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Baseball Books
6 Lots
 Lot 155. Johnny Evers Touching Second, Four Other Books by Hall of Fame Members. Subtitled “The Science of Baseball,” this book was published in 1910. This second edition from the Hall of Fame second baseman is a collectible vg and contains bookplate photos of Cobb, Lajoie, Wagner, Speaker, Mathewson and others. The other books are by: Christy Mathewson, Pitching in a Pinch, scarce 1977 Stein and Day paperback, vg+ to ex. Putnam originally published the Mathewson book in 1912. Stanley (Bucky) Harris, Playing the Game: From Mine Boy to Manager, 1925 apparent first edition, vg book with a magazine company stamp on the flyleaf, no dust jacket. Rogers Hornsby, My Kind of Baseball, 1953, vg, missing dj. And Joe DiMaggio, Baseball for Everyone, vg book, missing dj. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Minimum Bid $75.
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 Lot 156. 3 Babe Ruth Books – The Babe Ruth Story and The Real Babe Ruth. Both the hardback and softcover versions of The Babe Ruth Story are present. “As told to Bob Considine,” the 1948 book is promoted as “My only Authorized Story.” The hardcover is a g+ to vg ex-library copy with the g-vg cover in Mylar adhered to the book. The 96-page softcover, a stated first edition, is vg-ex with a small stain and scuff and minor creases on the cover and clean vg+ to ex pages except for tape marks on the first title page. The Real Babe Ruth by Dan Daniel, 1963 second edition, is a 162-page nm-m extensively illustrated softcover that has been hardbound between orange boards. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 157. 10 Baseball Books, 4 on the Yankees – Ruth, Berra, Mantle and Ford. Hardbacks unless otherwise noted. The books on the Yankees are: Yogi, with Ed Fitzgerald, 1961 first edition, vg book and dust jacket. Babe Ruth: His Life and Times, Paul Adomites, 1995 apparent first, ex-m/ex. Whitey and Mickey, with Joseph Durso, 1977, ex-m/ex. The Mick, with Herb Gluck, Players or former players are the authors of three books: My Own Particular Screwball, Al Schacht, 1955, ex book, dj absent. Pennant Race, Jim Brosnan, 1962 Book Club edition, ex/vg-ex. I’m Glad You Didn’t Take It Personally, Jim Bouton, 1971, ex-m/vg. The three other books are: The Baseball Life of Willie Mays, Lee Greene, 1970 paperback, vg. The Official Encyclopedia of Baseball, Hy Turkin, 1956, vg+, no dj. And The World Series, Joseph L. Reichler, 1978 apparent first, ex+/ex.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 158. Hardback Books on Ruth, DiMaggio and Mantle. 1. The Babe: The Game That Ruth Built, Lawrence S. Ritter and Mark Rucker, 1997 apparent first edition, nm-m book nm dj. 2. Me and DiMaggio, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, 1986 apparent first, owner’s name on a label on the front end-page, nm book and dj. 3. Baseball’s Most Valuable Players, George Vecsey, 1966, Mantle on the cover, ex book, no dj as issued.
Winning Bid $10.
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 Lot 159. 52 Books on the Yankees – Histories, Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig Biographies, Etc. Hardbacks unless otherwise indicated. Nine histories or record books complement the biographies and autobiographies, which dominate this collection. Sparky Lyle’s The Bronx Zoo leads the list of hardbacks; 1979, ex-m+ book and dj. Other hardbacks cover the Sixty-one season (Tony Kubek, 1967 assumed first edition, water damaged), the Yankee-Boston rivalry (Harvey Frommer, 1982, stated first edition), nm book and ex-m dj, the 1920s-50s (Frank Graham Jr., 1981), ex/ex, and Yankee Stadium (Joseph Durso, 1972, water damage). Paperbacks are: This Date in New York Yankees History, Nathan Salant; The Ultimate New York Yankees Record Book, Walter Le Conte; The Greatest of All: The 1927 New York Yankees, John Mosedale, and An Illustrated History, George Sullivan; these books average ex. Brief biographies of more than a dozen 1950s Yankees are presented in Tom Meany’s The Magnificent Yankees, 1956, ex book, vg dj. Babe Ruth is the subject of biographies by Meany, 1947, vg, missing dj; Robert Smith, 1974 apparent first edition, nm book, ex-m dj; Ken Sobol, 1974 state first, vg-ex/ex; Marshall Smelser, 1975, nm-m/ex-m+; Kal Wagenheim, 