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Baseball Books
12 Lots
 Lot 542. 15 Books on Coaching Baseball, Including Tips from Major Leaguers. 1. “The Art of Hitting,” Tony Gwynn, 1998 first printing hardback, nm book, ex-m dust jacket. 2. “The Complete Baseball Handbook,” Walter Alston, 1972, ex book, f-g dust jacket. 3. “The Official Major League Baseball Playbook,” Chuck Tanner, 1974, ex, no dust jacket. 4. “Exercise and the Sport Sciences Reviews,” Volume 19, 1991, ex-m hardback, no dj. The other books are softcovers: 5. “Turn It Around!” Dave Winfield, 1987 first edition, vg-ex. 6. “Life Lessons from Little League Revisited,” Vincent Fortanasce, 2005, vg. 7. “Know Your Baseball: The Official Little League Education Program,” Al Herback, 1996, ex. 8. “Hit and Run Baseball,” Rod Delmonico, 1992, ex. 9. “Coaching and Motivation,” William Warren, 1983, ex. 10. “Maximizing Baseball Practice,” John Winkin, 1995, ex-m. 11. “Coaching Baseball: Skills & Drills,” Bragg A. Stockton, 1984, vg+. 12-23. “The Complete Baseball Player,” Dave Winfield, 1990, two copies, both ex-m. 14. “Major League Baseball Manual” by the Milwaukee Brewers, 1982, vg+. 15. “The Winning Pitcher,” Tom House, 1988, vg. Also, a circa 1990 catalog of Jugs pitching machines and other baseball equipment.
Minimum Bid $10.
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 Lot 543. Tommy John Collection of 33 Baseball Books – Biographies, References, Histories, Etc. One of the books in this collection is a classic – Christy Mathewson’s “Pitching in a Pinch.” This edition, from 1977, has an introduction by Red Smith. The book is vg+ to ex in a vg dust jacket. NOVELS: 2. “The Southpaw,” Mark Harris, 1984 softcover, vg-ex. 3. “Brittle Innings,” Michael Bishop, 1994 apparent first edition, ex-m book and vg+ to ex dust jacket. 4. “World Series,” John R. Tunis, 1977, g+ to vg paperback. HISTORIES AND EVENTS: 5. “The Greatest World Series Games,” Warren Wilbert, autographed by Tommy John and the author on the flyleaf, 2005 ex McFarland hardback published without a dust jacket. 6. “The Great No-Hitters,” Glenn Dickey, 1976 stated first edition, ex-m book, vg price-clipped dj. BIOGRAPHIES: 7. “Bo,” Maury Allen, 1973 first printing, ex/vg. 8. “Baseballs,” Graig Nettles, 1984, ex/ex. 9. “Me and the Spitter,” Gaylord Perry, 1974 stated first edition, ex-m/vg+ to ex. 10. “Frank (Robinson): The First Year,” Robinson and Dave Anderson, apparent first edition, ex-m/vg+ to ex. 11. “Guidry,” Ron Guidry, 1980, ex-m/vg. 12. “Sweet Lou,” Lou Piniella, 1986, apparent first, ex/vg+ to ex. 13. “Rickey Henderson,” by Henderson, 1992, ex-m+/vg+ to ex. 14. “Strike Three!” 2010 softcover, ex-m. This self-published book is difficult to find. An M.D., Tomsick was the Indians’ bullpen catcher 1964-66. 15. “Don Baylor” by Baylor, 1989 stated first edition, ex+/vg+ to ex. 16. “A False Spring,” Pat Jordan, 1975, ex/ex. 17. “The Wit & Wisdom of George Steinbrenner,” Frank Coffey, 1993 paperback, vg. 18. “The Other Game,” Nolan Ryan, 1977 hardback, moisture had end pages stuck to the dust jacket. Fully readable. 19. “Baseball’s Hot New Stars,” Bill Gutman, 1988 softcover, vg. 20. “Baseball’s Great Managers,” Tim Wall, 1982, ex. 21. “They Played the Game,” Harry Grayson, f hardback, dj missing. 22-23. “The Baseball Encyclopedia,” 1982 ex/ex and 1996 nm/ex. 24. “The Baseball Book 1991,” Bill James, 1991 first edition, vg+ to ex. BOOKS FOR YOUTH: 25. “Be the Best You Can Be,” Kirby Puckett, 1993 first printing, ex book, no dj as published. 26. “Strike Three!” Claire Bee, 1949, vg hardback, missing dj. 27. “The Winning Spirit,” Bill Pennington, 1991, vg+ to ex softcover. 28. “Lou Gehrig,” Guernsey Van Riper Jr., 1986 softcover, ex. 29-31. “Catcher with a Glass Arm” 1964 g-vg; “The Kid Who Only Hit Homers,” p, pages missing; and “The Fox Steals Home,” 1978, complete, p-f, all paperbacks by Matt Christopher. ALSO: 32. “Test Your Baseball IQ,” Dom Forker, 1993 softcover, vg+ to ex. And 33. “The Baseball Hall of Shame 2,” Bruce Nash, 1986, vg+ to ex. Autographs authenticated by Kevin Keating. Five two signed “Property of Thomas Edward John” labels are included.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 570. Softcover Book – “The New Chicago White Sox” by Arch Ward. In this 1951 96-page 7” x 10” book, Ward provides a history of the White Sox, with an emphasis on the late 1940s and 1950. Sports editor of the “Chicago Tribune,” Ward was a creative thinker and master promoter. He is credited with creating the baseball All-Star Game, the College All-Star Game, the All-American Football Conference and the Golden Gloves boxing tournament. His book, an extensively illustrate first edition, is ex-m and somewhat scarce.
