Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1976). 1st printing thus. 536 pp. Occaional illustration. 6-3/8" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with b/w photographic images of Tom Seaver, Joe Morgan, Jim Palmer & Fred Lynn. More
Twin Falls, Idaho: Published by Ernie Hoff, (1949). 1st printing. 60 pp. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images throughout. 6-3/4" x 4-7/8". Red, white & blue paper covers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. According to preliminary matter, the Pioneer League founded a decade earlier, though this the first annual..... More
Chicago: Triumph Books, (2007). 1st Edition. xxxii, 204, [4 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 9-1/2" x 8-1/4". White composition binding printed in black, grey & orange. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton, in Ludgate Street, 1745. 1st Edition. 43, [1 (publisher advert)] pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Printed for Anrew Millar, in the Strand, 1754. vii, [1 (blank)], 124, [4 (blank)] pp. Errata p. iv. Pp 121 - 122 mispaginated as pp. 102 - 103. 8vo: A4 B - H8 I4 K2. C gathering missigned with B. 7-3/4" x 4-3/4" Disbound. Red edgestain... More
London: Printed for J. Owen, No. 168, Piccadilly, 1796. 1st edition. [4], 88 pp. 8vo: [A]2 B - M4. 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1849. 1st Edition. xii, 548, 16 pp. Mostly unopened text. January 1851 publisher catalogue at rear. Royal 8vo. Brown cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine and gilt stamped graphic to front board. Pale yellow eps. More
Wichita, Kansas: Published by The National Baseball Congress of America, 1947. 1st printing thus. 259, [1] pp. Yellow order blanks at rear. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images throughout. 8" x 5-1/2". Yellow paper covers. More
Wichita, Kansas: Published by The National Baseball Congress of America, 1945. 1st printing thus. 152 pp. Suite of Order Blanks, printed on yellow paper, at rear. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images throughout. 8" x 5-1/2". Red & white paper covers, stapled. More
Wichita, Kansas: Published by The National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, 1942. 1st printing thus. 172 pp. Numerous b/w half-tone photographic images, including suite of images at center, "National Tournament in Pictures As the Show Began". Pictures by Jerry Rodgers, Official Photographer. 7-7/8" x 5-1/2". Orange paper covers, printed with black &..... More
London: Printed for J. Morgan, in Pater - noster Row, and C. G. Seyffert, in Pall - Mall, 1761. 1st Edition. viii, 108 pp. 8vo. Disbound, with binding remnants along spine. More
London: Printed and Sold by J. Baker, at the Black Boy, in Pater - Noster - Row, 1711. 1st Edition. 48 pp. 8vo. 7-11/16" x 4-7/8". Disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
London: Printed for J. Robinson at the Golden Lion in Ludgate - street, 1743. 1st ed (w/ authors' names on tp). [2], 122, [24] pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Headpiece. 8vo, signed in 4s. 7-3/4" x 5". Disbound, with leather remnants along spine. More
London: Houlston and Wright, 1862. Early edition. Cf. Gabler G18050, for the 1855 edition. 108 pp. "Management of Wine", pp 15 - 31; "Brewing Beer", pp. 32 - 63. Frontispiece of dinner party table setting; 3 "Bills of Fare", pp. 92 - 94. 6-3/8" x 4". Pebbled terra-cotta cloth covering..... More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1948. 1st Edition. vi, 120 pp (including Index) Illustrated, including much in color. 9" x 6". Blue cloth binding with yellow spine lettering. No dust jacket. "Of all the subjects taught in schools of art, pattern or design, as it is often called, is regarded..... More
Chicago: The Athletic Institute, (n. d.). Ca late 1950s, signed by Feller. 79, [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographic images. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-5/8". Color photographic wrap around paper covers, stapled. With Feller's "Good Luck / Bob Feller" penned to the bottom of the front cover. "Robert William Andrew..... More
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. 1st edition. xi, [1], 404 pp (including Index). Jerome A. Hart bookplate. Illustrated with 36 plates. 8-1/4" x 5-3/4". Brown muslim cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering & blue/dark brown graphic at top of front board. TEG. Brown paper dust jacket printed in..... More
Washington DC: 1908. 1st separate printing. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. 9-1/8" x 5-15/16". Original publisher's printed pale green paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Alexander E. MacDonald, M.D. was a prominent American physician and psychiatrist, and a leader in the development of New York City's public..... More
France: Corbeil, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca 1926 / 1927. Unpaginated, though 36 pp. Text in English and French. Practically every page with a photographic image detailing the many amenities of the 3 vessels. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Tan card stock covers, with black lettering & parallel vertical gold rules..... More
(n. p.): Essig Co., Ltd, [1939]. 1st printing (presumed). Unpaginated, though 24 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout, with drawings & from photographs, including initial fold-out "Cut-Away Diagram and Key to General Arrangement" 9" x 6". Printed pale blue paper covers with wraparound graphic, stapled. Artwork by Heckman. Now housed in an..... More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1955). 1st printing thus. 544 pp. The occasional b/w photographic image. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-15/16". Blue, red & white paper covers. More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1952). 1st printing thus. 589, [19] pp. The occasional b/w photographic image. 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Drawing of Stan Musial to front cover. More
New York: Fowler & Wells, Publishers. No. 753 Broadway. 1884. 1st edition (Cagle 221; Wheaton & Kelly 1723 [NB. #1722 a ghost, see Cagle]; cf. Axford, p. 198, & Bitting, p. 125 for a 1901 [6th] edition). xi, [1 (blank)], 602, 4, [1], 8, [1] pp. Index concludes text. Adverts..... More
Saint Louis: Published by Charles C. Spink & Son, (1964). 1st printing thus. 448 pp. Occaional illustration. 6-1/2" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with drawing by Amadee. More
Saint Louis: Published by The Sporting News. Publisher - C. C. Johnson Spink, (1968). 1st printing thus. 517, [11] pp. Occaional illustration. 6-1/2" x 4-7/8". Blue, red & white paper covers. Front cover with b/w photographic images of Orlando Cepeda, Carl Yastrzemski, Mike McCormick, Jim Lonborg. More
