Baseball

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrations by Kurt Wiese. A modest stain on the rear board else near fine in an attractive, very good or better dustwrapper with a small corresponding stain on the rear panel and a couple of tiny nicks at the crown. Inscribed by the author: "To John Orban with best wishes of Freddy and Walter R. Brooks." Our favorite title among the highly collectible series of books about Freddy, an intelligent pig-detective. Freddy is embroiled in the search for six missing Martians who are being forced to travel the country as a barnstorming baseball team. A significant highspot in porcine-detective literature, and exceptionally scarce signed.

New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Spine a little faded, near fine in the gray binding (one of three, with no priority) in a very near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears and nominal rubbing. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "For Charles Crow. Cordially Bern. July 1952." Crow was a friend of Malamud's from New York, and advised Malamud when he was applying for teaching positions, eventually accepting a position at Oregon State College. Crow's advice to Malamud is quoted in *Bernard Malamud: A Writer's Life* by Philip Maurice Davis. An especially nice copy of the author's first book, perhaps *the* classic baseball novel, and basis for the Barry Levinson film starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, and Kim Basinger.

New York: Senior Class Columbia College, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First and only edition. Rubbed with wear at the extremities and hinges a touch loose, very good. 1924 Columbia Yearbook featuring photos and accounts of Lou Gehrig's exploits on the baseball team during his second and final year at Columbia. Gehrig is pictured at least three times in the book and mentioned in print elsewhere: "He is now the property of the New York Yankees, and sage old scouts of the national pastime predict a bright future for him." Good call, sage old scouts.

Garden City: International Collectors Library First ICL edition. Publication date unspecified. Originally published by Harcourt Brace in 1952. Issued unsigned; this copy is signed by Malamud on the half-title page. Faux leather-covered boards with gilt stamping, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Corners just touched. Bright, tight copy in Near Fine condition. The International Collectors Library was a Doubleday book club that issued reprints of classics and high points of modern fiction. Uncommon as such.. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[Chicago]: H.T. Webb, 32 S. Clark St, 1911. Unbound. Near Fine. Mammoth plate gelatin silver portrait photograph. Image size approximately 19" x 14½" on a 22" x 19" thick card mount. Hand captioned beneath the image: "Grace Presbyterian Base Ball Team Champions Presbyterian Brotherhood League Season 1911." Toning and small nicks on the edges of the mount only, lettering is rubbed but easily readable, the image is fine. Spectacular portrait of 15 African-American men, all but three in uniform, with trophy, mitts, and a catcher's mask. One of the three men in street clothing is on crutches. All members of an African-American amateur baseball team from Chicago (references to the photographer Webb appear in various Chicago sources; he also seems to have photographed some of the Chicago White Sox players). Grace Presbyterian was established in 1888 as a storefront African-American church that existed until around 1917. The Presbyterian Brotherhood was a men's club meant to promote "masculine… Read More

New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1962. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean beige cloth boards with red lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 236 pages. Dust jacket is clean except for tiny spot of soiling at lower corner tips. Very slight edge wear and a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This is the story of sixty-one home runs, told simply and honestly by the man who hit them, from his discouraging, practically hitless spring to the exhilarating October 1 climax that put Roger Maris on top of the world.the man with more home runs in a single season than anyone in history. Roger's… Read More

New York, Total Sports, 1998, large format hardcover (9" x 11"), xiii-210 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Association Copy, Signed by the author and inscribed to the American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould with a bookplate to the front pastedown identifying the book as 'From the Library of...', Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in protective glassine sleeve. The sports historian and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written', presents a cultural history of New York City in the first half of the twentieth century with sports, those who participated in them, and the many legendary venues that housed them at the center. Profusely illustrated throughout with both black-&-white and color photographs, many from the author's personal collection. Appended:… Read More

New York: American Sports Publishing Company, Thirty-Ninth Year, March 1915. Condition: Good+. First Edition, Paperback. Color pictorial paper front cover with chipping to the tail of spine. Rear cover missing. 359 pp plus approximately 40 pages of advertising with numerous images of balls, bats, gloves, masks, shoes and uniforms. Pages good condition with no foxing or marks. Numerous black and white photos, including the American League and World Champion Boston Braves and National League Champion Philadelphia Athletics. Book includes detailed information on team ownership, team rosters, individual player data, and minor league info and photos. Joints intact and strong, a rarity for a paperback of this age. Corners fair to good condition bumped and worn. Page edges lightly sunned. No owner attribution or internal or external markings. Paste downs good condition advert. Free end papers good condition adverts. This is a good copy of a very scarce item.

New York, Ticknor and Fields, 1988, large format hardcover (9" x 12"), 282 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Association Copy, Signed by the author and inscribed to the American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould on the title page. Inscription reads "For Stephen Jay Gould with all good wishes - Larry Ritter". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light spine-end and corner nicks and bumps. The premier sports historian and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written presents what has been described as "easily the best pictorial biography of the Sultan of Swat...from boyhood days in his father's saloon in Baltimore, his formative years at St. Mary's, his early playing days in Baltimore and Providence, his rise to stardom as a member of the Boston Red Sox, the legendary years… Read More

A.S. Barnes and Company, New York. First edition. Book in Near Fine condition. Green pictorial dust jacket has several tears and chips in Good- condition. Dust jacket spine is sunned. 258 pp. Text is white, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Illustrated with many b/w photographs. Signed by Feller in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Baseball Hall of Famer's autobiography in excellent condition.

Book is in new condition. Dj Very good: some shelf wear along edges and three small tears along top (2) and bottom (1) of spine. Stated "First printing November, 1987" on publication page Pages are not numbered. Dimensions: Apx, 36 x 27 x4 cm.

This book is very heavy and will probably required additional shipping charges for international sale.

New York: Hyperion, 2002. Signed on the title page by the author who has drawn a baseball by his signature. This is being sold together with a promotional package of Summerland cards. First edition / First printing. White paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

David McKay Company, Inc, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Collectible first edition, first printing of Hall of Fame inductee Rogers Hornsby's baseball how-to, My Kind of Baseball, one of the best ever published. Tip after tip after tip from the master. Per David McKay's practice of designating first editions, no additional printings indicated on copyright page. Includes scarce dust jacket with $2.50 price intact. 185 pp. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear and very light wrinkling to head and tail of spine panel. Unclipped dust jacket with two tiny tears to edges. A presentable copy of an early and important baseball instructional. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

New York: Putnam's Sons, (1955). First edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. One of the scarcer titles in Putnam's Sports Series "The Big League Library" and "wholesome sports reading for baseball fans, young and old" per Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick (as quoted on the jacket). Very nearly fine with only minor shelf wear; in very good spine-toned and somewhat edge-rubbed dust jacket with light creasing, shallow chip at head of spine, and internal tape repair to few tears. Still, bright and attractive.

1903 1ed Spalding Baseball Guide HOF Nap Lajoie Mathewson CY YOUNG Honus Wagner

Spalding 'Official Baseball Guides' are some of the most popular early 20th-century baseball memorabilia on the market. Spalding published a yearly baseball guide that included team photos, portraits and action shots of individual ball players, player statistics, a history of the game, and extensive sections on rules and gameplay.
The 1903 edition of 'Baseball Guide' is from the era of some of the most iconic players of the dead-ball era including Nap Lajoie, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Cy Young.

Item number: #20595
Price: $599
American Sports Pub
Spalding's official baseball guide.
New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1903. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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286, [98]
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Heavily illustrated throughout
· Provenance: Handwritten – Chas. W. Colby
· Language: English
· Binding: Softcover; secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 10.5cm)
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