Best "Baseball Card" Book Ever?

[ejharrington]

For my birthday, my wife bought me The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-1890) by Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski and Richard Masson.

This is such an impressive book! The thoroughness of the content, the quality of the photography, the sturdiness of the book itself, makes me wonder how another baseball card book can be better than this.

Does anyone have any other recommendations of great baseball card books?

[oldjudge]

Thank you for the kind words. We wrote the book for others, but I probably refer to my copy more often than anyone. Enjoy the read!

[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Thank you for the kind words. We wrote the book for others, but I probably refer to my copy more often than anyone. Enjoy the read!

You're welcome, great job!

[RedsFan1941]

this book is a different animal than the one you mention but it's still my favorite and worth a read

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

this book is a different animal than the one you mention but it's still my favorite and worth a read

"The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book by Brendan C. Boyd and Fred C. Harris.

I have owned maybe 5 copies of this book as I'm always lending it out and it is NEVER returned! That is a sure sign of a winner! I have read this book many times and go to it often just to read passages like this one that I take liberty in splicing together:

"The day that he died (Harry Agganis) of leukemia at age 25, in 1955,......"

"But Harry Agganis? If something like this could happen to Harry Agganis then what was to become of us? What indeed?"

and these memorable lines about Ted Williams:
"In 1955 there were 77,263,127 male American human beings and every one of them in his heart of hearts would have given 2 arms, a leg, and his collection of Davy Crockett iron-on to be Teddy Ballgame.

Also as Orioles70 aptly pointed out: "Goodnight Sibby Sisti, wherever you are."

This book is an absolute treasure to those who love this hobby. Get it at all costs and enjoy!

I also think that an incredible hobby treasure is: The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-1890) by Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski and Richard Masson.

Peace, Mike

PS Here is a photo of the last page of this little treasure:

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[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by vtgmsc

"The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book by Brendan C. Boyd and Fred C. Harris.

I have owned maybe 5 copies of this book as I'm always lending it out and it is NEVER returned! That is a sure sign of a winner! I have read this book many times and go to it often just to read passages like this one that I take liberty in splicing together:

"The day that he died (Harry Agganis) of leukemia at age 25, in 1955,......"

"But Harry Agganis? If something like this could happen to Harry Agganis then what was to become of us? What indeed?"

and these memorable lines about Ted Williams:
"In 1955 there were 77,263,127 male American human beings and every one of them in his heart of hearts would have given 2 arms, a leg, and his collection of Davy Crockett iron-on to be Teddy Ballgame.

Also as Orioles70 aptly pointed out: "Goodnight Sibby Sisti, wherever you are."

This book is an absolute treasure to those who love this hobby. Get it at all costs and enjoy!

Peace, Mike

Agree. Glad to see so many others praise it in this thread because it has always seems overlooked to me, or maybe just not as loved by some others. This book was one of the inspirations for my collecting. I recall purchasing a small number of cards from Gar Miller because his contact info was listed in the back of the book.

[JollyElm]

"Who the hell is Cuno Barragan? And why are they saying those terrible things about him?"

[nolemmings]

Both of those are excellent choices, and I have copies of each. Still, it's hard for me to pick them over the Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards by Lew Lipset. Just way too much info there to ignore. A resource extraordinaire.

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

"Who the hell is Cuno Barragan? And why are they saying those terrible things about him?"

The Hat. The eyes. The name. Somebody definitely has got to be pulling our legs with this guy.




As others have said - this is a great book on bb cards. Written by 2 guys who grew up collecting in the 50s/60s.

And sorry OP if this isn't the kind of book you meant. Maybe you would like the T206 book written by Zappala? It has short profiles on each player and is nice to look at. He also did a book on Cracker Jack cards.

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

this book is a different animal than the one you mention but it's still my favorite and worth a read

Among other things, I am a professional writer. The influence that book had on my style was pretty profound.

[orioles70]

Redsfan...that is my favorite too...bought a paperback copy as a kid and still have it even though it is now held together by a rubber band...Goodnight Sibby Sisti wherever you are

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