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The Story of Ty Cobb (first edition in dust jacket)
Schoor, George
New York: Messner, 1952.
Price: $98.50
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First edition. A solid, very good plus example, tight and with only modest rubbing at the extremities and very slight rubbing to the cover cartoon; small previous owner's signature front free endpaper. Octavo hardcover in mustard colored cloth with red, white and green tipped on front cover baseball cartoon, spine lettered and decorated in black. 218 pp. With sixteen monochrome photographic plates including portraits of Hall of Famers Jim O'Rourke, John McGraw, Connie Mack and Hugh Jennings as well as other notable minor league officials and a composite team portrait of the Charlotte Base Ball Club of 1902 (see below for important information on this image). Historical and often humorous anecdotes on baseball's minor leagues around the tunr of the 20th century. Ed Ashenback was the manager of the Syracuse team in the New York State League at time of publication, having played minor league ball from 1890 to 1904. Of particular importance is the composite team photo of the 1902 Charlotte team of the North Carolina League that features as a pictured member Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, the obscure player (he played one inning for the 1905 New York Giants and never came to bat) who achieved legendary status as a pivitol figure in W.P. Kinsella's "Shoeless Joe" and the movie "Field of Dreams". An extremely scarce baseball title.
Humor Among The Minors: True Tales From the Baseball Brush
Ashenback, Edward Michael; Ryder, Jack (ed.)
Chicago: M.A.Donohue, 1911.
Price: $550.00
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Orange cloth stamped in black. 251 pp. Vintage mystery. A green ace of diamonds is the calling card for murder. Near fine, a bit bumped at the tips, narrow adheasion front free endpaper. In the original vintage dust wrapper boldly designed in black, yellow and green. The jacket bears the Hopkins imprint on the spine (as does the copyright page of the book though the book itself bears the A.L. Burt imprint on spine and title page) but the flaps have Triangle Books imprint and ads. Jacket is bold and bright with wear about the edges and narrow chipping haed edge of spine.
Diamonds of Death (A Green Shield Mystery)
Jackson, Wallace
New York: A.L. Burt, 1937.
Price: $28.50
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Black cloth with printed title labels front cover and spine. Second printing (1928). Near fine in price intact dust jacket with general even soiling and some wear at edges and tips.
Men Without Women
Hemingway, Ernest
NY: Scribners, 1928.
Price: $950.00
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First edition, first issue with McClure Phillips imprint on spine and misspelling  "exculsive" page 21, line 2. Blindstamped red cloth lettered in gilt. The author's second book. A tight, bright copy, gilt still brilliant, rear hinge starting and with a miniscule bump at the top edge of the front board, neat prev. own. sig. dated 1905 on front free endpaper. An exemplary copy of this scarce work by one of the female literary giants of 20th century American literature.
The Troll Garden
Cather, Willa Siebert
NY: McClure, Phillips, 1905.
Price: $975.00
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First edition thus, the first hardcover edition (first book printing was the extremely scarce 1901 pamphlet). Paper covered boards decorated in color with a gilt edged baseball bat tied about with black ribbon, gilt lettering. Classic woodblock illustrations. The most recognized American poem, "Casey" first appeared in a San Francisco newspaper in 1888 as a featured piece of humorous doggerel. Its ascension to immortal status was due primarily to actor and toastmaster DeWolf Hopper, who began reciting it at dinners and other functions, as well as on the vaudeville stage, around the turn of the century. Hopper claimed in his autobiography to have performed "Casey" over 100, 000 times in his career. This copy is a tight, fresh example, virtually unworn except for the most minor rubbing at the tips.
Casey At The Bat
Thayer, Phineas (Ernest L.)
Chicago: McClurg, 1912.
Price: $2,800.00
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First U.K. edition. A fully fine copy in fresh, flawless dust jacket. The jacket of the British edition is completely different from the U.S.--solid black lettered in white trimmed with red and with a candle-lit Lestat in 19th c. garb. Very difficult to find in this unimpeachable condition.
Interview with the Vampire
RICE, ANNE
London: MacDonald/Raven, 1976.
Price: $600.00
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