Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly chipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY CO-AUTHOR AL HIRSHBERG on front fly leaf. The autobiography of the great sports announcer who went from the Boston Red Sox to become a national television sports announcer and commentator.
Hardcover. Boston , Little Brown, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, pictorial dust jacket featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. Walter Iooss, a Sports Illustrated photographer for over 30 years, captures what he calls in his introduction "a thread that has connected the various stages of my life, as well as my photographic career. Baseball." 160 color phots of the game's greats.
Hardcover. NY, Birch Lane Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket., 240 pages, b&w illustrations. Recounts the first 100 years of the Dodgers, including their first pennant in 1916, their move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, and an overview of some of the outstanding players. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 306 pages, b&w photos. Don Baylor explores every facet of his career. In 1988, he became the first baseball player in history to go to the World Series for three consecutive years with three different teams. Fans know him as a frank, thoughtful man who speaks his mind about the game and his peers. In this book, he takes the reader onto the field and into the clubhouse with a rich blend of anecdotes and insights about the game he played - and studied - for more than twenty years. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color photographs. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A lavish, gorgeously designed full-color collection that showcases the designs of Dorothy and Otis Shepard, two groundbreaking giants of early twentieth-century American advertising. Dorothy and Otis Shepard are the unsung heroes of early twentieth-century North American visual culture. Together, they were the first American graphic designers to work in multiple mediums and scales with equal skill and vision, and their work remains brilliant; yet their names are little known today. Dorothy and Otis chronicles their story in detail for the first time. It explores the Shepards' penchant for abstraction and modernism, and shows how the advent of billboard advertising inspired their creativity--large campaigns that matched the grandeur of their lifestyle. Throughout, it demonstrates how their influence touched all aspects of consumer culture--from collaborating on the packaging for Wrigley's Gum and designing uniforms and logos for the Chicago Cubs to planning and promoting the resort island Catalina, where Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Clark Gable, and other celebrities frequented.
Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap , 1st, 1932, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 244 pages plus ads in rear. Some rubbing to corners and spine. Dust jacket with edgewear, soiling. Some browning to pages.
Hardcover. New York, Villard, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 368 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.
Englewood Cliffs NJ, Prentice-Hall, 4th pr., 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 394 pages, b&w photos. A year-by-year account, with personal interviews and reminiscences, of the events and personalities of the Stengel-Houk-Berra years, which accounted for fourteen American League pennants and nine World Series championships in sixteen seasons. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial glossy boards. A large pop-up of Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park, along with booklet telling a history of the historic stadium. Illustrations by Bill Purdom and paper engineering by Rick Morrison. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in bright, unclipped dust jacket, 413 pages. His second collection after The Summer Game (1972). Five Seasons covers the baseball seasons from 1972 through 1976, described as the "most significant half decade in the history of the game." The era was notable for the remarkable individual feats of Hank Aaron, Lou Brock, and Nolan Ryan, among others. It also presented one of the best World Series of all time (1975), including still the greatest World Series game ever played (Game Six). Along with visiting other games and campaigns, Roger Angell meets a trio of Tigers-obsessed fans, goes to a game with a departing old-style owner, watches high-school ball in Kentucky with a famous scout, and explores the sad and astounding mystery of Steve Blass's vanished control. Angell's Five Seasons is a gem and a gift for baseball lovers of all ages. Super condition, clean.
Hardcover. NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, BC Ed., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 268 pages. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographs. "In the poised, outspoken style that typifies his career as one of baseball's fiercest competitors and a superstar of the modern era, Frank Robinson recounts in this book his remarkable and dramatic experience as the first black manager in the history of the major leagues. Written in collaboration with Dave Anderson, the renowned sports columnist of The New York Times, Frank is both the essence of baseball and a document that transcends sports: an intimate, superbly detailed record of the business of managing men on the playing field and a revelation of one man on a spot no one ever occupied before him." Copyright page states first edition but lack of price on dust jacket tells us it's a Book Club. Embossed stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, Prentice-Hall, 2md pr., 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 176 pages. A behind-the-scenes portrait of Hall-of-Famer Bench, b&w photos by George Kalinsky. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Prentice-Hall, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket, 176 pages. A behind-the-scenes portrait of Hall-of-Famer Bench, b&w photos by George Kalinsky. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, IL, NTC Publishing Group, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A unique collection of photographs offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes visual chronicle of baseball players from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s
Hardcover. Hoboken NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The biography of one of the most controversial figures in sports: New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner For 34 years, he berated his players and tormented Yankees managers and employees. He played fast and loose with the rules, and twice could have gone to jail. He was banned from baseball for life--but was allowed back in the game. Yet George Steinbrenner also built the New York Yankees from a mediocre team into the greatest sports franchise in America. The Yankees won ten pennants and six World Series during his tenure. Now acclaimed sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author Peter Golenbock tells the fascinating story of "The Boss," from his Midwestern childhood through his decades-long ownership of the Yankees-the longest in the team's history. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, edgeworn dust jacket. With 32 pages of vintage photos. Bibliography. Index. Captivating tales of Christy Mathewson, Carl Hubbell, Joe McGinnity, Rube Marquand, Benny Kauff, Franny Frisch, etc. The definitive work on baseball's New York Giants and their tenure in New York City.
Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 744 pages.A year's worth of rare images from the archives of the National Baseball Hall of Fame includes action shots, humorous moments, publicity stunts, players in the off season, minor-league and armed-forces players, and more.
Hardcover. Chicago, Bonus Books, 2nd pr., 1989, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 317 pages, b&w photos. Happy Chandler was a two-time governor of Kentucky and a U.S. Senator from the same state during World War II. And while most people credit Branch Rickey with integrating baseball, it would not have happened without this special southern politician, Albert "Happy" Chandler being the Commissioner of Baseball at that time. Chandler also had to deal with the raids on star players by the Mexican League, the controversial suspension of Brooklyn Dodger manager Leo Durocher, and the threatened player strike. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Columbia, University of Missouri, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 274 pages, b&w photos. 1942: Americans suddenly found themselves at war but were not about to be distracted from the National Pastime. The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees were looking to continue their World Series rivalry from the 1941 season, and a youthful team from St. Louis was determined to stop them. With only one player older than thirty, the St. Louis Cardinals were the youngest team to win the National League pennant and World Series. Built on good pitching and tremendous speed on the base paths and in the field, the team featured rookie Stan Musial, future Hall of Famer Enos Slaughter, and ace pitcher Mort Cooper, the National League's Most Valuable Player of 1942. With their winningest season ever, posting 106 victories, the 1942 Redbirds have been called the greatest Cardinal team of all time. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 254, b&w illustrations. A veteran of seven decades of professional baseball reminisces about his days in the Negro Leagues, offers an intimate portrait of Satchel Paige, and reveals his current work scouting for the Kansas City Royals at age eighty-two. Buck O'Neil was a former all-star player and manager for the Kansas City Monarchs; he also has the distinction of being the first black to hold a coaching position in major league baseball. Clean copy.
NY, Sports Illustrated Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Tom Verducci was Sports Illustrated lead baseball writer starting in 1993. Here are 21 of his Best Stories including The Left Hand of God- Sandy Koufax; What is Rickey Henderson Doing in Newardk; The Power of Perdo (Martinez); and Totally Juiced- the effect of steroids on baseball. Introduction by Roger Clemens. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1st, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 47 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illusrations by Norm Chartier. Publisher's lending library stamp on front endpaper. Light soil to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In a stunning feat of meticulous reportage, Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ben Cramer ultimately puts to rest the "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" question with iconoclastic bravura. In Cramer's evaluation, the hero America held onto so desperately for so long was really a creation of a nation's communal imagination. The Joe DiMaggio that America tried so hard to believe in was never really here at all. There was, of course, a Joe DiMaggio, and he had a splendid career in Yankee pinstripes--once hitting safely in an unimaginable 56 consecutive games--and a troubled marriage with Marilyn Monroe, each augmenting the other in our national mythology. But myths tend to be skin-deep, and Cramer's biography thrives in an internal geography well below the surface. The map he charts is of a cold, small, often nasty, uncaring, resentful, self-centered man, a man of public grace and private misery who broke friendships, shunned family, and chased money with the same focused energies he once harnessed to run down fly balls.
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 "Cowboy At the Mike by: Al Hirshberg /Curt Gowdy")
 "Diamond Dreams - Thirty Years of Baseball through the Lens of Walter Iooss by: Boswell, Tom and Walter Iooss")
 "Dodgers! The First 100 Years by: Cohen, Stanley")
 "Don Baylor Nothing But the Truth: A Baseball Life by: Baylor, Don with Smith, Clarie")
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 "From Behind the Plate by: Johnny Bench")
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 "Game That Was: The George Brace Baseball Photo Collection by: Cahan, Richard")
 "George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire by: Golenbock, Peter")
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