BASEBALL
Damn Yankee; The Billy Martin Story.
New York: Times Books, 1980. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. dampstained on blank side, top of boards browned. (New York): Times Books, (1980). More
Late Innings; A Baseball Companion.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. 429pp. 8vo, 1/2 green cloth, d.w. with small chip on spine portion. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1982). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Now Pitching for the Yankees; Spinning the News for Mickey, Billy, and George
Kingston: Total/Sports Illustrated, 2001. Color and b/w Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled on back panel. Kingston: Total/Sports Illustrated, (2001). Very good. More
Pinstripe Empire; The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss
New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. Color and b/w Illus. 620pp. 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Bloomsbury, (2012). Fine Presentation copy. Marty Appel was a public relations director for the New York Yankees and later produced their television broadcasts in New York City. More
The Encyclopedia Of Baseball Managers; 1901 to the Present Day.
many illus., some in color. 4to, cloth. (N.Y.): Crescent, (1990). vg. More
Signed Autograph Note
Excellent signed autograph page inscribed to a Yankee fan, c. 1930's: "Dear Martha: Babe Ruth stood out like egg stains on velvet - Arthur 'Bugs' Baer". Fine condition. American journalist, humorist, cartoonist and sports writer who was close friends with Babe Ruth, and later, Toots Shore. He holds the distinction of nicknaming Ruth "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat" More
The Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and Official Record of Major League Baseball
New York: Macmillan, 1974. 1532 pages, very thick 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: Macmillan Publishing, (1974). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Baseball Autographed by 11 Hall of Famers
1994. Official Rawlings American League baseball, signed in full by 11 members of Major League Baseball's 500 Home Run Club, all of whom are in the Hall of Fame: Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams both on the sweet spot, as well as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Eddie Matthews, Willie McCovey, and Harmon Killebrew. No place, no date, circa 1994. All signatures are legible with slight bleeding; still an incredible item in very..... More
The Catch of the Season
1930. Oil on canvas with artist made frame, 24 x 18 inches. Unsigned, wear to finish as expected, some chips to frame but otherwise in good condition. Dynamic painting of a woman catching a baseball painted for the July 1930 issue of Film Fun magazine. Enoch Bolles (1883-1976) was born in Boardman, Florida. He studied at National Academy of Design, and at the Art Student's League in New York City. His first magazine assignments appeared in 1914 on the covers..... More
Classy At The Bat!
1928. Oil on canvas with artist made frame, 24 x 18 inches. Unsigned, wear to finish as expected, some chips to frame but otherwise in good condition. Accomplished portrait by American artist Enoch Bolles of a woman swinging a baseball bat. It was painted for the October 1928 issue of Film Fun magazine. Green piping on her sleeves, belt and socks tie together the composition. Enoch Bolles (1883-1976) was born in Boardman, Florida. He studied at National Academy of Design..... More
Who's on Worst? The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
New York: Doubleday, 2013. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w. New York: Doubleday, (2013). Fine. More
Typed Letter Signed on New York Giants letterhead
New York: 1938. 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, Polo Grounds, New York City, March 25, 1938. Written to journalist Lawrence T. Berliner, denying him a complimentary season pass to Giants games, in full: "Due to the fact that there has been a large reduction in the number of season passes we are permitted to issue this season, I will be unable to take care of your request. If you would like to come up to the Polo Grounds from..... More
Branch Rickey
New York: Viking, 2011. 8vo, gray boards, d.w. (New York): Viking, (2011). Near Fine. More
Bob Broeg's Redbirds; A Century of Cardinals' Baseball
Saint Louis: River City Publishers, 1988. Many photo Illus. 4to, boards. St. Louis: River City Publishers, (1988). Very good. More
The Chicago Cubs
New York: Putnam, 1946. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 248 pages. 8vo, black cloth. New York: Putnam, (1946). A very good(-) copy--sunned spine, light warping to front board; lacking wrapper. More
Rare Clipped Signature
1876. 1.5 x 3.5 inches, no place, no date, circa 1876. Exceptional dark fountain-pen signature "M. G. Bulkeley" on the clipped portion of a card, nicely centered with adequate room for matting, placed in a plastic protective holder and housed in a heavy Lucite case with screw-down borders. An attractive example of this rare Hall-of-Fame autograph. Uniformly toned and in very good condition. Politician, insurance industry executive, and major league baseball pioneer who organized numerous teams and, as a charter..... More
Document Signed
Frankfort, Kentucky: 1936. 1 page, 17 x 11 inches, Frankfort, Kentucky, March 20, 1936 -- a notarial appointment, mounted on black cardboard, outer dimensions 21 x 15 inches, with a gold seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Natural folds; near fine condition. Two-time Governor of Kentucky, U.S. Senator, and second Commissioner of Baseball, remembered for supporting the entry of Jackie Robinson and opening the Major Leagues to black players. More
The Old Ball Game; Baseball in Folklore and Fiction
New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. slightly chipped. (New York): Herder and Herder, (1971). Very good. More
Baseball; The National Pastime in Art and Literature
Time-Life Books, 2001. Many color Illus. Small folio, pictorial boards, d.w. lightly soiled and with a small tear. N.p.: Time-Life Books, (2001). More
Baseball For Everyone; Stories from the Great Game.
illustrated with Folk Art. 48pp. square 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Abrams, (2003). vg. More
The Old Stone House. L. I, 1699
New York: Nathaniel Currier, 1850. Color lithograph. 13 1/2 x 19 inches framed. Print is in a beautiful 19th century 1 1/2 inch gold frame with old glass. The Old Stone House building is a reconstruction of the 1699 Vechte-Cortelyou House on land taken from the Lenape as early as 1639. Located in Washington Park, on the border of Park Slope and Gowanus in Brooklyn, it marks the place where the original Dutch farmstead stood and the culminating engagement of..... More
Hawk; An Inspiring Story of Success at the Game of Life and Baseball.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, (1994). First Edition. Fine. Signed by Andre Dawson. More
The Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
New York: Atlantic Monthly, 2005. Illustrated. 241 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Rare Signed Stock Certificate
Chicago: 1914. Exceedingly rare partly printed document signed, measuring 8.25 x 11 inches -- a stock certificate issued by the Tigers Base Ball Club on April 13, 1914, certifying that E. K. Brashian is "the owner of one shares of one hundred dollars each of the Capital Stock of The Tigers Base Ball Club transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed." This offering..... More