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Books by HoFers “Bucky” Harris and Mickey Cochrane and About John McGraw.

Lot 362. Books by HoFers “Bucky” Harris and Mickey Cochrane and About John McGraw. All hardbacks with dust jackets. Stanley “Bucky” Harris, enshrined at Cooperstown in 1975 for his managerial success, authored “Playing the Game,” which was published in 1924 by Grosset & Dunlap. The book is ex. The colorful dust jacket is vg with clipped corners and a 2 ½” strip of tape on its inside near the spine. “Baseball The Fan’s Game” by Hall of Fame (1947) catcher Mickey Cochrane was published in 1939 by Funk & Wagnalls. The book is vg-ex with a name in pen on the flyleaf and stains, apparently from aging, inside the front and back covers. The dust cover is vg with a small chip in the lower right front corner and at the top on the back. Cochrane’s book is a stated first edition, while the Harris book is an apparent first edition. Frank Graham is the author of “McGraw of the Giants: An Informal Biography,” 1944 with 265 pages, vg book and g-vg dust jacket with inside corners clipped. G. P. Putnam’s Sons is the publisher. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1937, McGraw has been described as baseball’s “best player to become a great manager.” Winning Bid $113.     Back to List        Winning Bid  $113 Back to List