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HARD-TO-GET BOOKS |
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(Now that I'm getting older, I'm breaking up my reference library. My wife and I are downsizing.). |
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| Pride Against Prejudice: biog of Larry Doby; by Moore; large soft cover, exc.; Praeger 1988; $14. |
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| Baseball: an Informal History: by Douglass Wallop (of "Damn Yankees" fame); soft; 1969; some wear; $3. |
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| American League Golden Anniversary 1901-1951: soft, souvenir-type item from AL; vg: $18. |
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| Award Voting: by Dean, SABR soft: $5. |
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| Baseball: a Doubleheader Collection of Facts, Feats & Firsts: Sporting News hard cover w/dj; great reading, facts, trivia, etc.; illus. mint: $9. |
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| Baseball Anecdotes: Sporting News; paper; near-mint $5. |
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| Baseball: an Illustrated History: the big book by Ken Burns; mint: $24. |
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| Baseball Book of Lists: Pepe-Hollander; paper: $3. |
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| Baseball by the Rules: Pine Tar, Spitballs and Midgets: soft, large format: $6. |
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| The Baseball Catalog: by Schlossberg; large format; hard; 1980; great anecdotal reading w many illus.; exc: $12. |
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| Baseball for the Love of It: HOF'ers Tell It Like It Was: by Connor; great first-person accounts; hard w/dc that has a tear but otherwise near-mint: $10. |
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| Baseball From a Different Angle: by Broeg; larger format soft; 1988; near-mint: $6. |
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| Baseball's HOF; stories, pix1973, soft; exc: $3. |
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| Baseball's Great Moments: by Reichler, hard, exc. 1981: $5. |
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| The BB Record Companion: by Reichler; great feats, strange facts, etc.; Register-sized, exc.: $5. |
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| Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book: hard, small format: $5. |
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| A Century of BB Lore: by Thorn; hard; vg: $5. |
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| Diamond Greats: Profiles, Interviews with 65 stars; by Westcott, hard w/d.c.; 1988 1st ed.; near mint: $12. |
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| Baseball's Greatest Games: Sporting News; Reidenbaugh; large format hard cover; near mint: $8. |
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| Beisbol: Latin Americans and the Game: by Oleksak proof ed.: $5. |
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| El Beisbol: Travels Through the Pan-American Pastime: hardcover; by Krich; near-mint; 1898; $8. |
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| Curve Ball Laughs: paperback 1958, vg: $5. |
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| Day by Day in Cleve. Indians History: by Eckhouse; 1983; some cover creases in Register-like print job; otherwise exc: $12. |
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| Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks: author Wood visits 26 ballparks; 1988; soft, exc. $5. |
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| Facts & Dates of Amer. Sports: from colonial days; large format softcover; great ref.; exc.: $9. |
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| For the Love of the Game: great interviews with players; hard w/dj near-mint: $9. |
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| Everything Baseball: huge paperback w/ BB movies, songs, poems, trivia; exc: $8. |
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| The Giant Book of Strange but True Sports Stories: large format soft; Random House 1976; lots of drawings.: $6. |
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| Grandstand Annuals: have you tried these great publications? Each year is $5: Issue 1, Special 2, 1997, 1998, 2002. |
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| The Great Amer. BB Scrapbook: by Suehsdorf; lg hardback; cards, memorabilia, much color; a classic from 1978; exc; $15. |
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| Great Amer. Sports Book: by Gipe; 1978; great ref; 570 p.; large paperback; $9. |
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| Great BB Feats, Facts & Firsts: by Nemec; Register format; exc: $5. |
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| Great Hitting Pitchers: SABR from 1979: $7. |
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| Great Moments in BB: by Seaver; hard cover; 1992; near mint: $5. |
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| Great No-Hit Games (hard cover '68): $5. |
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| The Hall of Fame Gallery: by Appel-Goldblatt; large and lush; profusely illust.; McGraw Hill 1977; exc but dj torn: $18. |
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| Image of Their Greatness: lavishly illust. hist; by Ritter-Honig; 1979; near mint: $15. |
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| The Imperfect Diamond: Story of BB's Reserve System and the Men Who Fought to Change It: hard, w/dc; by Lowenfish and Lupien; great source, 1971; exc.: $12. |
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| The Imperfect Diamond: somehow I also have a. softcover edition, exc. but for dog-ear: $8. |
