Pitchers’ Duel — Clair Bee, Grosset & Dunlap 1950

⚾️ Pitchers’ Duel by Clair Bee (1950) — A vintage hardcover from the acclaimed Chip Hilton sports series, featuring a classic mid-century tale of varsity baseball grit and teamwork.

Quick Facts

• Author: Clair Bee
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Year: 1950
• Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
• Series: Chip Hilton Sports Story (#6 per spine)
• ISBN: N/A

A Pillar of Mid-Century Sports Fiction

Written by the legendary Long Island University basketball coach and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Clair Bee, Pitchers’ Duel is a quintessential entry in the Chip Hilton series. This collection of 24 novels captured the imagination of adolescent boys across America, blending sports action with lessons in character, leadership, and perseverance.

This installment brings the drama of the diamond to life, capturing the mid-century ethos of varsity baseball. The book is presented in its original pictorial dust jacket and tweed cloth-covered boards, embodying the aesthetic of the era’s juvenile fiction.

Condition Report

Overall Grade: Book: Very Good+ (VG+)/ Jacket: Very Good- (VG-)/Very Good (VG)

Cover & Spine: Tan-brown patterned tweed cloth boards remain clean and square with sharp corners; black spine and front board vignettes are fully intact.

Dust Jacket: Original jacket is intact and vibrant with minor rubbing to extremities, tiny chips at spine head and corners, and gentle edge wear.

Text Block & Pages: Off-white to cream pages; clean interior free from marginalia with crisp baseball-themed illustrated endpapers and frontispiece.

Binding: Square, tight, and firm throughout.

See accompanying images for full condition details. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.

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