Winning Bid $35.
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 Lot 571. 17 Books Covering the History of Baseball. All hardbacks with dust jackets unless otherwise noted. Ex-library books are noted with an asterisk (*). Five books provide an overview of the game: “The Glory of Their Times,” Lawrence Ritter, 1969, vg-ex book, f-g dust jacket; “The Ultimate Baseball Book,” Daniel Okrent, 1988 softcover, ex; “The Story of Baseball,”* Lawrence Ritter, 1968, no dj as published; “The Image of Their Greatness,” Ritter and Donald Honig,” 1979, vg+ book, no dj; and “The Way We Were: Baseball,” Lew Freedman, 2008, nm-m/ex-m. Six books deal with selected periods: “American Baseball: From Gentleman’s Sport to the Commissioner System,”* David Quentin Voigt, 1966 stated first edition; “Baseball: When the Grass Was Real,”* Donald Honig, 1975; “Eight Men Out,” Eliot Asinof, 1963 paperback, ex; “Baseball Memories 1930-1939,” Mark Okkonen, 1994, ex-m+/ex; “The Boys of Summer,” Roger Kahn, 1972 stated first edition, ex/vg; and “Men at Work,” George Will, 1990, vg+ to ex book and price-clipped dust jacket. Two books offer special insights to the game: “The Diamond Appraised,” Craig R. Wright, 1989, ex book and dust jacket, and “This Great Game,” edited by Doris Townsend, 1971, ex in a price-clipped vg+ dj. The four other books are: “Baseball Complete,” Russ Hodges, 1952 apparent first edition, vg book, no dj; “Baseball’s Great Moments,” Joseph Reichler, 1983, ex+/vg+, and 1954 and 1955 copies of the “Mutual Baseball Almanac,” edited by Roger Kahn, vg to vg-ex.
Minimum Bid $20.
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 Lot 572. 12 Baseball League and Team Histories and Related Books. All hardbacks with dust jackets unless otherwise noted. Individual books focus on some segment of the history of the Athletics, (Brooklyn) Dodgers, Giants, Mets, Orioles, Reds and Yankees. Two books edited by Ed Fitzgerald provide a summary of team histories: “The National League,” 1966, vg, no dust jacket, and “Sport Magazine’s Book of Major League Baseball Clubs: The American League,” 1955 apparent first edition, ex, dust jacket absent. Team-specific histories are: “Charlie O. & the Angry A’s,” Bill Libby, 1975 stated first edition, ex-m book, ex price-clipped dust jacket. “The Artful Dodgers,” Tom Meany, 1958, vg, no dust jacket. “My Giants,” Russ Hodges and Al Hirsberg, 1963 stated first edition, ex-library, vg, dust jacket glued on. “Amazing: The Miracle of the Mets,” Joseph Durso, 1970 stated first printing, vg-ex/g+. “Birds on the Wing: The Story of the Baltimore Orioles,” Gordon Beard, 1967, ex-library, g-vg/f-g. “The Big Red Machine: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Best Team,” Bob Hertzel, 1976, nm-m/ex-m. “Cincinnati’s Sports Stories,” Pat Harmon, 1978, ex-library, g-vg, dust jacket glued to the book. Pinstripe Pandemonium: A Season with the New York Yankees,” Geoffrey Stokes, 1984 first edition, vg/vg. This collection also includes two books by Jim Brosnan, “The Long Season,” 1960 first edition, and “Pennant Race,” 1962. Both books are vg without dust jackets.
Minimum Bid $25.
