Four books that are at the core of my baseball library have nothing to do with collecting. Instead they deal with the ancient players whose cards we collect. The SABR Deadball Stars volumes are choke full of short biographies, photos, rosters etc. There is also a 19th Century volume. The two Conlon photo books hold a museum's worth of exquisite baseball portraiture. Perusing the pages is 100% pure heroin to the deadball cardboard junkie. There are plenty other books that count as indispensable but my vote would be these four. Taken together they will bring your cards to life.
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