For those who are unfamiliar with the Surf books - they were made by Topps and sponsored by Surf laundry detergent. I'm not sure where or how they were distributed, but I'm guessing they were used as ballpark give-aways in the 1980s(?).
They measure about 6-1/2 by 9-1/2 and have thin glossy pages, with photos of all the cards made by Topps for that particular team each year from 1952 to the time of printing. Below are the 1986 (blue) and 1987 (red) Surf books for the Braves. I have other teams somewhere in my collection, but don't recall any going past 1987.
I always found it interesting that they put a little section of tidbits near the back of the book - the "Collectors' Corner" - which listed errors and even current "list price" for various cards.
At the very back of the book they had batting and pitching indexes with a career stat line for every player who'd been on the Topps cards for that particular team over the years.
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