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 Lot 573. 28 Baseball Biographies – Dick Allen, Bench, Conlan, Musial, Oh, Schacht, Yaz, Etc. Here are some highlights of this collection of biographies and autobiographies. Ex-library copies are noted with an asterisk (*) Typically, these books are vg with the dust jacket glued to the book: “Crash,” Dick Allen, 1989 apparent first edition, ex book and price-clipped dust jacket. “Catch You Later: The Autobiography of Johnny Bench,” 1979 stated first edition, vg book, f-g dust jacket. “Jocko,” Jocko Conlan, 1967 stated first edition, vg book, p dust jacket. “Stan Musial: ‘The Man’s’ own story as told to Bob Broeg,”* 1964 apparent first edition. “Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way of Baseball,”* Oh and David Falkner, 1984. “Clowning Through Baseball,”* Al Schacht, no dust jacket. “Yaz: Baseball, the Wall, and Me,”* with Gerald Eskenazi, 1990 stated first edition. Here are the subjects of the other biographies. Except for the ex-library books (generally vg), the books average ex, and the dust jackets, vg. If you need details on a specific player or big, please call us before the final three days of the auction: Sparky Anderson, two books, “The Main Spark” and “Sparky!”*; Moe Berg, “The Catcher Was a Spy”*; Jim Bouton, no dj; Ty Cobb, “Cobb: A Biography” by Al Stump; David Cone; Dave Dravecky; Leo Durocher*; Bob Feller*; Whitey Ford; Rickey Henderson; Whitey Herzog; Connie Mack, “Connie Mack’s Baseball Book,” no dj; Joe Morgan*; Frank Robinson*; Pete Rose, “The Pete Rose Story,” vg book, no dj; Casey Stengel; Darryl Strawberry; Jim Thorpe, Sports Immortals book*; Dave Winfield, and Carl Yastrzemski*.
Winning Bid $30.
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 Lot 575. 14 Baseball Books from the Random House Major League and Little League Libraries. All hardbacks. From the mid-1960s to mid-1970s, Random House commissioned and published several series of sports books written for young adults. These two series provided informative and entertaining reading for young adult and adult readers alike. Published without a dust jacket, each book as a photographic cover. These books span 1965-72 and average vg-ex with generally ex-m or better pages. The books in each series are numbered. We have provided the number, the title and the author. Major League Library: 1. 3. “Great Baseball Pitchers” by Jim Brosnan, former major league pitcher. Sandy Koufax cover. 7. 14. Bob Gibson cover. 15. 17. Little League Library: 2. 4. 5. Mickey Mantle cover. 8. Frank Robinson cover. 9. Cover image with Yogi Berra and Don Larsen celebrating the pitcher’s World Series perfect game. 10. 11. Willie Mays cover. 12.
Minimum Bid $25.
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 Lot 576. 6 Vintage Books on How to Play Baseball – by Sisler, Mack, Bench and Others. In this collection, both members of the Hall of Fame and more obscure local coaches provide their best advice on how to succeed on the diamond. All of the books are hardbacks – without dust jackets unless otherwise noted. Key books are: 1. “Sisler on Baseball,” George Sisler, 1954, ex-m book. 2. “How to Play Better Baseball,” Ralph Henry Barbour and La Mar Sarra, 1946, original copyright by the Boy Scouts; vg-ex book with an inscription on the flyleaf, g-vg dust jacket. The other books are: 3. From Behind the Plate,” Johnny Bench, 1972, vg+ to ex book. 4. “From Sandlot to Big League: Connie Mack’s Baseball Book,” Connie Mack, 1960, ex-library, vg with dust jacket attached. 5. “Baseball,” Daniel E. Jessee, 1946, vg+ to ex. And 6. “Baseball Techniques Illustrated,” Ethan Allen, 1951, vg-ex.
Minimum Bid $20.
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 Lot 722. 10 New York Yankees Biographies – Mantle, Etc., - and a “Baseball Fantasy.” All hardbacks. The fantasy is the work of Sparky Lyle, “The Year I Owned the Yankees: A Baseball Fantasy.” Published in 1990, the book is nm-m, and the dust jacket, nm. Two books focus on Mickey Mantle: “All My Octobers: My Memories of 12 World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball,” 1994 stated first edition, ex-library with the dust jacket glued on. And “A Hero All His Life,” by members of Mantle’s family, 1996 stated first edition, nm-m book, nm dj. Thurman Munson’s autobiography, written with Marty Appel, is in the collection; this 1979 “Memorial Edition” is vg-ex, no dj. Three books, all published in 1980, are by or about Billy Martin: “Billy Martin,” Gene Schoor, first edition, g book, vg+ to ex dust jacket; “Damn Yankee,” Maury Allen, ex/ex; and “Number 1,” Martin with Peter Golenbock, ex-m book and price-clipped dj. The other books are “Baseball Legends: Joe DiMaggio,” Marty Appel, 1990, vg+ to ex; “Slick: My Life in and Around Baseball,” Whitey Ford, 1987 apparent first edition, nm/ex-m; “Guidry,” with Peter Golenbock, 1980, vg+ to ex/vg; and “Winfield: A Player’s Life” with Tom Parker, 1988, ex-m/ex-m.
Minimum Bid $25.
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 Lot 729. 3 Books on Baseball in Cincinnati from 1869 to the Big Red Machine. A softcover by Greg Rhodes and John Erardi provides details on the city’s earliest professional team in “The First Boys of Summer: The 1869-1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings, Baseball’s First Professional Team.” The 1994 144-page book is extensively illustrated. Queen City baseball in the 1970s is the focus of Bob Hertzel’s 1976 book, “The Big Red Machine: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Best Team.” The hardback is nm-m, and the dust jacket, ex-m. Baseball and other sports receive coverage in “Cincinnati’s Sports Stories,” Pat Harmon, 1978, ex-library, minimal markings, vg, dust jacket glued to the book.
Winning Bid $20.
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