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Old 09-23-2012, 08:13 PM
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Default For Sale Book List #2 Rare and Vintage Books

Shipping is included (It costs about $12 to ship the average book from Canada to the U.S.; there is no book rate in Canada).

All books are protected with removable archival Bro-dart clear dust jacket protectors unless noted.




Tommy Tiptop and his Baseball Nine. By Raymond Stone (Stratemeyer Syndicate alias) Graham & Matlack. First edition. Extremely tough in dust jacket and this edition also has beautiful pastedown cover. Book is near fine in dust jacet that is fair with extensive chipping on front. $250


How to Play Baseball by the Greatest Baseball Players . Thomas Crowell, 1913. First edition. Tris Speaker is on the cover of the second edition but Oscar Stanage (???) graces the first edition. No dust jacket $225.


Us Baseballers and Our Baseball Teams by Marshall Breeden, 1923. Book has been bound into new boards with replicated over. A very tough to find title. $200


Puck Chasers Incorporated by Charles Muller. Harper. First edition H-B. 1927. Red boards. Very good in fair dust jacket. Very tough to find in dust jacket. $175



20 Years Too Soon by Quincy Trouppe. Negro League self-published bio. First edition, 1977. Fine in very good dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Quincy on his catching photo on page 13. $150


The Gil Hodges Story by Milton Shapiro, 3rd printing, 1962. Fine but for owner's name blacked out on front free endpaper in very good+ dust jacket with just light fading to green. $125


Under Fire Fred Worthington's Campaign by Frank Munsey 1890. Early baseball fiction. Very good with no dust jacket. $85
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The Celebrant by Eric Greenberg, Everest House, 1983. First printing. Fine in fair to good dj (dj is not original to book). One of the best baseball novels of all. $65


Commy by G.W. Axelson Reilly & Lee, no printing indicated. Near fine with no dust jacket. Laudatory bio, with no hint of Black Sox. $65


Ted Williams by Arthur Sampson. Part of Barnes MVP Series, 1950. First edition. Fine but for owner's name in fair dust jacket with tearing and creasing to front. Still presentible. $45


Screwballs by Jay Cronley. 1980. Baseball fiction. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. $45


The Tiger Wore Spikes. Biography of Ty Cobb by John McCallum Barnes, 1956. Date on free endpaper, small ink stain on front flap otherwise fine in fine dust jacket $40

I will have many to more to list. If you have any title you're looking for, let me know. Trade queries are always welcome.

Thanks, Max
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