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| Judge Landis and 25 Years of Baseball: Sporting News, Spink, 1974; this classic is near-mint: $24. |
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| My 66 Years in the Big Leagues; by Connie Mack, 1950, good PB in "sketchbook" format, mint, $75. |
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The Men of Autumn: An Oral History of the 1949-53 Yankees with a foreword by Mel Allen; soft, by Dom Forker; 1990; nicely illustrated, near mint: $5. |
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| Mudville's Revenge: the Rise and Fall of Am. Sports: by Vincent; 1981; hard, dj has tear; exc. $4. |
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| My Greatest Day in Baseball:; by Mantle, Mays, etc; paper, 1968; $5. |
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| New York Times Scrapbook History: Complete Book of Baseball: thousands of clips reprinted; exc: $12. |
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| New York Times Sports HOF; hard, large format w/dc; classic clips; near-mint: $12. |
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| Sports in Cleveland: lg format soft; near-mint; 1992 by Case Western Res.: $15. |
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| Sports Hall of Oblivion: soft 1985: $5. |
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| Sport USA: The Best from Sat. Ev. Post: large hard, but no dj; 1961; exc: classic stories: $25. |
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| The No-Hit HOF: by Coberly (autographed), large softcover 1985; box scores back to 1900: $8. |
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| Now Pitching: by Bob Feller 1990, glossy softcover: $8. |
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| October Heroes, Honig, mint, $12. |
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| Official History of the NL: 75th anniv. ed. by Segar; hard; dj has some wear; $50. |
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| Once a Bum, Always a Dodger: by Drysdale, soft; near-mint: $6. |
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| 100 Years of NL Baseball, by Reidenbaugh, TSN, mint paperback, $22. |
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| Our Game; by Alexander, new, $8. |
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| Pictorial History of Am. Sports: by Durant-Bettmann; large, hard, exc. but tiny tear on dj: $15. |
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| The Pictorial History of Baseball, mint, huge. format, lavish illust., Bowman/Zoss; 1986: $18. |
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| Player Manager: by Boudreau; 1949; vg: hard: $15. |
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| Pride Against Prejudice, biog of Larry Doby, Praeger paperback (large), 1988: $15. |
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| Rules and Lore of BB: by Marazzi; Register-like format: near-mint: $8. |
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| Slick: by Whitey Ford; paperback autobiog, near-mint: $5. |
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| Sports for Sale: by Klatell; hard; TV, etc.; near-mint: $4. |
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| Stolen Season: by Lamb: 1991 classic; hard; near-mint: $15. |
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| Streak: Joe DiMaggio and Summer of '41: soft, near-mint: $10. |
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| Strikeout Story: by Bob Feller; 1947 libr-disc marks but 1st ed. in vg shape; $15. |
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| Superstars and Screwballs: 100 Years of Brooklyn BB: proof ed.1991: $12. |
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| They Gave Us Baseball: by Rosenburg; soft; near mint: $12. |
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| This Date in Detroit Tigers Hist.: by Hawkins; Register-like format; near-mint: $5 |
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| Ultimate BB Book: huge format tho softcover; best of these lush histories: near-mint: $22. |
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| Voices of BB: Quotations: soft; near-mint: $5. |
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| Voices from Cooperstown: Register-like format: near-mint: $5. |
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| You're the Judge: How to Understand Sports, Torts & Courts, exc: $9. |
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ANNUALS (exc. unless noted) |
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| Heilbronner 1947 Year and Note Book: $25. |
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| BARRS 1992 Major League Report: $9. |
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| 1986 Complete Handbook of Baseball: Good approach has a preseason annual in paperback form, with rosters and some Register-like qualities (Who's Who, mugs) thrown in; great rundown of this season; near mint: $6. |
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| The Scouting Report 1983: large format, near mint: $9. |
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| The Scouting Report 1985: large format, near-mink: $9. |
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| Sports Quarterly 1976 preseason, (Lynn on cover): $9. |
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| Sports Quarterly 1977 preseason (Fidrych on cover): $9. |
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| Sports Quarterly 1978 preseason (Jackson on cover): $9. |
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| 1978 Petersen's Pro Baseball (Carew on cover, rosters: $8. |
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| Sports Quarterly 1979 preaeason (Guidry on cover): $9. |
