Here are 37 books on baseball available as of January 27, 2008, for your reading enjoyment Please enjoy browsing through this selection, and remember, make a note of the Order No(s), and , ordering is easy from Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. Thank you, RAY
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1. COMPLETE BOOK OF 1989 BASEBALL CARDS: TOPPS, DONRUSS, FLEER, SCORE, Beekman House, New York, 1989, color illustrations, 320pp, very good+, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0517674289 Rating over 2000 new cards., (Order No: 13665 ), $7.00
2. Alexander, Charles C., JOHN MCGRAW, Viking, New York, (1988), B&W photos, 358pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670807303, (Order No: 6194 ), $7.50
3. Anderson, Will, THE LOST NEW ENGLAND NINE - THE BEST OF NEW ENGLAND'S FORGOTTEN BALLPLAYERS, Anderson & Sons' Publishing, Bath, ME, (2003), B&W illustrations, 140pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1893804038 New England has been the birthplace of over 1100 major leaguers. In between the well-known and the unknown are several tiers of other ballplayers. This book pays tribute to those tiers closest to the top., (Order No: 51752 ), $10.00
4. Bosco, Joseph, THE BOYS WHO WOULD BE CUBS: A YEAR IN THE HEART OF BASEBALL'S MINOR LEAGUES, William Morrow and Company, New York, (1990) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 351pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688082610, (Order No: 39134 ), $10.00
5. Boyd, Brendan, BLUE RUIN: A NOVEL OF THE 1919 WORLD SERIES, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1991) 1st ed, 339pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393030202 The fixing of the 1919 Chicago White Sox - Cincinnati Redlegs World Series is the most notorious sports scandal of the 20th century. A worthy work of fiction based on the bare facts., (Order No: 38288 ), $7.50
6. Clark, Ellery H. (foreword by William C. Crowley), RED SOX FOREVER, Exposition Press, Hicksville, NY, (1978) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 171pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0682488674 First published in 1977. Laid in is a typed letter signed by the author telling the previous owner of this book how to order the book, and then how to obtain the second typed signed postcard that is laid in telling the author's opinions about past Red Sox defeats., (Order No: 21302 ), $45.00
7. Clark, Ellery H., RED SOX FEVER!, Exposition Press, Hicksville, NY, (1979) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 250pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 068249397X "Loaded with tales of the 'olden days' and also presents some brand-new concepts and conclusions" about Red Sox baseball., (Order No: 38109 ), $30.00
8. Cochrane, Gordon S. (Mickey), BASEBALL: THE FANS' GAME - (BASEFALL THE FAN'S GAME - AS ON DUSTJACKET), Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York, 1939 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 189pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Venerable Connie Mack says Cochrane was the greatest catcher and strategist who came his way in three score years of association with the game. Here this gifted athlete reveals the secrets behind a great team, the plans, intrigues, heartaches and thrills which abound in the popular national sport, a mine of facts for the fan, and a rich fund of helpful hints for the coach. EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND NICE ONE-OWNER COPY of the First Edition!, (Order No: 30840 ), $250.00
9. Coffin, Tristram Potter, THE OLD BALL GAME - BASEBALL IN FOLKLORE AND FICTION, Herder and Herder, New York, (1971), 206pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 48892 ), $4.00
10. DeValeria, Dennis and DeValeria, Jeanne Burke, HONUS WAGNER: A BIOGRAPHY, Henry Holt and Company, New York, (1996) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 334pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0805037500 Honus Wagner is generally acknowledged as the finest shortstop in baseball history. The author's tell the sports hero's whole story., (Order No: 20901 ), $12.00
11. Douglas, John A. (Mathias, Bob - foreword by), SPORTS MEMORABILIA: A GUIDE TO AMERICA'S FASTEST GROWING HOBBY, Wallace-Homestead Book Co., Des Moines, IA, 1976, B&W and color ill., 160pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 087069202X Over 375 sports collectables illustrated in full color, and hundreds more shown and described in black and white. Also included is a glossary of terms., (Order No: 13957 ), $5.00
12. Eckhouse, Morris and Mastrocola, Carl, THIS DATE IN PITTSBURGH PIRATES HISTORY, Stein and Day, Publishers, New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 272pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0812860527 In this mini-history, the great moments in Pittsburgh's National League History are listed., (Order No: 23455 ), $10.00
13. Editors of Sports Collectors Digest, 2002 BASEBALL CARD PRICE GUIDE - 16TH EDITION COMPLETELY UPDATED, Krause Publications, Iola, WI, (2002), B&W illustrations, 960pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0873493966, (Order No: 50396 ), $5.00
