Baseball's Famous Pitchers (Signed First Edition)

Smith, Ira

Published by A.S. Barnes, 1954

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing from this title of a series of popular early 1950s collections of anecdote-filled short biographies of great old-school Major Leaguers by Ira Smith. This collection includes tales and stats for pitchers ranging from Old Hoss Radbourne in the 1880s to Satchel Paige who finally brought his stellar pitching and quote-making to the Majors in the late 1940s and early 1950s Inscribed by Ira smith "For Shep, Ira" on the front endpaper. The Shep in question was a die-hard Washington Senators fan.

Seller Inventory # 008110

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baseball's Famous Pitchers (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: A.S. Barnes
• Publication Date: 1954
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)