Search Results: Baseball from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

Scrapbook. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Hardcover. An athletic scrapbook belonging to Lee Reynolds, of clippings and photographs covering Albany, NY high school baseball and other amateur sports from the 1920's through the 1930's. 89 pages filled with memorabilia. The first several pages are devoted to aboriginal and WWl images, all the following pages are devoted to baseball and other sports. Lee Reynolds makes use of a hardbound book - " Annual Report of _____ to the Public Service Commission (Second District) of the State of New York For The Year Ended June30, 1915. Interesting stuff juxtaposed within the scrapbook..

New York: Random House, 1962. Book. Illus. by Illustrated from Photographs. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo.. Bright, clean, sharp edges & tips, and tight; just a slight lean but excellent condition. Tipped in autograph signed by Casey Stengel, and signed by Sid Gordon on the verso. "Casey" Stengel (July 30, 1890 - September 29, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder and manager, best known as the manager of the championship New York Yankees of the 1950s and later, the expansion New York Mets. Nicknamed "the Ol' Perfessor", he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966. Sidney Gordon (August 13, 1917 - June 17, 1975) was an American right-handed Major League Baseball two-time All-Star outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman. He had a 13-year career in MLB [1941 - 1955] mostly for the New York Giants. In 1941 Sid Gordon (CF) appeared in a game in which the lineup featured an all-time record four Jews. In addition… Read More

NY: Doubleday, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). The book chronicles Mantle's career from his youth in hardscrabble Oklahoma mining and farming country, through his meteoric rise to baseball greatness, and on past the twilight of his Yankee years to his present status as a golfer and celebrity/businessman. The heart of the book covers his years with the great Yankee teams that won twelve American League pennants and seven World Series victories, and Mantle effectively captures the energy, determination and professionalism of these teams. His brief, telling sketches capture the essential personalities of his teammates, particularly the smooth, composed Whitey Ford and the irrepressible, irascible Billy Martin, his closest friends. The dry wit, wisdom, and warmth of Casey Stengel stand behind the team's success, and the egocentric, frigid cleverness of George Weiss, the general manager, shows how even a player of Mantle's magnitude was exploited before the players'… Read More