14. Eskenazi, Gerald, THE LIP: A BIOGRAPHY OF LEO DUROCHER, William Morrow and Company, New York, (1993) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 336pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 068811895X Breaking into the big leagues as a fiery rookie in 1925, Leo Durocher was one of the most tempestuous and charismatic men in baseball history., (Order No: 38289 ), $10.00
15. Ferrell, Wes, GREAT HITTING PITCHERS - RECORDS COMPILED BY THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN BASEBALL RESEARCH, Soc. for Amer. Baseball Res., Cooperstown, NY, 1979, B&W illustrations, 70pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 23824 ), $12.50
16. Hershiser, Orel (with Jerry B. Jenkins), OUT OF THE BLUE, Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Pub., Inc, Brentwood, TN, (1989) 2nd ptg, color photo section, 218pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0943497574, (Order No: 6195 ), $3.50
17. Hirshberg, Al, FROM SANDLOTS TO LEAGUE PRESIDENT: THE STORY OF JOE CRONIN, Julian Messner, Inc., New York, (1962) 1st ed, B&W frontis, 191pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), When Joe Cronin became President of the American League in 1960, he reached almost the top rung in a baseball career that covered thirty-five years. There was nothing in baseball, short of Commissioner, that he hadn't been--star shortstop, player-manager, field manager, general manager. And on the way up he won many honors, including the Most Valuable Player award and membership in baseball's Hall of Fame., (Order No: 30839 ), $75.00
18. Honig, Donald, THE OCTOBER HEROES: GREAT WORLD SERIES GAMES REMEMBERED BY THE MEN WHO PLAYED THEM, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1979) 1st ptg, B&W photographs, 285pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067123059X Great names from every era recall some of baseball's most memorable moments - tales of Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Grover Cleveland Alexander - the WHO'S WHO of stars that have glimmered in the October classic., (Order No: 14163 ), $5.00
19. Kayser, Tom and King, David, BASEBALL IN THE LONE STAR STATE: THE TEXAS LEAGUE'S GREATEST HITS, Trinity University Press, San Antonio, TX, (2005), B&W illustrations, 239pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1595340130 Portrayed are the many varied and often colorful owners, managers, and players who did so much to give this league a powerful place in Texas culture., (Order No: 52396 ), $10.00
20. Lindberg, Richard Carl, STEALING FIRST IN A TWO-TEAM TOWN: THE WHITE SOX FROM COMISKEY TO REINSDORF, Sagamore Publishing, Champaign, IL, (1994), B&W illustrations, 274pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 0915611937 An account of the Chicago White Sox from the earliest days of the team's founding in 1900 by the enigmatic Charles Comiskey through the triumphant 1990s., (Order No: 38164 ), $45.00
21. Linthurst, Randolph, THE 1947 TRENTON GIANTS: A FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN THE BUS LEAGUES THAT FLOURISHED AFTER WORLD WAR II, Randolph Linthurst, West Trenton, NJ, (1982), B&W illustrations, 46pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), Contents include: Introduction; Player Sketches; The Blue Bus; The Beautiful Season; Final Standing of Teams; Reflections., (Order No: 45459 ), $50.00
22. McCarber, Tim (with Ray Robinson), OH, BABY, I LOVE IT! - BASEBALL SUMMERS, HOT PENNANT RACES, GRAND SALAMIS, JELLYLEGS, EL SWERVOS, DINGERS, AND DUNKERS, ETC., Villard Books, New York, 1987 1st ed, 245pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394556917, (Order No: 6196 ), $3.50
23. McDonald, Brian, INDIAN SUMMER: THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF LOUIS SOCKALEXIS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Rodale Inc., n.p., (2003) 1st ptg, 245pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1579545874 This is the story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, grandson of a Penobscot chief, who endured a firestorm of publicity while blazing a trail for such sports heroes as Jim Thorpe and Jackie Robinson., (Order No: 46643 ), $7.50
24. McGimpsey, David, IMAGINING BASEBALL: AMERICA'S PASTIME AND POPULAR CULTURE, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, (2000) 1st ptg, 195pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0253336961 This book is a conversation about how "America's pastime" is fictionalized in a variety of cultural products. Moving from traditionally "high-brow" novels to pop culture artifacts, it offers an appraisal of baseball's cultural allure., (Order No: 28855 ), $17.50
25. Meany, Tom, THEODORE SAMUEL WILLIAMS - HITTING, UNLIMITED -- TED WILLIAMS - HITTING, UNLIMITED -- THE BARNES ALL-STAR LIBRARY, A. S. Barnes and Company, New York, (1951), B&W action photographs, 25pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), A nice clean, bright and tight collectible copy of this book., (Order No: 43389 ), $45.00
26. Oppenheimer, Joel, THE WRONG SEASON, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1973), 165pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0672517183 The story of the 1972 Mets season. Injuries abounded, goofs multiplied, no-hitters were pitched., (Order No: 53405 ), $12.50
