Sometimes You See It Coming
New York: Crown, (1993). First edition, Advance Reading copy. Fine in wrappers. Author's first novel, about a baseball player. More
New York: Crown, (1993). First edition, Advance Reading copy. Fine in wrappers. Author's first novel, about a baseball player. More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1993). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
New York: Crown Publishers Inc., (1993). Softcover. Uncorrected proof. Very good in wrappers with a faint dampstain to the top edge. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1982. Hardcover. First edition. 367pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning. More
(New York): Dial Press, 1969. Softcover. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Advance excerpt printing a single chapter, about Branch Rickey, from the book. Signed by Barber on the front wrap. Very scarce. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. Hardcover. First edition. Minor soiling to the boards, light offsetting to the endpapers, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a touch of wear. Biography of the great sportscaster. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine, with light water staining to the front and back pastedown, in a near fine dustwrapper with water stains to the spine and a few short tears. Biography of the great sportscaster. More
New York: D. Appleton, 1903. Hardcover. First edition. A trifle rubbed at the extremities, still a fine, bright copy. The first baseball novel written by the prolific juvenile fiction author who created the "prep school" sports story sub-genre. At school, Weatherby is branded a coward but proves his mettle when..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill / Whittlesey House, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Mildred Waltrip. Fine in fine, very slightly rubbed dustwrapper. Science applied to popular sports. Very scarce in this condition. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Young, (1951). Hardcover. First edition. Dampstaining to rear pastedown, otherwise very good in a very good dustwrapper with small closed tear at head of spine. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Young, (1951). Hardcover. First edition. Showing light wear, thus very good in a good dustwrapper with the spine sunned and the back panel chipped. More
Softcover. Folio. Spiral bound flexible red plastic *Life Magazine* wrappers. Binder is near fine with a little light wear. Clear sheets enclosing fifteen fine, original black and white, or sepia-toned photographs of baseball player Hank Bauer when he was manager of the World Series-winning 1966 Baltimore Orioles. Each photo has..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Beckham's second novel, and generally considered the best baseball novel by an African-American. More
New York: William Morrow, 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with two ceases on the front flap. Beckham's second novel, and generally considered the best baseball novel by an African-American. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959). Hardcover. Owner's name stamp twice, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short, creased tear on the front panel. More
New York: Julian Messner, 1965. Hardcover. Fifth printing. Fine in pictorial boards, without dustwrapper. More
New York: Julian Messner, 1965. Hardcover. Fifth printing. Near fine in pictorial boards with a bit of light soiling, without dustwrapper. More
Larchmont N.Y. Argonaut Books, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Tiny crease at bottom corner of two early leaves else near fine in rubbed and slightly foxed else near fine dust jacket. Baseball fiction, plus Yogi's own "Tips for Young Catchers" More
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1989). Hardcover. First edition. Fine save for a bookstore stamp on the front free endpaper, in a fine dustwrapper. More
Chicago: Berry, Kelly & Chadwick, 1904. Unbound. Stereograph card. Gelatin silver photographs. Image size 6" x 3.25" mounted on slightly larger thick card. Captioned in print below image, photographers mark on front of card. A fine bright image. Mother fusses with her sons clothing on her front porch, while six..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2005). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1964). Hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in near fine, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Baseball novel for children about a Cuban refugee who is "introduced to American ways and team spirit" (from the jacket). The author Bishop was educated in Texas, where he worked as a...... More
New York: Bantam Books, (1994). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Mute Oklahoma shortstop gets his shot in the minors, playing in Georgia during the Second World War. More
(Otisville, N.Y.): Birch Brook Press, (1990). Hardcover. First edition. Slight sunning on front board, else fine in boards as issued. A collection of interesting essays on the National Pastime by various authors including Robert Coover, W.P. Kinsella, William Stafford, Henry Roth, Jay Neugeboren, Tom Tolnay, and others. Signed by the..... More
Cincinnati: Betterway Books, (1994). Softcover. First edition. Back wrapper corner creased, else fine in wrappers. More