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33 Baseball Team Histories Including 5 (2 Autographed) from the Putnam Series.
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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