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15 Gilbert Patten Baseball Novels – 8 as Frank Merriwell Novelist Burt L. Standish.
Lot 301. 15 Gilbert Patten Baseball Novels – 8 as Frank Merriwell Novelist Burt L. Standish. Patten was a prolific writer of dime novels and other stories. One of his employees in the 1890s was Edward Stratemeyer, who subsequently managed an organization that produced numerous baseball novels for young adults. Ten books in this collection are hardbacks with pictorial covers; two have dust jackets, which are noted. Five books are Frank Merriwell softcovers published by Street & Smith, which produced pulp fiction and sports annuals until 1959. The books are first editions unless otherwise noted. Patten’s books under his own name are: “The Rockspur Nine,” 1900, price on the flyleaf, vg-ex, and “Clif Stirling: Captain of the Nine,” 1910, vg+. Patten also published as Morgan Scott: “Rival Pitchers of Oakdale,” 1911, g+ to vg, and “The New Boys at Oakdale,” 1913, name on flyleaf, vg. Three books by Patten as Burt L. Standish are not part of the Meriwell series: “Lefty O’ the Big League,” 1914, vg+; “Lefty O’ the Blue Stockings,” 1914 third printing, inscription on second inside page, vg+; and “Courtney of the Center Garden,” 1915, name stamped on flyleaf, vg+, f-g dust jacket. There are three hardback versions of the Merriwell books: “Frank Merriwell’s School Days,” 1901, inscription on flyleaf, g+ to vg; “Frank Merriwell’s Skill,” 1903, flyleaf removed, g-vg book and dust jacket; and Frank Merriwell’s Secret, 1904, g+ to vg. The Street & Smith softcovers are: “Frank Merriwell’s Faith,” No. 60, 1900, back cover missing, otherwise complete, p-f; Dick Merriwell’s Day, No. 114, 1904, g, nice front cover; “Frank Merriwell’s Marriage,” No. 125, 1905, f; “Frank Merriwell, Jr., in Arizona,” No. 217, 1912, g-vg; and “Frank Merriwell’s Winners,” New Medal Library No. 476, 1902, g+.
Winning Bid $20.
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