FS/T Old BB Books--See great photos--

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I have a few dozen old [mostly from the '40's-60's] baseball books.
I'm told that they're not that valuable [I'm guessing most within the $12-$30 range, with a couple higher]. But the photography [see sample at bottom] in some of them is spectacular, often rare, and often printed on high quality photo paper. So, if you like great photography, some of these books might be a bargain. Also, if you're a fan of a particular player or team, you might be able to make an inexpensive pick-up.

With dust-jackets:

Ty Cobb/The Tiger Wore Spikes, John McCallum, 1956, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY [dust jacket worn; book in good shape; great photos].
My Life in Baseball--the True Record, Ty Cobb with Al Stump, 1961, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY [VG].
My Own Particular Screwball, Al Schacht, 1955, Doubleday, Garden City, NY [dust jacket torn, autographed, with inscription].
The Babe and I, by Mrs. Babe Ruth with Bill Slocum, 1959, Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ [G-VG].
Frank Frisch, the Fordham Flash, J. Roy Stockton, 1962, Doubleday, NY [VG shape].
The Roy Campanella Story, Milton Shapiro, third printing, 1959, Julian Messner, Inc., NY. [G-VG].
Knute Rockne, All American, Harry A. Stuhldreher, 1931, McRae/Smith Co., Grosset & Dunlop, NY [dj torn; book G].
They Called Him Champ [Champ Segal & His Fab Era], Hyman R. Segal, 1959, First ed., Citadel Press, NY [dj torn, missing part].
The San Francisco Giants, Joe King, 1958, Prentice-Hall, NJ [G].
The Book of Major League Baseball Clubs, ed. by Ed Fitzgerald, 1952, 2 vol., AL & NL, A.S.Barnes, NY [VG, but pages toned].
Inside Pro Football, Joe King, 1958, Prentice Hall, NJ [VG].
Strikeout Story, Bob Feller, 1947, A.S.Barnes, NY [dj torn, missing part; book good].
Bob Feller/Hall of Fame Strikeout Star, Gene Schoor, 1962, Doubleday, NY.
Yogi, the autobiography of a Professional Baseball Player, Yogi Berra and Ed Fitzgerald, 1961 First Ed., Doubleday, NY [G-VG].
Grantland Rice/The Tumult and the Shouting/My Life in Sport, Second Printing, 1954, A.S.Barnes, NY. [pretty good read, photos].
[MVP Series] Jim Konstanty, Frank Yeutter, 1951, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY.
[MVP Series] Jackie Robinson, Bill Roeder, 1950, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY.
Baseball is Their Business, ed. by Harold Rosenthal, 1952, Random House, Inc. NY.
The Magnificent Yankees, Tom Meany, 1952, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY.
The Incredible Giants, Tom Meany, 1955, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY.
The Official Encyclopedia of Little League Baseball, Hy Turkin, 1954, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY.
Third Man in the Ring, Ruby Goldstein as told to Frank Graham, 1959, Funk and Wagnall's, NY [autographed].
Casey at the Bat/The Story of My Life in Baseball, by Casey Stengel as told to Harold T. Paxton, 1962, Random House, NY.
The Long Season, Jim Bronsan, 1960, First Ed., Harper & Bros. NY.
Pennant Race, Jim Bronsan, 1962, First Ed., Harper & Bros. NY.

Without dust-jackets:

The History of Baseball, John Durant, 1947, Hastings House, NY.
Times at bat/A Half Century of Baseball, Arthur Daly, 1950, Random House, NY [excellent book; great, high-quality photos].
My Greatest Day in Baseball, [47 stories by 47 stars] as told to John P. Carmichael, 1945, A.S.Barnes, NY.
The Babe Ruth Story, Bob Consodine, with 49 photographs, 1948, E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc.
My Kind of Baseball, Rogers Hornsby, ed. by J. Roy Stockton, 1953, David McKay Co., Inc.
The New York Yankees, an Informal History, Frank Graham, 1943/1951 [13th printing], G.P.Putnam's Sons, NY.
The Gashouse Gang, and a couple of other guys, J. Roy Stockton, 1945, A.S.Barnes, NY.
One for the Book of Sports, [stories] by Sam Balter and Cy Rice, 1955, The Citadel Press, NY.
[MVP Series] Phil Rizzuto, Joe Trimble, 1951, A.S.Barnes & Co., NY.
Baseball Personalities [the most colorful figures of all time], Jimmy Powers, 1949, Rudolph Field Publisher, NY.
Low and Inside [A Book of Baseball Anecdotes, Oddities, and Curiosities], Ira L. Smith and H. Allen Smith, 1949, Doubleday, NY.
Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, by LeRoy [Satchel] Paige, as told to David Lipman, 1962, Doubleday,NY.
Jackie Robinson, My Own Story, as told to Wendell Smith, 1948, Greenberg:Publisher, NY.
McGraw of the Giants, Frank Graham, 1944 [Seventh printing], G.P.Putnam's Sons, NY.
Lou Gehrig, A Quiet Hero, Frank Graham, 1944 [Eleventh printing], G.P.Putnam's Sons, NY.
Lou Gehrig, Pride of the Yankees, Paul Gallico, 1942, Grosset and Dunlap, NY.
Lucky to Be a Yankee, Joe DiMaggio, 1947/1949, Grosset and Dunlap, NY.
Connie Mack, Grand Old Man of Baseball, Frederick G. Lieb, 1945, G.P.Putnam's Sons, NY.
Casey Stengel, Baseball's Greatest Manager, Gene Schorr, 1953, Julian Messner, Inc., NY.

Baseball Legends/Willie Mays, by John Grabowski, 1990, Chelsea House Publishers [Excellent condition]
Baseball Legends/Ty Cobb, by Norman L. Macht, 1990, Chelsea House Publishers [Excellent condition]
Baseball Legends/Ted Williams, by Rick Wolff, 1990, Chelsea House Publishers [Excellent condition]--These three, cheap.

Softcover:

Cobb, A Biography, Al Stump, 1996, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill [Excellent book--the real Cobb as opposed to the 1961 whitewashed version by the same author [see above]--excellent condition].[/SIZE][/SIZE]

This first batch of sample photos is from times at bat by Arthur Daly:
This book has 16 back to back pages of all-time great photos--somewhere between 50-100 photos in all--lots of action shots. The first two pages, for instance, features Young, Lajoie, Chase, Jackson, Speaker, McGraw & Mack, Waddell, Mathewson, old McGraw, Cobb's iconic slide into third, Cobb's batting grip, Wagner, Johnson--That's 13 great shots in just two pages!