Baseball

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… Read More

New York, Total Sports, 1998, large format hardcover (9" x 11"), xiii-210 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Association Copy, Signed by the author and inscribed to the American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould with a bookplate to the front pastedown identifying the book as 'From the Library of...', Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slightest spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, in protective glassine sleeve. The sports historian and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written', presents a cultural history of New York City in the first half of the twentieth century with sports, those who participated in them, and the many legendary venues that housed them at the center. Profusely illustrated throughout with both black-&-white and color photographs, many from the author's personal collection. Appended:… Read More

New York: Harry M. Stevens, Inc. Publisher, 1941. Dated in pencil front cover July 24. SIGNED in pencil front cover by Yankess 1st baseman John Sturm, and SIGNED in pencil rear cover by Cleveland Indians center fielder Roy "Stormy" Weatherly. Original printed stapled wrappers with 10 pp. ads and 2 pp. score card. Score card marked in pencil through 2nd inning. Very Good, upper corner rear cover soiled. John Sturm's big league baseball career lasted only one season, with the World Series-winning New York Yankees. He entered the Yankees starting lineup May 15, the same day Joe DiMaggio began his 56 game hitting streak, and his steady play at 1st and as lead-off batter helped to steady a struggling Yankees team. Later that year he became the first married player to enter military service for WWII. Due to an injury suffered during his service and later injuries playing ball, he never made back into another big league game. Roy Weatherly played 10 seasons in the bigs, with Cleveland, the… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 303 pages; VG/VG; spine is white with green, black, and blue lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has price uncut, '$7.50', has mild wear along the top and bottom edges, has minor discoloration; binding has minor wear along the top and bottom edges, has bumping on the fore edge corners; pages have occasional minor pen markings; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1321406. FP New Rockville Stock.

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.

Boston Red Sox 1962 Yearbook. Statistics for the 1961 season, the rookie year of Carl Yastrzemski. Signed by Yaz at his picture. Also signed by Frank Malzone at his picture.The cover signatures are Mike Fornieles, Earl Wilson and what appears to be Chuck Schilling. Very good condition.

New York, Ticknor and Fields, 1988, large format hardcover (9" x 12"), 282 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Association Copy, Signed by the author and inscribed to the American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science Stephen Jay Gould on the title page. Inscription reads "For Stephen Jay Gould with all good wishes - Larry Ritter". Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine-end and corner bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light spine-end and corner nicks and bumps. The premier sports historian and author of The Glory of Their Times, often called 'the greatest book about baseball ever written presents what has been described as "easily the best pictorial biography of the Sultan of Swat...from boyhood days in his father's saloon in Baltimore, his formative years at St. Mary's, his early playing days in Baltimore and Providence, his rise to stardom as a member of the Boston Red Sox, the legendary years… Read More

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.

BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY JOE DIMAGGIO directly to the half-title page and PROFESSIONALLY AUTHENTICATED by PSA/DNA. Includes their ironclad Certificate of Authenticity. NOT inscribed. An attractive book club edition in VG+/VG condition: pristine text, good color and sharp corners on boards, mild shelfwear on dust jacket. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added. Extremely scarce with an authenticated autograph! Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

New York: Putnam's Sons, (1955). First edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. One of the scarcer titles in Putnam's Sports Series "The Big League Library" and "wholesome sports reading for baseball fans, young and old" per Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick (as quoted on the jacket). Very nearly fine with only minor shelf wear; in very good spine-toned and somewhat edge-rubbed dust jacket with light creasing, shallow chip at head of spine, and internal tape repair to few tears. Still, bright and attractive.

McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2006. Softcover. Like New. Revised and expanded. Latest edition of Myron J. Smith, Jr.'s massive, 4-volume bibliography of baseball, the largest and most comprehensive print bibliography on any American Sport. Over 57,000 entries. Vol. 1: Reference, General History, Leagues and Teams. 472 pp. Vol. 2: Youth/College/Amateur, Rules and Techniques, Individual Biography (Aaron-Encarnacion). 473-856 pp. Vol. 3: Individual Biography (Engel-Oxley). 857-1292 pp. Vol. 4: Individual Biography (Oxley-Zwissig), Journals Examined, Index. Four volumes at 9 7/8" x 6 7/8" each. Tight, immaculate copies. Extremities crisp. Faint, small corner creases to two volumes. Unmarked front to back. A beautiful set of baseball's masterpiece of scholarship. Inquire for shipping on International sales. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Hardcover. New York: Putnam, 1953. (Putnam Sports Series: The Big League Library). 1st edition, 1st printing. 247 pp. All-time roster of umpires, index. Near Fine book (no markings to text, name and date on front pastedown under dust jacket flap covered with black marker) / Very Good dust jacket (price-clipped, 1" tear to front flap, wear to edges of dust jacket, especially to spine extremities, v-shaped chip to top edge of rear dj panel at spine). A clean, solid copy.

New York: Greenberg Publ., 1952. Scarce in commerce in Fine condition. Fine in Wraps, as Issued, 79 unnumbered pages. Contains 75 of Dizzy's most amusing terms with great comical cartoons by Hugh Devine. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

SIGNED IN PERSON BY WILLIE MAYS directly to the front endpaper! Willie added "Best Wishes" and date 1988, but did not personalize. There is a gift inscription on that same page as shown in my photos. Book looks and feels unread, color is faded on the spine of the dust jacket. Still looks terrific with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

Costumbres,satiras,observaciones articulos y ensayos de wenceslao galvez y del monte sobre costumbres,satiras,humor y folklore cubano primera edicion habana cuba 1932 caratulas originaales.libro muy raro,[out of print].solo se publico una sola edicion.reuniendo los articulos,ensayos y satiras de wenceslao galvez y del monte [matanzas,cuba 1867].destacado periodista y jugador y manager de beisbol cubano.siendo uno de sus primeros historiadores.estudio leyes en la universidad de la habana y fue un afamado critico cubano