New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Reissue. Hardcover. Hardcover. 208 pp. Reissue. Very good. In dust jacket that is bright but has a short crinkled tear top edge of front panel and a chip to the hear of the spine.A title ion the publisher's "Famous Sports Stories" series for young.....
McFarland & Company, 2005. reissue. Paperback. Illustrated glossy softcovers. Generally fine, touch of curl to the tips. xi+ 405 pp. with index for this edition. Originally published in 1922, Ernest Lannigan's "Baseball Cyclopedia" is reproduced here in its entirety, complete with scarce 12 annual supplements that followed. Lannigan was a......
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1910. Second edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth lettered and with design of a baseball pitcher in wind up pose printed in red, black and grey. 308 pps. Illustrated with full page photographic plates. A fine, tight, bright example. In the rare original dust jacket with design duplicating.....
New York: Street & Smith, 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 24mo. in tan cloth lettered and decorated in black, white and red. 207 pp. Illustrated with humorous drawingsVery good, even moderate soiling to the cloth. Presented as a 15-act "All Star Vaudeville Company" show, 15 comical pieces including "DeWoilf Hopper in.....
Sports Publishing, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. Hardcover. 204 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of Topps baseball cards of most of the players featured. Following former Philadelphia Phillies during the years after their retirement from baseball. There are greats and near greats such as Jim Bunning, Chris.....
Syracuse University Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. First Edition. Softcover. In fine condition with a price-clipped first page. 230 pages with a few black and white photographs throughout.
Society for American Baseball Research, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Oversized color illustrated softcovers. Fine. 183 pp. Volume of biographies of the greatest 19th cnetury players, managers, umpires, executives ,and writers. Arranged in encyclopdedic format, each entry features a biographical sketch, ststistics, and most inportantly, an image (usually photographic) of the.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. Hardcover. Color illustrated hardcovers. 141 pp. Young adult fiction, the story of a boy's first year in the big leagues. Very good in edgeworn, price clipped dust jacket.
New York: Messner, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in dark tan cloth stamped in black. Very good, couple light soiled spots, prev. owner's bookplate front pastedown and owership signatures on the verso of the front flyleaf and half title page. No jacket. Composite photo frontispiece. 180 pp. with.....
New York: Putnam, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 308 pps. illustrated with photos. One of the highly sought-after Putnam Sports Series of baseball team histories. The story of the New York Giants from their inception as a National League member in 1883 (the franchise was shifted from Troy, N.Y......
Mattituck, New York, U.S.A. Amereon Ltd, 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. AS NEW. Black cloth stamped in white and gilt. Facsimile reprint of the scarce original edition of 1907. 93 pps. plus one page advertisment and a blank scorecard page. Illustrated with comic drawings. Humorous, anecdotal story of early 20th century barnstorming.....
Chicago: Goldsmith, 1931. Hardcover. Hardcover in light green cloth lettered in black. 240 pp. A tight, fine copy, ususal embrowning to the pages of this inexpensive edition. In original color illustrated dust jacket, very good, shallow chipping to the spine extremities, some waer at the edges and tips. Young adult.....
New York: Stokes, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in red cloth stamped in gilt. xi+ 130 pp. A tight example, gilt brigt, very small spot of oss to the lower front gutter. In the rare original dust jacket featuring a photo of Harris. Quarter-coin sized droplet stain lower.....
Branden Pub Co, 1993. Paperback. Presumed first edition. Paperback. In as new condition. Index.
Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania), 1990. Softcover. Oversized in illustrated stiff wrappers over blue cloth spine. 84 pp. printed rectos only. Very good, sone curling and light soiling ot the covers. Compilation of presentations on Philadelphia baseball history from the symposium held in 1990. mContributors include Gene Benson (a Negro.....
New York: Rutledge/Scholastic Book Services, 1960. First edition. Softcover. Photo illustrated softcover. 80 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. About very good, some faint tidemarking to the lower portion of the text block, some waer at the extremities; usual embrowning to the pages. Scarce book on baseball great.....
Garden City: Doubleday, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Hardcover, illustrated endpapers, 243 pp. Illustrated with drawings by Leo Hirschfield. Fine in dust jacket with wear and creasing about the extremities, price clipped. Collection of humorous, entertaining and often true anecdotes of the diamond. Herein we read of the.....
Society For American Baseball Research, 1999. First edition. Paperback. As new. Color illustrated glossy softcovers. 200 pp. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Biography of one of early baseball's most colorful and beloved figures, Wilbert "Uncle Robbie" Robinson (1863-1934). Robinson was the catcher on the famous 19th century Baltimore Oriole championship.....
Tk Pub, 1987. First edition. Paperback. First printing stated (no additional printings that we are aware of). Softcover. xiii+ 153 pp. iwth index. Illustrated with photos. Foreword by Monte Irvin. Very good, some minor edge rubbing to the covers. Biographies of three of the greatest Negro Leage baseball players---Ray (Dandy).....
Metcheun, NJ: Scarecrow Pr, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. 297 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated with photographs. A fine, bright essentially as new example in equally fine dust jacket. Biography of Effa Manley, the only woman to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A key figure.....
Chicago: Triumph Books, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with the comment "The wait is over!". First printing. Hardcover. 217 pp. Illutrated with photos. A celebration of the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia National League baseball.....
Triumph Books, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. Foreword by Joe Torre. xv+ 239 pp. with index, appendix of newspaper coverage of Kaat's career. Illustrated with photos. Autobiography of All Star baseball pitcher and later broadcaster Jim Kaat. Kaat began his 25-year career.....
John F Blair Pub, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Firts printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. x+ 260 pp. with statistical appendix, bibliography, index. Illustrated, History of professional baseball's Carolina League, a minor leage that was established for the 1945 season. It's most famous team, the Durham Bulls, were featured.....
Clerisy Press, 2008. Paperback. Thick, oversized softcover. A generally unused copy but with a small peel spot from a removed price sticker front cover. 727 pp. with alphabetical index of all the players 1901-2007 who appeared in an Indians uniform, Illustrations. Massive reference volume that tells the history of the.....
Chicago: Buxton Publishing Co., 1933. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Large (quarto) format in textured red cloth stamped in gilt. (This, the first edition, came in both red and in violet cloth, priority undetermined). 544 pp. Illustrated with sepia portraits of every major league baseball player of 1933 as well.....
