The Bassett Fund, 1975. Trade Paperback. 9 pages. Published to celebrate Dawson's appearance at Duke University, 1975. Limited to 300 copies. Dawson's recllections of watching (and predicting) Stan Musiel's 3001 hit in St. Louis and additional reflections on the brilliant play of certain other ballplayers. Signed by the author. First.....
USPO, 1989. Ephemera. 9 USPO $0.25 uncancelled postal stamps affixed to manila envelope.
Smithsonian Books, 2005. Trade Paperback. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Among the national treasures you'll find: The only known photographic image of baseball's first organized team, the New York Knickerbockers, circa 1846. Original copy of the first written rules of modern baseball. One of the earliest known color.....
North Point Press, January 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), in a near fine illustrated jacket. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner. In the pantheon of great sports literature, not a few poets have tried their hand at.....
University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (first printing). Very good in a very good dust jacket. Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Five Trees Press, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, with some fold-out pages. One of 350 copies. First printed in IO. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in sewn pictorial wrappers (paperback).
DK Dorling Kindersley, 2000. Hardcover. Recapture classic moments in baseball history with full-page spreads that remind us why baseball is America's favorite game. Includes over 400 photographs from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Publications International, Ltd., 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. Illustrated in color. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Crescent Books, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 112 pages. B/W illustrations. Square format, 10.5 inches. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Contemporary Books, 1996. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 433 pages. B/W illustrations. First edition thus. A near fine copy in color illustrated wrappers (paperback). An anecdotal history of baseball reveals many of the forces, events, and people that have shaped Americans' perceptions of the national pastime.
Simon & Schuster, 1981. Trade Paperback.
Henry Holt & Co., 1987. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. First edition thus. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Recounts the fixing of the 1919 World Series, covering events from the first meetings between White Sox players and gamblers to the 1921 trial and its aftermath.
W W Norton & Company, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 339 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Ephemera. Stan Covelski (1889-1984,) pitcher (1912-1928), primarily for the Cleveland Indians and the star of the 1920 World Series with 3 complete game victories. He specialized in throwing the spitball, which was prohibited in 1920, with Covelski being one of seventeen pitchers permited to continue throwing the pitch. He was.....
Philosophy Today, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. pp. 209-226, Philosophy Today, Vol. 20, No. 3/4, Fall, 1976. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
F.J. Low Company, Inc., 1950. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. 120 pages. Sportswriter and Branch Rickey-confidant Mann's account of Robinson's transition from the Negro Leagues to become the first modern African-American to play in the major leagues. Mann also wrote the screenplay for the 1950 film, The Jackie Robinson Story.....
Walker and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. 9 by 11-1/4 inches. With essays by Mickey Mantel, Stephen Jay Gould and others. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Obtained from the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen.....
University of Illinois Press, August 1991. Trade Paperback. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Richard Wolffers Auctions, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Three auction catalogues all related to baseball collectibles. Many color illustrations. First edition (first printing). Very good in illustrated wrappers (paperback).
Wiley, October 2007. Hardcover. Advance Praise for Five O'Clock Lightning "Come along with Harvey Frommer on a jaunty stroll through baseball eighty years ago. The 1927 Yankees may or may not have been the best team ever, but surely this is the best book about that wonderful concentration of talent.".....
University of Nebraska Press, March 2002. Trade Paperback. Celebrated sports writer Roger Kahn casts his gaze on the golden age of baseball, an unforgettable time when the game thrived as America's unrivaled national sport. The Era begins in 1947 with Jackie Robinson changing major league baseball forever by taking the.....
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, May 2006. Trade Paperback. "Dazzling...A celebration of a vanished heroic age and a 'simpler America' " --New York Times Book Review David Halberstam's classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royal between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for.....
Avery, May 1992. Hardcover.
McGraw-Hill, May 1988. Hardcover.
Seal Press, March 1994. Trade Paperback. The years between 1943 and 1954 marked the magical era of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - which proved beyond doubt that women can play hardball. With skill and style, more than 500 women took to the baseball diamonds of the Midwest dazzling.....