Vintage Baseball Card Books - Help Me Add to the List Please

[that T206 Guy]

I am Trying to Learn as Much as I Can About Vintage Baseball Cards.

So I Decided to Buy Every Book I can on the Subject.

I am Currently Reading "The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card"

I ordered "The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseballs Prized Players" and will Read that Next.

So Far I have This List Going.



BASEBALL CARD BOOKS
1. The Card: Collectors, Con Men, and the True Story of History's Most Desired Baseball Card
2. The Cracker Jack Collection: Baseballs Prized Players
3. The T206 Collection: The Players & Their Stories
4. Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards
5. Mint Condition: How Baseball Cards Became an American Obsession
6. The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955
7. Top 200 Sportscards: An In-Depth Guide for the Card Collector
8. Cardboard Gems: A Century of Baseball Cards & Their Stories, 1869 - 1969
9. The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-90)
10. Lew Lipset's Encylopedia of Baseball Cards
11. Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child's Hobby into a High-Stakes, Billion-Dollar Business
12. The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book
13. The Modern Hobby Guide To Topps Chewing Gum: 1938 To 1956 by David Hornish
14. The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes

1. Old Cardboard Magazine ( 34 issues )
2. The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector ( 38 issues )
3. The Trader Speaks Publications
4. 21: The Illustrated Journal of Outsider Baseball

NON-BASEBALL CARD BOOKS
1. Ballparks Yesterday & Today, by Phil Trexler
2. Lost Ballparks, by Lawrence S. Ritter




So My Question is What Books am I Missing that I Need to Buy?

I am Especially Looking for Books on 19th Century Cards like Old Judge.

[barrysloate]

The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-90), by Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski, and Richard Masson. My vote for the best book ever written about vintage baseball cards.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Didn't Alan Rosen have a book?

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Didn't Alan Rosen have a book?

Isn't that Mr. Mint?

Is He Still Around?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by that T206 Guy

Isn't that Mr. Mint?

Is He Still Around?

He passed away a year a two ago. Someone who is still around and whose book is a must have for vintage bb collectors is Lew Lipset's Encylopedia of Baseball Cards. There are three volumes, one covering 19th century issues, one tobacco issues, and the third Early Candy and Gum issues. They are most commonly found in a later reprint that grouped all three into one book. It is still the most comprehensive compilation of info on these that the hobby has seen.

Brian

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

He passed away a year a two ago. Someone who is still around and whose book is a must have for vintage bb collectors is Lew Lipset's Encylopedia of Baseball Cards. There are three volumes, one covering 19th century issues, one tobacco issues, and the third Early Candy and Gum issues. They are most commonly found in a later reprint that grouped all three into one book. It is still the most comprehensive compilation of info on these that the hobby has seen.

Brian

Added it to the List.

Thank You

[JollyElm]

Not to stray too far off topic, but if you're into old baseball cards, it's a trip looking through and reading illustrated books about the old ballparks. Check these two out:

1. Ballparks Yesterday & Today, by Phil Trexler
2. Lost Ballparks, by Lawrence S. Ritter

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company (1886-90), by Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski, and Richard Masson. My vote for the best book ever written about vintage baseball cards.

Awesome.

I Added that to my List.

Thank You

Anybody have any other Books they can Suggest

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by that T206 Guy

So My Question is What Books am I Missing that I Need to Buy?

I am Especially Looking for Books on 19th Century Cards like Old Judge.

The only two books that deal with 19th century baseball cards that I am aware of are #'s 9 + 10 on your list...and they are really good ones.

Brian

[1880nonsports]

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

The only two books that deal with 19th century baseball cards that I am aware of are #'s 9 + 10 on your list...and they are really good ones.

Brian

Those are the Two I want Most

[toppcat]

I'll blow my own horn and add:

The Modern Hobby Guide To Topps Chewing Gum: 1938 To 1956 by David Hornish

It covers baseball, other sports and non-sports plus has a history of Topps and its founders. Free color version available (you can order the book too but it's B&W only), with a link to my much neglected blog with updates:

http://themodernhobbyguide.blogspot.com/

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by toppcat

I'll blow my own horn and add:

The Modern Hobby Guide To Topps Chewing Gum: 1938 To 1956 by David Hornish

It covers baseball, other sports and non-sports plus has a history of Topps and its founders. Free color version available (you can order the book too but it's B&W only), with a link to my much neglected blog with updates:

http://themodernhobbyguide.blogspot.com/

Thanks

Added to the List.

[jerseygary]

While not a true baseball card book, my book The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball's Forgotten Heroes tells the stories of some famous but mostly not-so-famous ballplayers with very interesting tales. Besides writing and researching the book I illustrated it as well, with most of the portraits done in a tobacco card style. Here are some shots of it:

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And I also publish a 68 page magazine called 21: The Illustrated Journal of Outsider Baseball which like the book tells the story of obscure players and stories illustrated with my baseball card illustrations:

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[1880nonsports]

I ordered the tintype book now entrenched in my library. Easier than chasing the images themselves Quite beautifully done.