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MaxI have the following harder to find baseball books. Looking primarily first for trade. I can send a scan of any book to anyone interested. Have many more titles, including much fiction and later non-fiction.
Palmer, Athletic Sports in America, England and Australia, 1889. 712 pages, over 300 on baseball. Beautiful color and black and white illustrations. Much on World Tour. This copy if very nice, with a.e.g. Small puncture at bottom of spine, professionally repaired, else very nice condition. Owner's name on front free endpaper.
Ruth, How to Play Baseball, Cosmopolitain, 1931. Good in chipped dust jacket. Book is very hard to find in dust jacket.
Seymour Church, 2 copies, one inscribed by George Wright. (I have to keep one, so I am willing to trade the other)
Elwood Roff, Base Ball and Base Ball Players, Self-published 1912. One of the harder to find baseball titles of the early 20th century. Book is very good condition, except front bottom half of front cover has water staining.
George Moreland, Balldom, 1914, hardcover, good condition.
Johnnie Evers, Baseball in the Big Leagues, Reilly & Briton, 1910. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Very tough to find in dust jacket.
Everett, Changing Base. One of the first fiction titles. Fair condition. Has been professionally restored with new backstrip and new endpapers. Very tough.
Cap Anson, A Ball Player's Career. 1900. Good+, with no dust jacket, as issued. Spotting to spine that obscures “A Ball”, plus some on back. Marbled endpapers. Gift inscription (September 20, 07) on half title.
Babe Ruth, The Home Run King, very good in fair dust jacket, with bottom 1" missing from spine dj. Very hard to find in dj. 1920 title.
And just so the card collectors won't fall asleep, Meardle D310 Pacific Biscuit. very nice condition.
Looking for in trade: rare baseball books: Won in the Ninth in dj, Bride and the Pennant in dj, Thuoey, Peverelly, Baseball ABC, McGraw 30 years in baseball in dj, Pitching in a Pinch Putnam in dj; and T4 Obaks of Vancouver, Victoria players (I know, I'm dreaming....) or any other Vancouver/Victoria early baseball ephemera