Thank you to the forum for your support of my Deadball Photography book

[T206Jim]

This weekend marks the two year anniversary of my release of my book, Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era!

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Dozens of you contributed to the book and hundreds of you purchased a copy. It went on to win the 2024 SABR Larry Ritter Award for Best Deadball Era Book and finished second in the 2024 CASEY AWARD for Best Baseball Book of the Year. The entire print run of 1,000 has nearly sold out, only a handful of copies remain. The project has been a joy and greatly exceeded my expectations.

My intent for the book was to provide insight into the relatively unknown world of Deadball Era photography and the story of the men who created the images we all admire and collect, whether in period photo prints or as incorporated into baseball card format. Now that the hardcover format has essentially sold out, and in furtherance of my goal of spreading the knowledge to the general baseball collector and hobbyist, I have issued an eBook format of the book.

As a thank you to the hobby, I have priced the ebook at $5 on my website for download. So if your curiosity is piqued have a look!

https://chapmandeadballcollection.com/

Again, thanks for all of your support!

Best,
Jim Chapman

[dbussell12]

Jim --

Your book is an indispensable historical and media resource to anyone even remotely interested in this era of baseball history. It is the first book I recommend without hesitation to anyone who expresses interest in trying to understand more about the early modern period of the sport and the media objects and techniques that define it, as well as the artists who helped express the underpinnings of its myth and emergence. The amount of care, detail, research, and passion that went into the creation of this book is evident; the contributions from people like Dennis and your cohort of essayists make it into a truly communal effort of comprehension and love for the emergence of the modern game and the figures that helped define it. It illuminates a dark corner that otherwise would be increasingly lost to time. This work of preservation is essential. Baseball emerged from the mines, logging camps, factories, farms, and the mud of uncertainty as to the direction of becoming that the sport would take, if it took it at all. And these photos capture not only their industrial era, but baseball actually finding figure and form in real time.

I sincerely thank you for your contribution not only to the hobby but to baseball and media history. I am enjoying the ever deeper contemporary understanding that seems to be emerging about just how important baseball images (including cards) contribute and have contributed to the collective mythos, story, and legend that is baseball.


My best regards; great to connect with you earlier this year --
David

[calvindog]

This is such a great book.

[swarmee]

I was shocked and thrilled to be able to find a copy at my local used bookstore.

[Leon]

One of the best books out there for what we collect!

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