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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.
The Babe Ruth Story. by Ruth, Babe - 1948
by Ruth, Babe
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The Babe Ruth Story.
by Ruth, Babe
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1948. First edition of Ruth's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Boldly signed by Babe Ruth on the half-title page. Fine in the original dust jacket with some wear and tear. As told to Bob Considine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon signed as Ruth passed away in the year of publication. The story of the greatest baseball player who ever lived, told in his own words, spans his life and includes the highs and lows, friendships, loves, and feuds, and career milestones of the man who symbolizes America's favorite game.
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The Natural
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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[Original Team Portrait Photograph of an African-American Baseball Team]: Grace Presbyterian Base Ball Team Champions Presbyterian Brotherhood League Season 1911
by WEBB, H.T.
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[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…
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Roger Maris at Bat
by Maris, Roger and Jim Ogle
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Stanley, New York, United States
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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…
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Strikeout Story
by Bob Feller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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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.
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St. Louis Cardinals Cartoons By Amour (Amour Krupnik) from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1958-1968
by Krupnik, Amour
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Unknown Upaginated; Spiral-Bound Soft Cover; Illustrated Reprint Edition; Includes Krupnik bio and background for each cartoon, Stats. Brief history of the Cardinals 1958-68. Rare. Spiral-Bound. As New.
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Odds and Ends. Vol. 1, Nos. 2 & 3
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Mattoon, Illinois: F.L. Horn, 1878. Unbound. Near Fine. One quarto leaf folded to make four pages, apparently paginated with the previous issue: [1], 6-8pp. A small stain on the first page, else fine. An "amateur" newspaper. On page seven (the third page of the newspaper) is an advertisement that reads as follows: "Base Ball Cards! 25 for 20 cts. Special rates to clubs. State position and name of club when ordering. Agents wanted! Send 3 ct. stamp for samples. Franklin L. Horn, Mattoon, Ills." Within our own little circle of baseball scholars and enthusiasts, debate rages over the meaning of this advertisement. Some are convinced that this is an advertisement for business or trade cards, others that it indicates a previously unknown series of amateur baseball cards, and still others believing it was an advertisement for a stillborn project by the printer, abandoned with no takers. The definition of "baseball cards" is somewhat fluid. A few cabinet photographs were issued in the 1850s, and the…
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The Natural
by MALAMUD, Bernard
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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.
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Spalding's Base Ball Guide and Official League Book for 1894
by Spalding, Albert G.
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Granville, New York, United States
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NY: American Sports Publishing Co., 1894. Original March 1894 issue - not the reprint. Published NY: American Sports Publishing Co., 1894. (Vol.2, No. 19, March 1894). 12mo. wrappers, 4 1/4" x 6 1/2." 192 pp. Rear cover lacking, front cover has a 1 1/2" x 3/4 " triangular chip to the corner at the wraparound, 2 1/4" separation at the top fold, few small chips along the edge. Spine backing intact with slight loss at the heel and crown, one page has 2" closed tear, few pages have a corner crease, light spotting on edges. Internally very good - clean, unmarked, no foxing. Good plus.. 1st. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 12mo. Manuscripts Paper Collectibles.
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[Original Team Portrait Photograph of an African-American Baseball Team]: Grace Presbyterian Base Ball Team Champions Presbyterian Brotherhood League Season 1911
by WEBB, H.T.
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[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…
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STRANGER TO THE GAME [SIGNED]
by Gibson, Bob; Wheeler, Lonnie
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New York: Viking, 1994. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages; VG/VG; Spine maroon with yellow and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; inscribed on title page by Gibson; partially-removed ex libris sticker on front free end paper; pages clean; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1333353. FP New Rockville Stock.
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The Babe Ruth Story
by Ruth, Babe
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Babe Ruth Story
by Considine, Bob, Ruth, Babe
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Babe Ruth Story, The
by Ruth Babe (as told to Bob Considine)
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Scholastic, 1969. Softcover. Acceptable. T-353, 6th printing, bottom two inches of front cover are separated from the spine
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The Babe Ruth Story: As told to Bob Considine
by Ruth, Babe
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The story of one of the greatest baseball players ever, in his own words,
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars
by Brooks, Walter R
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Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
by Brooks, Walter R
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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The Story of Baseball
by Ritter, Lawrence S
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New York, William Morrow & Co., 1983, hardcover, pp.vii-150, Good+ in Good dustjacket, Signed by the author on the title page "Merry Christmas-Larry Ritter". Straight, tight and clean, wear to bottom corners, tiny ink mark to bottom edge of text block. Dustjacket, edge nicks, short edge tears with some crumple, chips to spine ends, in new Brodart sleeve. The fundamentals of the game of baseball and an introduction to the great players of the past by the author of 'The Glory of Their Times'. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Introduction by Ted Williams. Index appended. ISBN 9780688017248
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COUNTRY HARDBALL The Autobiography of Enos "Country" Slaughter
by Slaughter, Enos with Kevin Reid
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Greenboro, NC: Tudor Press. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0936389230 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; Includes Postcard From National Baseball Hall of Fame Signed by Enos Slaughter ; Black and white photographs; 208 pages .
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Summerland.
by CHABON, Michael
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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.
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Chrysanthemum and the Bat: Baseball Samurai Style
by Whiting, Robert
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New York: Avon Books, 1983 This book almost 40 years old and appears to be unread. There is a date or code (3/11/13) written on the first prelim page and pages are toned but it is otherwise near new. Stated first printing with full number line. Robert Whiting provides "a look at a very different culture through America's favorite sport -- Baseball mania in today's Japan" [from the cover]. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs.
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St. Louis Cardinals Cartoons By Amour (Amour Krupnik) from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1958-1968
by Krupnik, Amour
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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Unknown Upaginated; Spiral-Bound Soft Cover; Illustrated Reprint Edition; Includes Krupnik bio and background for each cartoon, Stats. Brief history of the Cardinals 1958-68. Rare. Spiral-Bound. As New.
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My Kind of Baseball (First Edition)
by Rogers Hornsby, J. Roy Stockton, Editor
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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.
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Roger Maris at Bat
by Maris, Roger; and Jim Ogle
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Westfield, New York, United States
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Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1st edition with a very good DJ with some damage to the top of the DJ's spine, protected In a Brodart cover
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THE BIG RED MACHINE
by Hertzel, Bob
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends, previous owner's pasted stamp to 1/2 title page, offsetting to FFE opposite from stamp else a bright, solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with rubbing to edge, bumping to spine ends, small chip from head of spine else a bright and solid copy. Book is signed/inscribed by 3 Cincinatti Reds - signature & inscription from Ted Kluszewski to FFE, signatures from Johnny Bench & Pete Rose to title page. Book includes an NBC press pass for Game 5 of the 1976 World Series. This is significant because there wasn't a Game 5. The Reds swept the Yankees 4 straight games. A truly unique item.
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