The Education of a Baseball Player
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1967). Hardcover. First edition. Spine lettering a little rubbed, thus very good in very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears at the spine ends. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1967). Hardcover. First edition. Spine lettering a little rubbed, thus very good in very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears at the spine ends. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1967). Hardcover. First edition. Spine a little foxed, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with small stains on the front panel. More
Unbound. Typed Letter Signed by Mickey Mantle on New York Yankees, Inc. stationery, and dated July 28, 1953. Folded as mailed, a small section of bleed-through from a piece of tape on the verso (since removed), some finger smudges, a very good or better example. A brief letter to a...... More
New York: Doubleday, (1991). Hardcover. First edition. 246pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Light foxing on top edges of boards and page edges, near fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006). Hardcover. First edition. 401pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a faint dampstain on the bottom edge, tiny tears, and edgewear. More
[New York? possibly M. J. Ivers & Co., circa 1893-1900]. Softcover. First edition thus, with additional contributions. 12mo. 36pp. Illustrated advertisements. Tan pictorial self-wrappers printed in black with front cover reproducing a cameo vignette drawing of an African-American minstrel figure, holding a book and gesturing dramatically. Covers and text are..... More
New York: Frederick Pustet Co., 1949. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated by Rev. Joseph A. Fredette. Light staining from binder's glue on the endpapers, else near fine in lightly worn, near fine dustwrapper. Signed by Fredette on the title page. Joe DiMaggio's copy with a letter of provenance signed by..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon, (1948). Hardcover. First edition. Front fly with inked owner's name; very good with wear to the corners and spinal extremities, lacking the dustwrapper. More
New York: Metro Books, (1996). Hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with minor wear to the panels. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in about very good dust jacket, with a few chips, all along the upper extremities. Scarce title. Maris recounts the 1961 season. More
(No place: Martin Hughes, 1983). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light wear. Interviews with famous figures including Joe DiMaggio, James A. Michener, Peggy Fleming, and several others. Signed by the author. Joe DiMaggio's copy with a letter of provenance signed by DiMaggio's two granddaughters. Published by..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated from drawings. Very slight sunning at the bottom of the boards and tiny, very faint stains on the first couple of pages, else fine lacking the dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by the author to the all-time baseball great: "To Babe..... More
Philadelphia: Gross McCleaf Gallery, 2006. Softcover. First edition. Introduction by Louis A. Zona. Small quarto. [12]pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. Gallery catalog for an exhibition of baseball paintings. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Illustrated from photographs. Red cloth gilt. Early pencil owner's name, front hinge a little restored, bottom corners bumped, very good lacking the rare dust jacket. Uncommon first edition of this how-to book, liberally illustrated with..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1917). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by E.C. Casswell. Spine lettering worn as usual, but readable, lacks front fly, some small stains and rubbing on the boards, a good only copy lacking the rare dustwrapper. The fourth and final volume in an alliteratively titled series..... More
Factoryville, Penn'a. Keystone Academy, June, 1919. Softcover. First edition. Small quarto. 68pp. Illustrated. Stapled with gray applied wrappers stamped in gilt. Small tears at extremities of the oversize yapped edges, a couple of corrections in the text, very good. Mostly a catalog for the school, but gives a complete list..... More
Unbound. 3" x 5" card Signed by the Hall of Fame baseball player "Ed Matthews" Fine. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. Remainder spray to bottom edge else fine in fine dustwrapper. Young Bronx boy dreams of being the next Brooklyn Dodger shortstop. *McCue p.69.*. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. Remainder spray to bottom edge, else fine in a spine-faded, very good dustwrapper. Young Bronx boy dreams of being the next Brooklyn Dodger shortstop. *McCue p.69.*. More
Larchmont, New York: Argonaut Books, Inc., (1963). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a lightly age-toned, very good or better dustwrapper. A mystery novel about a centerfielder, presumably written for adolescents, followed by tips for playing center field by Mays and a section on outfielders in the Hall of Fame. One..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1966. Hardcover. First edition. 320pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Good only ex-library copy with library markings, glue remnants, and faint tide mark in a very good dust jacket with tidemarks and edgewear. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1988). Hardcover. First edition. 2866pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. A remainder mark on the bottom page edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear. More
California: Crown Albums of California, CA 1960. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in hard cover with a comb binding, with pages for team roster, results of games, etc. Completely blank except for signature of Willie Mays on the autograph page. More
New York: Dutton, (1989). Softcover. First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. Babe Ruth hits the ultimate home run. *McCue p.69.*. More