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Babe Ruth remains one of the most popular player in the history of baseball. This book describes Babe s rise from poverty to stardom, catching his image and voice as freshly and permanently as pen and ink can. It describes the ins and outs of the game.

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NY: A L Burt 1928. Early reprint. Hardcover 12mo 301 pgs plus 'The Best of Recent Fiction' ads at rear. B/w frontis. Good book in a fair dust jacket. Covers edgeworn, spine ends bumped. Hinge is starting at title pg and webbing is showing. Edges of textblock mottled. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is edgeworn, chipped, rubbed, torn and has some pieces missing. Rear panel toned. (sports history, baseball) Inquire if you need further information.

NY: A L Burt 1928. Early reprint. Hardcover 12mo 301 pgs plus 'The Best of Recent Fiction' ads at rear. B/w frontis. Good book in a fair dust jacket. Covers edgeworn, spine ends bumped. Hinge is starting at title pg and webbing is showing. Edges of textblock mottled. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is edgeworn, chipped, rubbed, torn and has some pieces missing. Rear panel toned. (sports history, baseball) Inquire if you need further information.

frontispiece and illustrations, rebound library binding with gilt letters on spine, covers rubbed and stained, tape remants on both covers at top/bottom, some tears to page edges, some taped, some pencilling to Chapter 1, fraying on spine DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: FIRST ED

Early Reprint Edition. Scarce collection of baseball stories by The Babe. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and signs of wear, a scrape to front panel has caused a few narrow strips of loss.

Very Good Minus, in original blue cloth with gilt lettering, photographic end papers, illustrated with 31 black and white photos, First Edition stated at copyright page. Lacking the dust jacket. Cloth sunned at spine, wear at spine ends and small rubs at corners, Contents clean and unmarked. A baseball classic. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

NY: A L Burt 1928. Early reprint. Hardcover 12mo 301 pgs plus 'The Best of Recent Fiction' ads at rear. B/w frontis. Good book in a fair dust jacket. Covers edgeworn, spine ends bumped. Hinge is starting at title pg and webbing is showing. Edges of textblock mottled. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket is edgeworn, chipped, rubbed, torn and has some pieces missing. Rear panel toned. (sports history, baseball) Inquire if you need further information.

First Edition (stated). New York: G.P. Putman s Sons, 1928. This is the true first edition of 1928, NOT the A.L. Burt reprint edition. 302 + xii pp. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to cover and spine. Slight fading to spine with abrasion, dimpling and hole near title (see photo). NO markings on pages. 31 black and white photos. No dust jacket. Photographic paste-down and end-pages showing old Yankee stadium. Previous owner's stamp Geo. Roads Bright, Pottsville, PA on front and on rear paste-down (inside cover). Incidentally, Babe Ruth and the Yankees made numerous visits to the Pottsville area (Schuylkill County) in the 1920s to play exhibition games against local clubs. On one occasion, Babe Ruth was presented with a miniature baseball bat made of a solid piece of anthracite coal taken from a mine at the depth of 1,700 feet (New York Times, Sept. 17, 1921). One of the earliest baseball clubs in the area, the Pottsville Anthracites, was founded in 1882, although organized baseball had been played in the county since 1866. Ships fast with tracking. Inv. ref. AB0003x2-ABAZ

Octavo, blue cloth lettered in gilt; spine sunned with frayed ends, tender hinges, extremities rubbed, contents immaculate. First edition, first printing. Buttenheim family copy, with the ownership signature of Edgar Buttenheim, board member of the Buttenheim Publishing Corporation on the front endpaper. This copy is also signed by three of Babe Ruth's teammates, pitcher Myles Thomas (nicknamed "Duck Eye" by Ruth) and World Series pitchers George Pipgras and Herb Pennock, on the front flyleaf. Ruth discusses the ballplayers at length throughout the book. A superb association copy with a distinguished provenance.

5.5 X 8. Very nice copy, dark blue boards with black lettering to spine and front cover, contains 31 illustrations all in very good condition. Front and back hinges loose. Black and white pictures on front and back paste down page. Light browning to edges. Black and white frontispiece. _PAB_

Very nice copy, dark blue boards with black lettering to spine and front cover, contains 31 illustrations all in very good condition.Front and back hinges loose. Black and white pictures on front and back paste down page. Light browning to edges. Black and white frontispiece. DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: SECOND PRINTIN 301

Nice, tight copy in bright, colorful jacket. No previous owner markings. Jacket in mylar protector. 20 chapters, 301 pages covering every aspect of the game as the Babe knew it. Lots of humorous anecdotes and stories. Lively and fun to read. Book was issued same year as the Putnam first edition making it 95 years old and it's in nice shape throughout, solid and clean.

5.5 X 8. Very nice copy, dark blue boards with black lettering to spine and front cover, contains 31 illustrations all in very good condition. Front and back hinges loose. Black and white pictures on front and back paste down page. Light browning to edges. Black and white frontispiece. _PAB_

with 31 illustrations present frontispiece of Babe Ruth, covers rubbed, spine discolored, slight fraying to spine at top/bottom and corners DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: FIRST ED 301

SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies. A magnificent copy authentically SIGNED by Babe Ruth on the limitation page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's blue cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing or marks with a bookplate affixed to front blank. A stunning copy SIGNED by the author housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation.