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99 Different Baseball (Auto)Biographies – Aaron, Cobb, Clemente, Williams, Etc.
Lot 205. 99 Different Baseball (Auto)Biographies – Aaron, Cobb, Clemente, Williams, Etc. . Many of baseballs top names are represented in this collection, which consists of 90 hardbacks, a dozen without dust jackets. Books range from poor to mint and average ex-m+; eight books are ex-library. Dust jackets range from poor to nm and average vg-ex to ex. A small number of books exhibit water damage*. Highlights include Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate by Vivian Grey, 1996 first edition, mint book and nm-m dust jacket; Roberto! By Bill Christine, 1973 first printing softcover, ex-m; Ty Cobb by John D. McCallum, 1975 apparent first, nm+/ex; Don’t Knock the Rock: The Rocky Colavito Story, Gordon Cobbledick, 1966 apparent first, ex-m+/vg; Walter Johnson: A Life, Jack Kavanaugh, 1995 first edition signed by the author, pers. 10 autograph, nm-m/nm; Cleon by Cleon Jones, 1970 first, ex-m+/ex-m; A Pitcher’s Story, Juan Marichal, 1967, ex-library, vg-vg, substantial markings; Willie Mays, Modest Champion by Gene Schoor, 1960, vg-ex/g+; The Stan Musial Story by Schoor, 1957, vg+ to ex book, owner’s name on flyleaf, g+ to vg dj; Me and the Spitter, Gaylord Perry, 1974 first, ex-m/vg-ex; Fear Strikes Out, Jim Piersall, 1955 first, vg, ½” spine tear, missing dj; Cal: Tribute to an American Hero, 2001 from York Daily Record, 96-page magazine format softcover, nm; Putting It All Together, Brooks Robinson, 1971 apparent first, vg/vg; The Meaning of Nolan Ryan, Nick Trujillo, 1994, nm-m/nm-m; The Hustler’s Handbook, Bill Veeck, 1965 apparent first, vg-ex/vg, and A Clever Base-Ballist (on John Montgomery Ward), 1999 first, ex/ex. Here is the complete list of subjects: Aaron (3), Barney*, Belinsky, Berg (2), Blue*, Bouton (3), Bobbie Bouton, George Brett*, Campanella, Gary Carter, Alexander Cartwright, Chandler, Clemente (2, 1 PB), Cobb (4, 1 PB), Colavito, Cromartie, DiMaggio (2), Durocher (2), Dravecky, Dykes, Feller, Fidrych (PB first printing), Finley, Flood, Frick, Garagiola, Cindy Garvey, Giamatti, Hershiser, Higbe, Bo Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Davey Johnson, Walter Johnson, Johnstone, Cleon Jones, Killebrew, Koufax (2, one*), Kuhn, Landis, Lasorda, Bill Lee, Luciano, Marichal, Mays (4, one*), McCarver, McGraw (2), McGwire (2), Pallone, Nettles, Musial (2), Morgan, McLain, Gaylord Perry, Piersall, Ripken (3, one PB), Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson (2), Rose (3), Ruth, Ryan (3), Schott, Seaver, Sosa, Thorpe, Danielle Torrez, Uberroth, Veeck, Ward, Earl Weaver, Dick Williams and Ted Williams (3, one*). Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research, a non-profit membership organization open to all that fosters the research, preservation, and dissemination of the history and record of baseball.
Winning Bid $110.
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