Search Results: Baseball from Bruce Davidson Books

Brooklyn: Brooklyn Dodgers, 1949. First Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good. This is the 1949 annual guide to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Lots of pix and data. Some discoloration to the covers otherwise fine. Uncommon item. (box 146)

Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. First Edition. . Hardcover. As New/Dust Jacket Included. First printing. As new in an as new dustjacket. Perfect. Absolute catnip for any Sawx fan.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1969. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of this memoir by the dean of DC sports writers, recalling his 40 years of covering DC and national sports. Briefly inscribed, SIGNED and dated by the author (a very scarce signature). Near fine in a very good, unclipped dustjacket with light edgewear, shelfwear and 1/2" of darkening to the top and left edges of the rear panel.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. James Stevenson. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. The sub-title says it all. Writers include Roger Angell, Peter Gammons, Red Smith, Tom Boswell, Ring Lardner, George Will and many others. Superb!

NY: Praeger Publishers, 1974. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First printing. Near fine. No dj. A fine biography of the Bambino.

Jefferson NC: McFarland, 1989. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine. First printing of this carefully researched and well written paean to America's ballparks, almost 400 of them, from the famous (Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park) to the virtually unknown. Arranged alphabetically by location. Perfect condition. No dustjacket, as issued.

NY: Rudolph Field, 1949. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in like dj that is missing about a 1" triangular piece of the bottom front panel. Forward by Casey Stengel (in Stengelese! Just kidding, he's actually quite articulate!). Profiles of some of baseball's wildest players including Babe Herman, Babe Ruth, Dazzy Vance, Dizzy Dean, John McGraw, and 17 others, Great stuff!

NY: The Sporting News, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. (box 17)

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing. Near fine in like dj. "A manager's-eye view of the agonies and ecstasies of the '85 Mets." (box 88)

Grand Rapids MI: Masters Press, 1991. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First printing. Briefly inscribed and SIGNED by both authors. Fine in a very good dustjacket with a 1'2" closed tear to top of front panel. Not priceclipped and no markings. (box 117)

NY: W.W. Norton, 1991. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket, perfect. (box 46)

NY: William Morrow and Company, 1990. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in like dj. A chronicle of the 1988 season of the Peoria Chiefs, the single A farm team of the Chicago Cubs. Shades of Bull Durham, but lacking, unfortunately, a Susan Sarandan. (box 88)

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing (scarce). Very good in a good to very good dustjacket that has edgewear and a 1" chip to bottom of the spine and 1/4" chip to bottom of spine. Not priceclipped and no markings. (box 171)

NY: Ballantine Books, 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Perfect. " A Cuba libre mixed with baseball, revolution, and moonlight, wonderfully evocative of a time that was and a pitcher that might have been." -- Frank Deford

NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1991. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First edition. Fine. No dj (as issued). Part of the Baseball Legends series which is aimed, I think, at young adult readers (12-17?). (box 88)

NY: E.P. Dutton, 1983. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. No flaws. Excellent baseball book. The title is a bit of a double entendre as Mungo was a liberal activist in the 60s. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

NY: Doubleday, 1994. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Another great anthology of Boswell's baseball writings. (box 173)

NY: Hyperion, 1994. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First printing of author's second book. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket with minute edgewear. Not priceclipped and no markings. Baseball and real life. (box 65)

NY 1991: Birch Lane Press. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine near fine dustjacket. This is the story of 30 ex-major leaguers who in 1989 joined the St Petersburg Pelicans of the now all but forgotten Senior Professional Baseball Association. (box 88)

NY: Gotham Books, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Fine in a dustjacket with just a trace of edgewear. Not priceclipped and no markings. The skinny on how Barry Bonds - and others - bulked up. (box 79)