Willie Mays, Early Biography, 1966 Dutton 1st Edition HCDJ 1st Printing, VG/VG

Description: DESCRIPTION: Solid example of the first edition of the Hall of Famer's biography. First printing of the first trade edition; not a book club edition and not ex-library. Hardcover with original dust jacket; Dutton, NY, 1966; $4.95 price on flap, full black/orange cloth boards, 320 pp. Comes in a brand-new archival-quality mylar jacket cover. CONDITION: Book VERY GOOD; jacket VERY GOOD. Solid strong binding, sitting square. Very clean cloth boards with no obvious wear; no sunning but some extremely minor foxing (tiny off-color dots). One owner inscription in ink on flyleaf, otherwise no writing or underlining. Great color to jacket with no fading to spine; two small closed tears near spine ends but otherwise crisp edges/corners; no chips or creases. NOT ex-library; NOT flap-clipped; NOT remaindered on edges. SHIPPING: Packaged securely in a box via USPS Media. ** See all my Willie Mays books:Born to Play Ball, 1st/2nd Ed. HCDJ, Ex-Lib (1955)Willie Mays, 1st/1st Ed. HCDJ (1966)Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays, 1st/1st Ed. HCDJ (1988), UNREADWillie Mays: The Life, the Legend, by James Hirsch, 1st/1st Ed. HCDJ (2010), UNREAD 1954: Willie Mays, by Bill Madden, 1st/1st Ed. HCDJ (2014), UNREADThe Baseball Life of Willie Mays, by Lee Greene, 1st/1st Ed. Scholastic PB (1970) Willie Mays, by Arnold Hano, 1st/4th Ed. Tempo Books PB (1970) CONDITION TERMSVery Fine (VF) is a virtually flawless copy, new or like-new and probably never read. Fine (F) is a copy with no large defects, but is not as pristine as a very fine copy. It may have been read, but with care. Possible minor flaws include a bumped corner, a slightly sunned spine, rubbing, slight soiling, or a very tiny tear.Very Good (VG) is a copy with two or more small defects. It may be rubbed, have a small tear, a dinged corner, or other minor defect.Good (G) is a copy with some obvious large defects and/or several small defects. There may be a larger tear in the dustjacket, a large gift inscription, be very sunned, have a creased spine, or have other defects. Many ex-library books fall into this category. Makes a good reading copy. Fair (F) indicates a copy with very serious defects. It may actually have some loose pages, underlining or highlighting, or be very soiled.______________________________________________________________________________________ Store: I specialize in first-edition fiction (1960s-1990s) and high-grade PSA-graded sports cards (modern). All sales help fund graduate school. Thanks very much for visiting.Shipping: Books are packaged with care in combinations of bubble-mailers and boxes to ensure they arrive in the same condition as described in the listing. I make an effort to ship within 24 hours, excluding Sundays. I do combine shipping, depending on the quantity and the size of the items. I'm fair about this, please ask with any questions. Priority, Next-Day shipping, and insurance available at additional cost (ask for rates). Ohio residents must add appropriate sales tax (but not to shipping costs).

Price: 32.49 USD

Location: Hamilton, Ohio

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