1974, nm/ex, and Dorothy Ruth Pirone, My Dad, The Babe, 1988, nm-m/nm. Also, a copy of an essay by Smelser, The Babe on Balance. Joe DiMaggio is the author of two of 10 books that relate to his life and career: Baseball for Everyone, 1948, p-f, complete, water stained, no dj, and Lucky to be a Yankee, 1947, vg, no dj as issued. Biographies on DiMaggio are by Christopher Lehman,-Haupt, Richard Gilliam (pb), Maury Allen, Richard Ben Cramer, George De Gregorio (pb), Michael Seidel (ex-library), Dick Johnson, and Roger Kahn Joe & Marilyn: A Memory of Love, 1986, ex book in vg-ex dj. The DiMaggio hardbacks, excluding the ex-library copy, average nm in ex-m djs, while the paperbacks average ex. Casey Stengel is the author of one book and the subject of five others. Casey at the Bat: The Story of My Life, 1962, vg+/vg, highlights the Stengel collection, which includes biographies by Creamer, Durso, Allen, Gene Schoor and Ira Berkow (ex-library). These hardbacks average vg/vg. Lou Gehrig is the subject of three biographies: My Luke and I by Eleanor Gehrig, ex-m/vg-ex; Lou Gehrig: The Iron Horse of Baseball by Richard G. Hubler, vg book, missing dj, and Lou Gehrig: Pride of the Yankees by Paul Gallico, vg book, dj absent. There are four Yogi Berra books: 1954 and 1965 editions of the same biography by Joe Trimble, both vg; It Ain’t Over, ex-libris, ex book with a vg-ex dj, The Yogi Book, a 1998 nm pb. Four books on Mickey Mantle, including two autobiographies: All My Octobers, 1994, ex/vg, and The Quality of Courage, 1964, water damaged. Also, two biographies: Mickey Mantle Mister Yankee by Al Silverman, 1963, vg+, and The Last Hero by David Falkner, 1995, ex-libris, ex/vg+. Among the other (auto)biographies is Yankee Batboy by Joe Carrieri, 1955, vg+/vg and books written by Irwin Stambler, Schoor, Allen, Peter Golenbock and Milton Shapiro. Players covered are Whitey Ford, Billy Martin, Bob Turley and Catfish Hunter. Two of these books are missing dust jackets; overall, the books grade ex, and the djs, vg-ex. Many of the books have a Ruth 20-cent cent and first day of issue cancellation inside. The Meany book on Ruth is autographed by Detroit football star Andy Farkas. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $102.
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 Lot 160. 33 Baseball Team Histories Including 5 (2 Autographed) from the Putnam Series. Hardbacks unless otherwise noted. The Putnam histories remain in demand, and some are scarce. Two of the five offered here are signed by the authors: The Milwaukee Braves by Harold Kaese and R.G. Lynch, signed by Lynch (mint 9) and another individual on the flyleaf, 1954 ex book in g-vg dust jacket, and The Washington Senators by Shirley Povich, also signed on the flyleaf (9-10), 1954 vg book, dj missing. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating. The other Putnam histories are: The Boston Braves by Kaese, 1948 vg, no dj; The New York Yankees by Frank Graham, 1943 g book, no dj; and The Brooklyn Dodgers by Graham, 1945 vg-ex/p. Three 1975 paperbacks on the Cubs, Tigers and Red Sox (signed note on the contents page by author Henry Berry, 10 signature, ex book) are from the “Baseball’s Great Teams” series, overall vg+. The Red Sox are covered again in a 1980 “Baseball’s Greatest Dynasties” Series book by Milton Cole, nm/ex. Two books and a magazine focus on outstanding teams: Paths to Glory by Mark L. Armour, 2003 first edition, nm-m/ex-m; Amazing Baseball Teams by Dave Wolf, 1970, vg-ex, no dj as issued, and Baseball’s 20 Greatest Teams of All Time, 1991 SI special, vg-ex. Defunct teams are the subject of Jeffrey Stuart’s Twilight Teams, ex-m+ pb, and Harvey Frommer covers the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry in Baseball’s Greatest Rivalry, ex pb. Other books cover the Dodgers (4, one pb), including The Rhubarb Patch by Red Barber, the Orioles (2, including Burt Solomon’s on the 1890s franchise), Blue Jays, Cardinals, Cardinals and Browns (Peter Golenbock’s book), White Sox (pb), Phillies (pb, p), Diamondbacks, Cubs, Yankees (2, one pb), Mets (4, two pb), Angels and Indians (ex-library). The paperbacks otherwise ungraded average vg-ex, and the hardbacks, ex+ with vg-ex dust jackets. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $75.
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