The Vest Pocket Encyclopedia of Baseball - 1956

[frankbmd]

Another huuuuuuuuuuge auction for a not so common 1956 Vest-Pocket edition of the Encyclopedia of Baseball by Turkin and Thompson.

The paperback book is complete with a few creases on the cover. The book is unmarked unmarked and has age related toning. The spine is cracked in one place only and the open book will lie flat only on the pages scanned.

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Thumbing through the book you will find

The register of active players

1955 Rosters

Managers

A Hall of Fame section

World Series Highlights and Scores

League Leaders and Lifetime Record holders

and much, much more.

Look at the sample pages

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The accurate statistical summary does not include oWARs, dWARS, WHIPS or even ERAS.

Just the concise information of batting averages and win-loss records.

On the final page #320 a list of 17 spitball pitchers completes the wealth of knowledge contained.

As a special to Net54 members I am going to start this auction at $5.00

Whole dollar increments please. A bid of $10 or more will qualify for Free Shipping. Otherwise add $3 to cover Media Mail. If the postage is less, your change will be enclosed.

Auction ends Sunday at 9 PM. If you are going to the National, I will try to get it to you in time for the show. I may even send it with a courier (Hi Ken) if needed.

Where else do you get this type of service? The winning bid is net $s to me.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Somewhere along the way it got discarded or donated, but someone had the insight to give me the full encyclopedia instead of the usual savings bond or whatever for my Bar Mitzvah. It was a classic in its day, even without the WAR and BABIP etc.

[frankbmd]

If you don't own a vest and don't know how big a vest pocket is, big and win this auction to find out.

If you don't bid, you will not have a chance to win.