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Mark Harris. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc June 1956, 1956.

Price: US$6.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Edge and cover wear. Clean pages. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Seller: Colorado's Used Book Store, Englewood, CO, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.98 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$7.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.

Mark Harris. Bang The Drum Slowly A Baseball Novel. Alfred Knopf, 1956.

Price: US$12.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This was the second of the four book Henry Wiggen Series. The illustrated Dust Jacket has numerous chips and tears, is in a mylar protector. The book is in very good condition. I have other Mark Harris books and more than 200 baseball novels and mysteries in stock. Discounts are available when you purchase multiple items on the same order.

Seller: Mike's Baseball Books, Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred A. Knopf, New York,, 1956.

Price: US$15.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: dated 1956, but a 1976 reprint timed with movie opening, A club edition as pictured a very good condition hard cover in a good, fair condition dust jacket, front flaps loose . clean pages gently read

Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$18.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The binding is tight; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$21.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Gutter # E 17. Ex libris sticker on the interior front board. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY. Alfred Knopf Inc, NEW YORK, 1956.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Baseball novel that was the basis for the well-received film of the same name. Jacket is near-perfect over a fine book.

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$27.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding is tight; Page edges are lightly foxed; Gift inscription on front endpaper; Text pages are unmarked; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$27.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Gutter code: E7. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.84

Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.

Mark Harris. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc June 1956, 1956.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Binding is tight. Previous owners name and date on title page. DJ has rubbing and edgewear, with minor chipping. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1956.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hard cover with green cloth spine with gold lettering and design on spine which is bright. Light wear and bumping on corners, spine ends and top and bottom edges. Light foxing and yellowing to inside front and back covers. Light soiling to bottom page ends. Light yellowing to text, otherwise clean and unmarked. Hinges are tight. Illustrated dj has multiple tears, chips and creases on corners, spine ends, edges and hinges. 1 3/4" tear on top edge of front cover hinge. Moderate shelf wear and soiling to covers and spine. A novel about a diverse group of men and women all involved in sports (baseball) who are suddenly brought face to face with the threat of death. All of our books are individually inspected and never ex-lib unless explicitly described as such.

Seller: Great Matter Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.

Price: US$38.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated First Edition. First Printing as there are no other printings noted on the copyright page. Book is Very Good. It does have a slight spine lean. There is a previous owners name and date to the ffep. Dust Jacket is Good. It does have a 4" U shaped tear to the top rear and a 1" by 3/4" tear to the top of the spine. Price of $3.50 is present. Jacket is in protective BroDart mylar cover. Digital images available upon request. All books shipped same day or next in a box with styrofoam peanuts.

Seller: GraceyBooks, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly [VINTAGE 1956]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near fine condition textured brown boards with black spine lettering contained in a very good condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Wright Morris, The Huge Season; and Preliminary Page entitled :Special Souvenir Scorecard: Numbers and Positions of All the Players (at Boston, Opening Day, April 12, 1955). The upper jacket spine edge is chipped, the rear lower left jacket tip has a 1/2 inch chip, some general light scattered jacket edgewear (see dust jacket photographs). Some spine waving to the volume (see photographs). the volume is otherwise in fine condition. All pages are in fine unmarked condition, and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photos). "Filled with rare laughter .wonderful reading - whether one loves baseball or hates it!" - The New York Times. "Unique in contemporary fiction .Mark Harris has measured the diamond with his heart as well as his eyes and ears." - Time. "People who go around asking each other who are the important American writers could do worse than answer with the name Mark Harris . He is very important!" - San Francisco Chronicle. "Sad and funny, human and touching." - Kirkus Service. "Right about then three doctors walked in, and the head one spoke, saying, "Sit down, Mr. Wiggen," and they all begun to smile, first smiling at Bruce and then at me and then at each other, and one of them offered me a cigarette, though I do not smoke and did not take it. "How are things going with the Mammoths?" said the doctor. But he did not really care. You could tell. He started flipping through papers on a clipboard, and then he turned the whole thing over and did not look at them, and he said, "Unless we have made a terrible mistake somewhere, Mr. Pearson is suffering from Hodgkin's Disease." He then begun telling me what it was. It was bad. "Exactly how bad?" I said. "It is fatal," he said. I could not think what "fatal" meant. "What is that?" I said. "It means I am doomed," said Bruce. Before the doctors' pronouncement of his imminent doom, the only thing Bruce Pearson, catcher, had in common with Henry Wiggen, pitcher, was that both men were on the official roster of the New York Mammoths Baseball Club. Wiggen - glib, knowing, wise in the ways of the world - had "been around." Pearson was a naive, inarticulate hayseed. Suddenly, however, with the knowledge of Pearson's fate shared only by the two of them, their relationship ripened into something infinitely deeper and more complex than the usual lighthearted camaraderie between pitcher and catcher. Wiggen appointed himself protector and champion of his unfortunate teammate. Pearson drew strength to accept his "doom" from the knowledge that he was not alone. Both men found a maturity that comes to most of us - if ever - only after many long years of living. Bang the Drum Slowly is their story, told by Wiggen. The fact that it is set against the backdrop of big league baseball makes it only incidentally a baseball novel. It is so much more. Bawdy, hilarious and irreverent as it invades the locker room, it is poignant and infinitely moving as it probes the human heart. You will laugh uproariously even as you find yourself misty-eyed. Like the critically acclaimed film it inspired, this is a one-of-a-kind novel that puts it all together - a story you'll never forget." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Henry W. Wiggen & Mark Harris. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st edition. Hardbound in unclipped dust jacket. Minor wear to edges & corners of dust jacket, otherwise very good.

Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Deckle Edge; light wear to DJ -- especially at corners and spine tips; Weight: 0.55 Pounds; 254 pages

Seller: Acme Book Company, Fayetteville, NY, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly - 1st edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated first edition. Very good with light shelfwear and small date and number on copyright page (see photo), in a very good, price-clipped dustjacket.

Seller: Bailey Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY. Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1956.

Price: US$97.64 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.8

Seller: BennettBooksLtd, LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.

HARRIS, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Tiny owner's name front fly else fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A nice copy of an elusive baseball classic, reprising the character of Henry Wiggen from the author's novel *The Southpaw*. First dramatized for television with Paul Newman, later a film, scripted by Harris, with Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty in the leads (and Danny Aiello in his debut).

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

HARRIS, Mark. Bang The Drum Slowly. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green cloth backstrip over rose cloth covered boards, titled in gilt on the spine; rose topstain; dustjacket; 243pp.; spine ends are pushed; faint rubbing to boards; minor toning, mostly to gutters; Very Good+ or better. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50) with toning mostly to the spine and flaps; tiny nicks / tears to the spine mostly at crown; Very Good+. Inspiration for the 1973 American sports drama film directed by John D. Hancock, starring Robert Dinero and Michael Moriarty. "A barely articulate third-string baseball catcher, he was, as spring training began, of consequence to no one. Or rather, to almost no one, for Henry Wiggen, pitcher extraordinary, Bruce's friend and roomate , and the narrator of this fresh and lively novel, cared very much what happened to him. Later, Bruce's fate changed the lives and character of his other teammates not to mention the course of the pennant race itself." (from the dustjacket).

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Harris, Mark. Bang the Drum Slowly. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Signed by Mark Harris on the front paste down, warmly inscribed to former owners and dated 1962, Monterey, CA. [x], 243 pp. Very Good+ with slight lean, worn tips, bookplate on ffep, bump to page block corner, in a Good dust jacket with chipping along edges, a few tears along edges and horizontally along spine panel, a few archival mending tissue repairs to verso, slightly stained, unclipped ($3.50). A signed copy of the famous baseball novel.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

HARRIS, Mark.. Bang The Drum Slowly.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956.

Price: US$494.57 + shipping

Description: Advance Reading Copy of the first edition. Original wrappers. Some light rubbing to spine, brownish stain on lower portion of the rear wrapper but still a near fine copy.

Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada

[BASEBALL FICTION] HARRIS, MARK.. Bang The Drum Slowly. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956, 1956.

Price: US$1150.00 + shipping

Description: Second printing. Very good in dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. An exceptional association copy; presented by the author to Norman Mailer, '2-1-'60. Dear Norman, I hope you find this more to your disliking - With warm best wishes, as always, Mark Harris. San Francisco.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

Mark Harris. Bang the Drum Slowly (Signed First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1956.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Basis for the acclaimed 1973 movie starring Robert De Niro. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book lightly faded along the spine. Jacket lightly rubbed at the extremities, with faint toning on the spine panel.

Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.