New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1955). First edition. Illustrated with sketches by Robert J. Lee. Hano's eyewitness account of Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. A sports-literature classic and one of the most elusive non-fiction books on baseball, His description of "The Catch" by a young Willie Mays' continues..... Item #56025 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. He builds it and they come. Basis for the Oscar-nominated movie starring Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta. Fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with internal foxing visible along upper edge..... Item #54027 More
No-place [New York]: no-publ., no-date, (1993). First edition. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11 inch proofs bound with unprinted white cloth spine and clear plastic front cover. First page (showing through cover) with title, author and promo. 456 pages, double spaced, no title page. We assume these were issued before any..... Item #52879 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, 1923. First edition. "The first novel with serious baseball content aimed at an adult audience"-- Andy McCue, BASEBALL BY THE BOOKS. Probable review copy with "NOV 7 1923" stamped on endpaper (we've seen these types of stamps numerous times on review copies) above pasted-in section from..... Item #55983 More
New York: Doubleday, 1988. First edition. SIGNED by Ryan. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54475 More
New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. His second novel. About a fantasy baseball league powered by the roll of the dice. 8vo silver-stamped quarter red cloth, tan paper boards stamped in red; top edge blue. Page top and board edges faintly foxed, flattened crease in paper on front board..... Item #54065 More
Chicago: B. E. Callahan, 1952. First edition, twentieth in the series. Baseball photos, biographies and statistics for the year. Featuring Dimaggio and Ford Frick on the front cover. Photo-illustrated, orange and black printed paperwraps. Very good to near fine with light rubbing, pages aging, and tiny nicks to top edge..... Item #51072 More