7 Baseball Histories Focusing on the A.L., N.L., World Series, Pre-1920s and Black Sox.
Lot 371. 7 Baseball Histories Focusing on the A.L., N.L., World Series, Pre-1920s and Black Sox. Two histories are official league publications: 1. “American League Golden Anniversary 1901-1951,” edited by Earl Hilligan, 16-page softcover, ex. 2. “The Official History of the National League” edited by Charles Segar, 96-page extensively illustrated hardcover, ex-m book and ex dust jacket. 3. Pre-1920 baseball is the subject of Robert F. Burk’s “Never Just a Game: Players, Owners & American Baseball to 1920,” 1994 first edition hardback, ex book and dj. 4. Harvey Frommer picks up where Burk left off in “Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball,” 1992 ex-library copy, vg book and dust jacket with library markings. 5. “The World Series: A Pictorial History…10 of the Best” is a 48-pages softcover by John Devaney et al. that promotes Nabisco products, ex-m. Baseball history is covered more generally in: 6. “Album of Baseball: A Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary” by Harvey Frommer, 1988 ex-library hardcover without a dust jacket, g+ to vg. And 7. “The Baseball Anthology: 125 Years of Stories, Poems, Articles … and Other Memorabilia” by Joseph Wallace, 1994, ex-library with limited markings, otherwise ex book and vg-ex dj. Minimum Bid $15.
