New York: A.J. Reach, Wright & Ditson, Inc., 1934. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. 261, [11], 48 pp. Last 48 pp "Official Base Ball Rules" Illustrated 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Green printed wrappers. More
Philadelphia: A.J. Reach Company, 1919. 1st Edition thus, i.e., for this year. 384 pp. Illustrated 6-3/4" x 4-3/8". Green printed wrappers, which are repurposed 1918 covers [wartime concession?], with the original 1918 blacked out, and 1919 stamped above "Official" Contains statistics and reviews of the 1918 season. More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 45 Rose Street, 1931. 1st printing thus. [4], 331, [25], 64, [2] pp. Last section "Official Base Ball Rules, Revised for 1931". Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images. Drawing of baseball diamond. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 5". Red, blue & yellow paper wrappers with white lettering..... More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1949). 1st printing thus. 604, [4] pp. The occasional b/w photographic image. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5". Blue, red & white paper covers. More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, 1913. 1st printing thus. [6], 147, [33] pp. Volume concludes with 2 pages of b/w images of teams, 12 pages of Baseball Rulses & then 19 pages of Spalding adverts for sporting goods & equipment. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images. 8vo..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, 1914. 1st printing thus. [6], 151, [36] pp. Volume concludes with 5 pages of team rosters, followed by 4 pages of b/w images of teams [8], & then 27 pages of Spalding adverts for sporting goods & equipment. Numerous b/w half-tone..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. x 295, [1 (blank)] pp. With 4 b/w halftone photographs at front. 8vo. 19.5cm x 13.5cm. Full color composition binding. Plain eps. More
Louisville, Kentucky: [1934]. 1st printing (presumed). 32 pp. Illustrated with diagrams, drawings & from b/w photographs. 16mo. 6-1/8" x 3-7/16". Glossy white paper covers, printed in black & yellow, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Sisler, nicknamed "Gorgeous George", was an American professional baseball first baseman and player-manager..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 45 Rose Street, 1923. 1st printing thus. [4], 265, [19], 96 pp. Last section "Official Base Ball Rules". Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images. Drawing of baseball diamond. 8vo. 6-3/4" x 5". Red, blue & yellow paper wrappers with white lettering. More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 21 Warren Street, [1908]. Ca 1908. [12], [3] - 44, [42] pp Photographic frontispiece of Spalding. Text illustrated with b/w photographic images, many from the World Championship Series. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 5-1/8". Blue wrappers with white lettering/design. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. 1st edition. 310 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
St. Louis, Missouri: The Bethany Press, (1976). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the 3 authors. [10], 79, [3]. Profusely illustrated, primarily from b/w photographs. 10" x 7". White paper covers, printed in red & blue. "Stanley Frank Musial, nicknamed Stan the Man, was an American baseball outfielder and first..... More
Waco, Texas: Word Books, (1967). 1st Printing. [12], 154 pp. Illustrated from photographs. 8vo. Tomato red cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. 1st edition. xxv, [1 (blank)], 627, [5] pp. Adverts last 4 pages. Illustrated. 12mo. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Sports covered include baseball, basket ball, field hockey, football, golf, handball, ice hockey, lacrosse, etc. More
Oakland, California: 1948. An archive of 15+ vernacular hand-inked documents of Oaks games & players, 1947 - 1950. Includes 4 page Oakland Tribune memorial publication, which duplicates the newspaper's front page for September 27th 1948 [announcing the Oaks as Champions], an interior photographic spread of the team members & last..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1860). Early printing. 81, [1] pp. Illustrated with woodcuts, including one of boys playing baseball on p. 15. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". Green cloth spine over printed paper-wrapped boards. More
(n. p.): 1892. 1st printing thus, i.e., for this season. Printed, recto only, on white card stock paper. Oblong format: 2-1/4" x 3-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Piedmont Grounds" presumed to the be the baseball field in Oakland, the site of many a ball game for Stanford..... More
Philadelphia: Globe Ticket Company, [1925]. 1st printing thus, i.e., for this season. Booklet with 3 unused tickets, Games 17 - 19. Oblong format: 2" x 4-1/2". Black cloth spine over printed yellow paper covers. A rare survivor from Princeton's 1925 baseball season, purchased by W. Fisher, Class of '25... More
NY: Ballantine Books, 1991. 1st ed. 351 pp, 8vo. Creme cloth spine with white paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
1919. ~ 190 pp [last 15 or so leaves blank], 2 printed days per page, of which through August 5 have mss entries. ~ 1500 lines, ~ 6000 words. Commercial German 'Agenda' book, brown cloth spine over black flexible leather covers, with silver stamped 'Agenda' to front cover. Red edgestain..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston & Company, (1915). Early printing, ca 1915. 270, [2 (blank)] pp. Inserted frontis & 3 internal illustrations by Charles Paxson Gray. 12mo. Yellow linen cloth stamped in black & red. Red & black printed buff paper dust jacket, which replicates binding design. NB. This buff..... More
Chicago: M. A. Donohue, (n. d.). Ca mid-1930s. 212, [4] pp. Adverts at rear. Frontis + 2 internal full-page illustrations, included in the pagination. NB. Mattson incorrectly lists the work as containing 3 internal illustrations. 12mo. Tan linen cloth lettered in black. Dust jacket (which shows a football scene, per..... More
Cincinnati: The MacGregor Co., [1959 - 1960]. Unpaginated, though 126 pp [3 pages of adverts at front/rear & one page how-to, "Simplified Scoring System"]. Laid-in are 9 sheets of owner-created scorecards, for 8 July 1960 games. Oblong format: 7-3/4" x 12". Pale green card-stock covers, printed in silver, spiral bound..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon, (1912). Later printing, ca 1932. [4], 246, [6 (adverts)] pp. Frontis on coated paper. 12mo. Grey cloth binding with dark blue lettering (Mattson Style #3). Pictorial eps. Red topstain. Color pictorial dust jacket. More
(n. p.): Major League Baseball, 1984. 1st edition. 94 pp. Color & b/w photographic images and illustrations throughout, including 3 panel fold-outs showing all the All-Star players. 11" x 8-1/2". Color printed paper wrappers. Front wrapper with drawing of 3 SF Giants All-Stars: Mays, Marichal & McCovey. More
