Lot 305. 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, vg; “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.
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