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The National Game
by SPINK, Alfred H.
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- Published
- 1910
- Condition
- Very Good
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$2,000.00
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St. Louis: National Game Publishing Company, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 410pp. Gift inscription: "With regards to Wayne Eberly, From Chas. Schuman. Feb 2 - '11. Sec. Detroit B.B.C." Rubbing on the cloth, a very good or better copy. Additionally tipped-into the book is an age-toned blank bearing an inscription from Spink: "To Glenn Spink, my dear… Read more
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2009 NFHS Softball Rules Book
by STRUCKHOFF, Mary E.
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- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- Near Fine
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$25.00
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Indianapolis: NFHS, 2009. Softcover. Near Fine. 24mo. 104pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Very near fine.
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The Boy Scouts of Black Eagle Patrol
by QUIRK, Leslie W.
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- Published
- 1915
- Condition
- Near Fine
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$50.00
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New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1915. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece. Boards a trifle soiled, near fine in spine-faded, else about very good dustwrapper.
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How Life Imitates the World Series
by BOSWELL, Thomas
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- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780140064698
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$20.00
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(New York): Penguin Books, 1986. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Octavo. 296pp. Wrappers. Pages lightly toned, else just about fine. Part of The Penguin Sports Library.
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Something for the Admirers of Base Ball
by THINE, Bawlingly
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- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Fine
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$125.00
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New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 1990. Softcover. Fine. First edition thus, reprinted from the *Salem Register* August 15, 1867. Wrappers. Fine. One of 150 copies printed at the Kelly/Winterton Press. Card from the publisher laid in.
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Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles
by OVERMYER, James
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- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- Fine
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$350.00
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Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 297pp. Illustrated plates from photographs. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a little sunning and a crease on the front flap. Inscribed by the author. Additionally signed by two of the Newark Eagles: "Skinner Belfield. Newark Eagles. Catcher 46-48." and "James A. Walker. Newark, N.J. Newark Eagles… Read more
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Walter Johnson: King of the Pitchers
by TREAT, Roger L.
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- Published
- 1948
- Condition
- Near Fine
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$40.00
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New York: Julian Messner, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 192pp. Illustrated from drawings. Tiny spot on foredge else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. A very scarce biography in the Messner series.
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Remembering Their Glory: Sports Heroes of the 1940s
by YOUNG, James V. and Arthur F. McClure
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- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Fine
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$45.00
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New York: A.S. Barnes, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 255pp. Illustrated. Fine in lightly rubbed and worn near fine dustwrapper.
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Past Time Baseball as History
by TYGIEL, Jules
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- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780195033007
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$25.00
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New York: Oxford, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 258pp. Illustrated. Fine in fine dustwrapper.
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1962 Official Rules - Regulations Junior, Pony, Colt Baseball
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- Published
- 1962
- Condition
- Near Fine
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$50.00
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Washington, Pennsylvania: Pony & Colt Baseball, 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. 16mo. 32pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Near fine.
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His Good Stuff: Baseball Poems
by MANESIS, John
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- Published
- 2017
- Condition
- Fine
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$45.00
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(Lexington, Kentucky): The Author, 2017. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Trade paperback original. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the author to the poet George Economou. Self-published baseball poetry.
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Bang the Drum Slowly
by HARRIS, Mark
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- Published
- 1956
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780394416007
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$200.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Tiny owner's name front fly else fine, lacking the dustwrapper. A nice copy of an elusive baseball classic, reprising the character of Henry Wiggen from the author's novel *The Southpaw*. First dramatized for television with Paul Newman, later a film, scripted by Harris, with Robert De Niro and… Read more
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The Duke Decides
by TUNIS, John R.
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- Published
- 1939
- Condition
- Fine
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$40.00
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition. Fine in slightly spine-sunned else near fine dustwrapper.
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Low and Inside
by SMITH, Ira L. and H. Allen Smith
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- Published
- 1949
- Condition
- Very Good
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$20.00
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Garden City: Doubleday, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Leo Hershfield. Light foxing on page edges, boards slightly soiled, very good lacking the dustwrapper.
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Little League Confidential: One Coach's Completely Unauthorized Tale of Survival
by GEIST, Bill
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- Published
- 1992
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780025429215
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$20.00
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New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later printing. 217pp. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine sunned, small tideline internally on spine tail.
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(Ticket): Negro Minstrel Show at Gaehle's Hall... Spet. 16th, 1933... Given by Pond Baseball Club
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- Published
- 1933
- Condition
- Very Good
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$35.00
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[St. Louis?]: Pond Baseball Club / Allied Printing, 1933. Unbound. Very Good. Printed ticket on orange paper. 3.5" x 2". Uneven sunning, thus very good.
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(Baseball photograph): "Baseball Parade June 12th [1909] New York & Cincinnati Teams in Franklin Cars
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- Published
- 1909
- Condition
- Very Good
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$850.00
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New York: F. Ed. Spooner and Chas. S. Wells, Motor News, Motor Photos, Motor Adv, 1909. Unbound. Very Good. Sepia-toned gelatin silver photograph. 8.75" x 7.5". Stamped with the photographer name and hand-captioned in pencil, both on the verso. Small chips at the corners not substantially affecting the image, very good. Approximately 30 uniformed players from the New… Read more
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The All-Lover All-Star Team and 50 Other Improbable Baseball All-Star Lineups
by DAVIS, Al and Elliot Horne
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- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780688096212
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$20.00
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New York: William Morrow, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First edition. 185pp. Very faint dampstain on spine tail into gutters, boards a bit bowed, very good in fine dustwrapper. Amusing compilation of all-time great teams. As well as teams that highlight the best player at each position, for traditional categories: most home runs, best average, etc. it also fields… Read more
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![image of [Cabinet photograph]: Very Early 19th Century Baseball Nine](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/049/859/1306859049.0.m.jpg)
[Cabinet photograph]: Very Early 19th Century Baseball Nine
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- Published
- 1880
- Condition
- Good
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$700.00
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1880. Unbound. Good. Cabinet card photograph. Measuring 4Âľ" x 5½" on slightly larger card. Likely collodion or possibly carbon photographic print of nine players in uniform. No photographer's information. Corners of card rounded with mild erosion and creases at the corners of the image, pinhole upper left, where it might have been pinned up, overall a good example.… Read more
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$700.00

The Mick
by MANTLE, Mickey and Herb Gluck
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- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780385194563
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$20.00
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Later printing. 248pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Remainder spray on bottom page edges, near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with short closed tears on edges.
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