sports historian and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written', presents a cultural history of New York City in the first half of the twentieth century with sports, those who participated in them, and the many legendary venues that housed them at the center. Profusely illustrated throughout with both black-&-white and color photographs, many from the author's personal collection. Appended: Bibliography, Addendum, Index. Foreword by Lawrence Block. ISBN 9780965694964
