New York and Cleaveland: The World Publishing Comapny, 1970. Hardcover. 12mo. Sixth Printing. Original jacket and blue cloth, title on spine, xiii, 400, (2)pp and eight plates of photographs. Light sunning and rubbing to spine and extremities, some soiling to jacket with stain to upper rear cover otherwise very good..... More
Toronto: Harper Collins, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, grey paper boards. 212 pp. [8] pp. B&W photos. Baseball is North America's favourite pastime. Millions of fans thrill to the sound, smell and electricity of the game; a game associated with men. But unknown to many, young women..... More
Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughan Company, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth boards. 130 p.p. Light bumping to spine ends. Dust jacket has some light bumping and wear to extremities, one short tear to foot of front cover. Jacket is price clipped. The exciting story of a boy's devotion to baseball..... More
New York: Books Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 12mo. Mel Martin Baseball Stories. Original aqua cloth boards. 191 p.p. Age toning to pages. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Slight damp staining to top edge. Short tear to head of p. 31. Dust jacket worn and chipped at edges..... More
New York: Books Inc., 1953. Hardcover. 12mo. Mel Martin Baseball Stories. Original red cloth. 192 p.p. Light bumping to spine ends. Age toning to pages. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, light chafing to joints, light staining to spine. Mel's battling ball team captures a prisoner and a...... More
Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2018. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 262 pp. B&W photos in text. Fine. Danny Gallagher leads readers up to that infamous day in October 1981 when Rick Monday of teh Los Angeles Dodgers hit a home run off Montreal Expos pitcher Steve Rogers in the..... More
New York: Times Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original jacket and quarter-cloth red and black boards. Title lettered in silver. 231 p.p. [16] p.p. photographs. Signed by Steve Garvey on f.f.e.p. Steven Patrick Garvey was a first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1968-1982. He was awarded Most..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan and blue cloth. xxii, 442 pp. [16] pp. B&W photos. Bumping to spine foot. Damp staining to top edge of text block, tail edge scuffed. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped to spine ends. A warm, delightful narrative of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 265 p.p. Quarter bound in cream cloth with gilt titling to spine, navy paper boards with gilt baseball player device. Illustrated dust jacket is price clipped and has some bumping to spine ends, else fine. Light soiling to edges of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. 276 pp. [7] plates B&W photos. Rubbing to extremities, sunning to spine. Small hole to title page, appears to be from a flame. Dust jacket is heavily chipped, with significant loss to spine, preserved in Brodart cover, cropped and..... More
New York: Hyperion, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Advanced uncorrected proof. Original card wraps. x, 372 pp. Some creasing, bumping, and light damp staining to covers. Completely revised and updated, this book chronicles the Angels' tumultuous history - written by a sportswriter that's followed the team since its inception..... More
New York: William Morrow, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated. Quarter navy paper and tan paper boards. VIII, 245 pp. [16 pp.] B&W photos. Light bumps to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket has a few bumps to extremities, fine overall. Only a few dozen T206 Wagners are..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated, full number line. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards, gilt titling to spine and foot of front board. viii, 326 pp., [16] pp. B&W photo plates. Ink stain to p. 228. Some light bumping to extremities of..... More
Beverley Hills, California: Book Company of America, 1963. Soft cover. 4.25" x 6.25" Paperback. 186 pp. A.E.R. Covers are stained, foxed, and creased. Damp stain to top edge of text block. Maury Wills - the man who broke Ty Cobb's base-stealing record - tells how he became the professional Athlete..... More