How to Play Baseball

First edition w/SD, hardcover in gray cloth stamped with navy, features many photographs with informative labels throughout. The book has a lean to the binding with two thin cracks starting in the text block (at pages 48-49 & 96-97) but otherwise tight and solid, slight bumps to the spine ends, a hint of sun toning to the head of the boards and text block with a touch to the tail of the boards as well, some mild rubbing to the covers, a very small ding with a tiny smudge to the tail of the front cover, and an antiquarian seller's sticker to the tail of the first free end page with effaced notations to the upper fore corner, otherwise a solid Near Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket, which shows the $.75/$1.50 prices at the tail of the flaps, has toning to the spine and covers with an area of soiling to the front along the spine, bumps with shallow chips and short tears to the spine ends and corners, some edge wear with very small closed tears as well as a 2" x .5" tear along the head of the front cover at the fore corner which crosses the top of the "T" and bisects the "H" of RUTH. Jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover and additional images of the item are available upon request.…