NY: Charlie White, 1936. Bound in red wraps, stamped in white wraps, stamped in red. An early edition of this rather scarce baseball magazine. 141 pp. In well above average condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
NY: American Sports Publishing, 1927. Bound in red wraps, stamped in black and white. An early edition of this rather scarce baseball magazine. 124 pp. + ads. Part of the Spalding's Athletic Library. In well above average condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
NY: Charlie White, 1937. Bound in red wraps, stamped in white wraps, stamped in red. An early edition of this rather scarce baseball magazine. 149 pp. In well above average condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Baltimore: Baltimore Sun, 1995. Bound in stiff illustrated wraps with a picture of Cal on the front panel. 96 pp. Full of color pictures of Ripken's baseball career. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good ++/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Bound in light blue boards, stamped in dark blue in illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. A story of Larry Allen, a Southpaw for the SF Seals but he is wearing a NY Giants hat on the front panel. Chip to top spine of dust jacket. A most acceptable copy of this 247 pp. book. . Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good + - Price-clipped.
NY: Scribner, 1925. Bound in light blue cloth, stamped in dark blue and gold. The true first was published in 1916. 247 pp. Tight, clean copy. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.
NY: Mulligan, 1933. Bound in green wraps, stamped in black. Includes Henry Chadwick's 127 pp. 1872 Base-Ball Guide. Hard to find in any condition -- this one is in great condition. No copies on OCLC / Worldcat. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good ++/No Jacket - As Published. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Philadelphia: A.J. Reach, 1914. Bound in green and white wraps, stamped in black red and light green. An unusually nice copy of the this Reach Guide for the 1914 baseball season -- 640 pp. Both front and back cover are still in decent condition (and attached!). Scarce in this protected condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Philadelphia: A.J. Reach, 1912. Bound in green and white wraps, stamped in black red and light green. An unusually nice copy of the this Reach Guide for the 1912 baseball season -- 672 pp. Both front and back cover are still in decent condition (and attached!). Scarce in this protected condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Philadelphia: A.J. Reach, 1905. Bound in red limp leather stamped in gold. This is apparently a scarce hardbound book of the 1905 baseball season -- usually published in colorful stiff wraps. 360 pp. Spine of binding could use some strengthening, but a very scarce copy from the A.J. Reach Company.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
NY: American Sports Publishing, 1895. This is a collection of 26 volumes of the Spalding Base Ball Guide, earliest copies -- 1895 and 1898 (1895 is complete but missing covers, 1898 lacks the first 14 pages), From 1911 to 1939 about half the titles have their covers. Stored in a custom box. Obviously scarce. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good - Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Texas: Eakin Pr, 1987. Bound in thick glossy wraps. Has black & white photos of players and baseball fields throughout. Tight, clean copy. 389 pgs.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2".
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. Bound in brown cloth and boards, stamped in gold. In matching dust jacket w/ the Babe hitting a home run. Tight, clean copy of this 282 pp. book on the life of the Babe. Great photos throughout. The true first edition with the number line ending in "!". . First Ediiton. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
OH: Society for American Baseball Research / SABR, 2005. Bound in stiff illustrated wraps. A 160 pp. collection of stories from 20 years of convention journals. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1975. Bound in full blue cloth, stamped in gold in bright white dust jacket. A Book Club edition -- but same format as the first edition. 277 pp.. BOMC. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
OH: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994. Bound in stiff glossy wraps. A great work on the Negro baseball leagues. 382 pp. Lots of statistics on the players of the league. . First Ediiton. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1977. Bound in brown cloth, stamped in gold, in illustrated colorful dust jacket. A 288 pp. by the "Dean of Baseball Writers" through six decades of watching and reporting on baseball games. Great book on baseball. . First Ediiton. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++.
NY: Doubleday, 1988. Bound in green cloth and black boards, stamped in gold, in matching illustrated dust jacket. A tight, clean copy of this 396 pp. book on the NY Giants baseball team. . First Ediiton. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Jay Publishing, 1951. Bound in Blue cloth, stamped in gold. Approximately 100 pp. with loads of pictures and statistics. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Phila: Lippincott, 1960. Bound in orange cloth, stamped in green in matching dust jacket with a drawing of Joe on the front panel. A very popular book when it was first published. This is the true first edition (stated on the copyright page). Dust jacket is tight and clean, but is price-clipped. Scarce in this protected condition. 192 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++ - Price Clipped.
