Published by New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1945., 1945
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
First Edition
Presumed first edition (no direct edition/printing statement provided). x, 243 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed, soiled, and toned; shallow chipping, nicks, several short tears, and creasing; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right; rear panel and rear flap advertised three other A.S. Barnes baseball books. Reddish-brown cloth; some bumping/scuffing at spine ends and board corners. Foxing to text block edges. Endpapers toned/foxed; interior leaves mostly remain clean. Binding is firm. Collection of forty-seven player oral histories from baseball's golden age - Babe Ruth, Dizzy Dean, Ty Cobb, Hans Wagner [Honus Wagner], King Carl Hubbell, Johnny Evers, Buck Weaver, Lefty Gomez, Clark Griffith, Muddy Ruel, Tris Speaker, Al Simmons, Hank Gowdy, Ed Walsh, Waite Hoyt, Cy Young, Fred Fitzsimmons, Mel Ott, Jimmy Archer, Grover Alexander [Grover Cleveland Alexander], Johnny Vander Meer, Satchel Paige, Pepper Martin, George Sisler, Martin Marion, Billy Southworth, Hippo Vaughn, Casey Stengel, Jimmy Wilson, Christy Mathewson, Enos Slaughter, Connie Mack, Walter Johnson, Leo Durocher, Rogers Hornsby, et al.