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DMcDIn addition to many of the resources on Barry's list I would add the following:
Deadball Stars of the National League and Deadball Stars of the American League (SABR)
A great source of mini-biographies of many of our cardboard heroes.
They Played the Game: The Story of Baseball Greats by Harry Grayson
An engaging collection of bios written in an anecdotal style.
Baseballs Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon by Neal & Constance McCabe
The title says it all.
The Game That Was: The George Brace Baseball Photo Collection by Cahan and Jacob
Brace came along about 25 years after Conlon; the two books complement each other.
VCBC (RIP)
Before there was Old Cardboard .
Mastro, REA, Goodwin, Huggins & Scott etc catalogs
Only problem is that it's hard to remember just where you saw that particular card you wanted to look at when you have two or three cubic yards of catalogs to wade through. Maybe one of the entrepreneurs out there will construct an index; I will buy a copy.
The Unforgettable Season by G.H. Fleming
A day-by-day accounting of the 1908 National League season piecing together newspaper articles of the day. A great read.