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

[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.

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[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 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

Yep. I saw those when I was looking online.

I am Getting Those as Well.

Added those to the List.

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If anybody else has any Good Non-Baseball Card Book Recommendations Please Post those as Well

[Tabe]

There's also the infamous history of Upper Deck:

Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child's Hobby into a High-Stakes, Billion-Dollar Business by Pete Williams


Edit: Sorry, not exactly vintage, but hey, 30 years is fairly old, right?

[insidethewrapper]

I would recommend reading the following publications to get a lot of information about card collecting :
1) Old Cardboard Magazine ( 34 issues )
2) The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector ( 38 issues )
3) The Trader Speaks Publications

[whitehse]

I cant believe the The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book has not been posted yet. While you wont learn allot about baseball card history, this book will certainly help deepen your love for this awesome hobby we all share. I would venture a guess that many of us here read this a time or a hundred when we were younger.

Goodnight Sibby Sisti wherever you are......

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

I would recommend reading the following publications to get a lot of information about card collecting :
1) Old Cardboard Magazine ( 34 issues )
2) The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector ( 38 issues )
3) The Trader Speaks Publications

Thanks

I Added Those

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by Tabe

There's also the infamous history of Upper Deck:

Card Sharks: How Upper Deck Turned a Child's Hobby into a High-Stakes, Billion-Dollar Business by Pete Williams


Edit: Sorry, not exactly vintage, but hey, 30 years is fairly old, right?

Thanks

I Added it.

[olecow]

The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book. This book isn't about the history of vintage cards per se, but it has numerous pictures of cards, and oftentimes hilarious descriptions of either the card or the player. It's out of print, and I've noticed the price has gone up quite a bit since I bought mine, but I highly recommend it if you can find it for a reasonable price or at a library.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Base...ollectors+book

[Kawika]

An important adjunct to my card collection is the small library of books and magazines I have accrued. Most are not so much about baseball cards as they are about the players and the era they played in. They bring the cardboard to life. Some titles which I consider indispensable:

The SABR Deadball Stars series - two volumes of brief biographies of the players that populate our beloved pre-war tobacco and candy cards. There is also a similar book about nineteenth century players.

https://www.amazon.ca/Deadball-Stars.../dp/B008SLJZBS

https://www.amazon.ca/Deadball-Stars.../dp/1574889826

https://www.amazon.ca/Nineteenth-Cen.../dp/1933599286

Two retrospectives of the photography of Charles Conlon. Utterly sumptuous portrayals of our bygone heroes. You are there. You can smell the cigar smoke.

https://www.amazon.ca/Baseballs-Gold.../dp/1419701975

https://www.amazon.ca/Big-Show-Charl.../dp/1419700693

Last but certainly not least the one book no collector should be without. Baseball recounted by the men who played the game.

https://www.amazon.ca/Glory-Their-Ti.../dp/0061994715

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by that T206 Guy

If anybody else has any Good Non-Baseball Card Book Recommendations Please Post those as Well

EXHIBIT AND RELATED SPORTS ARCARDE CARDS, author is a fellow net54 member.
Link to net54 thread on the book:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=254840

Link to book itself:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-warsha...-23637151.html

[tiger8mush]

Baseball History Through Photography - a rare set of books that has received good reviews from fellow members.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=255502

[that T206 Guy]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

Baseball History Through Photography - a rare set of books that has received good reviews from fellow members.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=255502

I added Both of your recommendations.

Thank You