Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring (Baseball Hall of Fame Library). Cet article n’est pas disponible.Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring (Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

LIKE NEW. Unread. Might as well be new. xv, 609 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits ; 24 cm. Has the usual Easton Press details: High quality genuine leather; 22kt gold inlaid design on front cover, spine with four raised bands and accented in 22kt gold -- gilt page edges; archival acid-neutral paper; Smyth-sewn; Illustrated end papers and sewn in satin ribbon book mark. . . . . . Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring Lardner, published by Easton Press in 1996, is a collection of 34 short stories that showcase Ring Lardner?s satirical and humorous take on baseball and American life in the early 20th century. Edited with an introduction by Matthew J. Bruccoli, this anthology captures Lardner?s insider perspective as a former Chicago sports reporter covering the Cubs and White Sox. The stories, including classics like ?Alibi Ike? and ?My Roomy,? explore the quirks, egos, and absurdities of baseball players, blending sharp dialogue, colorful characters, and witty wordplay. The collection also includes ?The Courtship of T. Dorgan,? an uncollected story added to make this the definitive compilation of Lardner?s baseball fiction.…