9780393066814 - The Dickson Baseball Dictionary de Dickson, Paul (21 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good Condition - May show some limited signs of wear and may have a remainder mark. Pages and dust cover are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Third. Used - Very Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 3rd Edition. 1st ed/1st pr. Book is square, solid, and unread. No price clippings, no remainder marks. This book is so sharp it could slice even Superman's skin -- you'll shout up, up, and away with wild abandon when it arrives at your door! Dust jacket is in protective archival Brodart. NOTE: REALLY light traces of handling to the sides of the pages (one smudge). ALSO: The size and weight of the book will require a little extra postal cost - I'll pack and weigh the book and get back to you with the exact cost of shipping it to your address.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseball"absorbing and enlightening reading" (Sports Illustrated). Hailed as "a staggering piece of scholarship" (Wall Street Journal), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an indispensable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than three hundred baseball and lexical experts, this new edition is expanded by more than thirty percent to over 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries. It introduces words and phrases from around the world of baseball, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/Moneyball era. Packed with more than 250 photosmany rare and previously unpublishedThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado. The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseballThat rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading. (Sports Illustrated) Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. xxiv, 974, [8] pages. Preface to the Third Edition. 263 Illustrations. Introduction. Afterword. Annotated Bibliography. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10.5 inches and is about 2.5 inches wide! For his published work on baseball, The Washington Post has described Dickson as "baseball's answer to Noah Webster or, at the very least, William Safire. Because of its deep and broad coverage, its authoritativeness and its rich and colorful descriptions, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary will prove indispensable to baseball fans and word lovers alike. That rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading. (Sports Illustrated) Hailed as a staggering piece of scholarship (Wall Street Journal) The Dickson Baseball Dictionary is the most complete resource on the lexicon of baseball in the English language. More than 200 photos throughout the book, many rare and previously unpublished, lluminate various historical and contemporary terms. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than 400 baseball and lexical experts, this masterful third edition, expanded by more than 30 percent, with over 10,000 terms and 18,000 definitions, provides the comprehensive history and meanings of words and phrases from around the world of baseball. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of our most treasured baseball expressions (tearin' up the pea patch, can of corn, catbird seat, etc.). Termed baseballs Webster, Dickson has spent nearly a decade painstakingly revising and writing new definitions, for words both well-known and obscure, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/Moneyball era. Third Edition [stated]. First printing [stated].

Condición: New. 2009. Third. hardcover. . . . . .

Condición: New. 2009. Third. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. 3rd edition. 974 pages. 10.25x7.25x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseball"absorbing and enlightening reading" (Sports Illustrated). Hailed as "a staggering piece of scholarship" (Wall Street Journal), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an indispensable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than three hundred baseball and lexical experts, this new edition is expanded by more than thirty percent to over 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries. It introduces words and phrases from around the world of baseball, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/Moneyball era. Packed with more than 250 photosmany rare and previously unpublishedThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado. The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseballThat rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading. (Sports Illustrated) Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Gebunden. Condición: New. &Uumlber den AutorPaul Dickson is the author of several bestselling books, including Baseball s Greatest Quotations, The Hidden Language of Baseball, and The Joy of Keeping Score. He lives in .

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseball"absorbing and enlightening reading" (Sports Illustrated). Hailed as "a staggering piece of scholarship" (Wall Street Journal), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an indispensable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals as well as contemporary sources, Paul Dickson's brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. More than twenty-five years in the making, with the help of more than three hundred baseball and lexical experts, this new edition is expanded by more than thirty percent to over 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries. It introduces words and phrases from around the world of baseball, including those introduced by Latin-American ballplayers, and statistical expressions relating to fantasy baseball and the SABR/Moneyball era. Packed with more than 250 photosmany rare and previously unpublishedThe Dickson Baseball Dictionary will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado. The expanded and now-definitive work on the language of baseballThat rarest of sports books, a valuable reference work that provides absorbing and enlightening reading. (Sports Illustrated) Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.