New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, [1955]. First edition. Read More about Man on Spikes

Philadelphia [?]: Ca. 1905. Baseball Sports Caricature, Philadelphia, Ca. 1905. The subjects, two dapper young men seated in third base line box seats, are identified as Bill Reynolds and Tommy O'Keefe. Both are nattily dressed, with diamond stickpins in their ties; Tommy wears a straw boater with a hatband labeled..... Read More about Caricature of two sporting gents watching a Philadelphia Athletics baseball game, ca. 1905

New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1911. First edition. Superb Copy. One of the key works in the literature of baseball, by one of the prime movers in its codification and development. In addition to his pitching career (which began in 1865), Spalding helped organize the National League, cofounded the..... Read More about America's National Game. Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning Evolution, Development and...

Boston: W.S. Carr & Co 83 Pearl Street, 1888. Read More about Broadside: 1888. W.S. Carr & Co.'s Trade Price List of Spalding's Base Balls, Bats, and Base...

Boston: Wright & Ditson Retail Store: 344 Washington Street (nera Milk Street). Wholesale Store: 95 Pearl Street, 1895. A rare trade catalogue of 19th-century baseball gear, profusely illustrated with wood-engravings of products offered by Wright & Ditson -- including Spalding bats and mitts, catcher's masks, bases, shoes, uniforms and caps..... Read More about Illustrated Catalogue of Base Ball Goods and Uniforms. Wright & Ditson

[Brooklyn: 1860's]. Very interesting album of a talented amateur draughtsman drawings, including one of 'sambo" playing the banjo, several baseball drawings, e.g., a Baseball player 'seeing Stars" dated January 15, 1867, p. 15, s baseball Diamond, Lacrosse Player, a Firemen "running to a Fire", p. 25 (with coloring), etc.... Read More about Nineteenth Century Naive album of Black and Baseball Interest with a Label 'specimens of Drawing...

[New York:]: Liebenroth von Auw, 1887. The pictorial title page depicts a standing baseball team surrounding a seated coach, surmounted by patriotic motifs and above a design of crossed bats and equipment. The other illustrations are skillfully rendered field level scenes of a Wild Pitch, Fly Ball, Foul Ball, a...... Read More about Our National Game

N.p: n.d. [1940s?]. The Yankee Clipper & the Bronx Bomber Pose Together. Rare photograph of the two legendary athletes posing playfully side by side, Dimaggio grinning with his bat cocked over right shoulder, Louis standing with his fists clenched, ready to land a right to Dimaggio's chin. According to biographers..... Read More about Photograph of Joe Dimaggio and Joe Louis posing playfully together

[New York]: A.G. Spalding, 1919. Read More about Spalding’s Complete Trade Price List

New York: D. Appleton and Company 443 & 445 Broadway, 1865. First edition. Early Baseball Reference. Chapter five (pp. 48-55) contains the earliest fictional reference to the game of baseball, including choicing up sides by grabbing the bat. Precedes Everett’s CHANGING BASE, 1868, which Grobani labels the first novel to..... Read More about Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc. By...

New York: William Morrow, 1972. First edition. Inscribed to the Editor. INSCRIBED, "To Phil, As editor, all problems of theme, structure, style and character are of course your responsibilty! Best Barry 12/11/82." Read More about Runner Mack

5-19- (c. 1939). Read More about "Bunting is Rarely used in our modern game."