27. Reichler, Joseph, BASEBALL'S GREATEST MOMENTS - NEW REVISED EDITION, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1979) rev ed, B&W and color photos, 264pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517286009, (Order No: 7350 ), $4.50
28. Reichler, Joseph L. (edited by) (with Joe Durso; James T. Farrell; Miss Lillian Carter; Roy Campanella; et al), THE WORLD SERIES: A 75TH ANNIVERSARY, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1978), B&W and color ill., 290pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671243047 A magnificent tribute to the national pastime's main event- -all the color and action, triumphs and defeats, drama and glory. Here, in the official book of major-league baseball, are 75 years of color, drama and excitement unequaled by any other sports event in the United States., (Order No: 22012 ), $10.00
29. Reidenbaugh, Lowell, 100 YEARS OF NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL, 1876-1976, The Sporting News, St. Louis, Missouri, (1976) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 204pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0892040173 An authoritative account of the men and events that shaped the National League and built it to its present eminence., (Order No: 26431 ), $15.00
30. Ritter, Lawrence and Honig, Donald, THE IMAGE OF THEIR GREATNESS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BASEBALL FROM 1900 TO THE PRESENT -- UPDATED EDITION, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1984) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 406pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517554224 This is an illustrated history of baseball from the turn of the century to the present., (Order No: 22013 ), $6.00
31. Schlossberg, Dan (foreword by Milt Richman), THE BASEBALL CATALOG, Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, NY, (1980), B&W illustrations, 309pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0824602277 Every aspect of the game is covered--from the hot dog to the hot corner: nicknames, famous quotations, origins, superstitions, traditions, big moments, big shots and little shots, spring training, trades, rules, umpires, ushers, legal "tricks" by groundskeepers, and more., (Order No: 22011 ), $6.00
32. Selzer, Jack, BASEBALL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: AN OVERVIEW, Soc. for Amer. Baseball Res., Cooperstown, NY, 1986 1st ptg, 26pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41546 ), $10.00
33. Solomon, Burt, WHERE THEY AIN'T, The Free Press, New York, (1999) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 342pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684854511 THE FABLED LIFE AND UNTIMELY DEATH OF THE ORIGINAL BALTIMORE ORIOLES, THE TEAM THAT GAVE BIRTH TO MODERN BASEBALL., (Order No: 32297 ), $7.00
34. Thom, John, CHAMPION BATSMEN OF THE 20TH CENTURY, Bat & Ball Press, Los Angeles, CA, (1983), B&W ill., 96pp, very good, wraps (softcover), signed note from author tipped in, ISBN 0961124202 STORIES OF BASEBALL'S TOP HITTERS, LEAGUE-LEADING PERFORMANCES, AND CLIMACTIC FINISHES TO THE GAME'S CLOSEST BATTING RACES SINCE 1900., (Order No: 23457 ), $10.00
35. Twombly, George F., THE ALL AMERICAN DROPOUT AND HOW TO SUCCEED (IF NECESSARY) WITHOUT A PH.D, George F. Twombly, Medford, MA, n.d. c1970, B&W illustrations, 279pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), An autobiography of an All-American! An EXCEPTIONALLY NICE COPY of this baseball players autobiography., (Order No: 45169 ), $20.00
36. Voigt, David Q., AMERICA THROUGH BASEBALL, Nelson-Hall, Chicago, (1976), 221pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0882292722 "American baseball has accumulated a cluster of legends and myths along with its unending statistics of life-time batting averages and box-score minutiae. David Q. Voigt, a professional sociologist, blows away the mist and reveals a mirror which reflects the social and cultural history of our nation.", (Order No: 25595 ), $12.50
37. Voigt, David Quentin (foreword by Clifford Kachline), AMERICAN BASEBALL: VOLUME III - FROM POSTWAR EXPANSION TO THE ELECTRONIC AGE, Pennsylvania State Univ. Pr., University Park, PA, (1983), B&W illustrations, 414pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0271003294 "Voight's overview of American baseball at mid-century shows both major and minor league attendance reaching peaks in 1950, then declining under competition from pro football, basketball, and hockey.", (Order No: 25597 ), $20.00
38. Ward, Arch, THE NEW CHICAGO WHITE SOX, Henry Regnery Company, Chicago, IL, 1951, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Author was a memeber of The Chicago Tribune sports staff since 1925, and sports editor since 1930., (Order No: 40568 ), $125.00
39. Wheeler, Lonnie and Baskin, John, THE CINCINNATI GAME, Orange Frazer Press, Wilmington, OH, (1988), B&W illustrations, 272pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961963727 "A treasury of facts, fables, historic fates, important dates, battery mates, potentates, heroes, hotdogs, dead dogs, dedication, bad hops, Bavarian hops, brawls, pratfalls, overalls, bats and balls, and selecteive miscellany relating to the game of baseball as it has occurred in, around, and emanating from Cincinnati, Ohio.", (Order No: 51884 ), $30.00