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| TSN 1982 preseason (Fingers, Valenzuela on cover): $9. |
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| Schureck BB Report, preseason '94: $8. |
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| Mazeroski's 1984 preseason, Murray on cover: $9. |
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| Mazeroski's 1985 preseason, lg. covers loose: $3. |
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| Mazeroski's 1986 preseason, large format: $9 |
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| Mazeroski's 1994 preseason, large format: $9.. |
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| Street & Smith 1993 (Jim Abbott on cover): $9. |
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| Street & Smith 1978 (Reggie Jackson on cover): $18. |
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| Street & Smith 1974 (Aaron on cover) vg, slight waffling on back: $20. |
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| TSN 1993 preseason (Kruk on cover): $5/ |
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1986 American League Box Scores and Official Averages, by TSN, hardcover $7. |
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1989 American League Box Scores and Official Averages, by TSN, hardcover $7. |
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MAGAZINES |
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| SI June 27, '94 (OJ on cover: "The Charge: Murder"): $9 |
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| Sport, March '88 preseason issue: Jefferies, J. McDowell, Lovell on cover, $18. |
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SCORECARDS |
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| 1975 Pirates (vs. Mets): $9. |
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| 1976 Indians (vs Royals): $6. |
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WORLD SERIES BOOKS |
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| The World Series: An Illust. Hist. from 1903 to the Present; by Honig, new hard cover, 1986 edit.: $9. |
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| The World Series 76th Anniversary Edition, by Reichler, hard cover, 1979 edit. vg. $9 |
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| The World Series: A complete Pictorial Hist., by Devaney, Goldblatt, large-format paperback, vg, 1976 edit.: $9. |
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| The World Series, play by play, Cohen, Neft, vg, large-format paperback, '86 edit: $9. |
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| The Series, by TSN, large-format paperback, 1988 edit.: $9. |
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SABR BOOKS ($10 each) |
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| 1975 Research Journal |
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| 1976 Research Journal |
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| 1979 Research Journal |
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| SABR BOOKS: $5 each |
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| 1984 Research Journal |
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| 1986 Research Journal |
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| 1988 Research Journal |
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| 1989 Research Journal |
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| 1990 Research Journal |
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| 1991 Research Journal |
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| 1992 Research Journal |
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| 1993 Research Journal |
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| 1995 Research Journal |
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| 1994 Research Journal |
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| 1997 Research Journal |
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| 1996 Research Journal |
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| 1998 Research Journal |
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| 1999 Research Journal |
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| 2000 Research Journal |
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| Fall 1982 National Pastime |
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| 1983 National Pastime |
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| Spring 1984 National Pastime |
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| Winter 1985 National Pastime |
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| Spring 1986 National Pastime |
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| Winter 1987 National Pastime |
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| #9 National Pastime |
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| #10 National Pastime |
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| #16 National Pastime |
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| 1993 National Pastime |
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| 1994 National Pastime |
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| 1995 National Pastime |
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| 1996 National Pastime |
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| 1997 National Pastime |
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| 1998 National Pastime |
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| 1999 National Pastime (Joe D) |
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| 2000 National Pastime |
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| 2003 National Pastime |
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| 2005 National Pastime |
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| Minor League Journal V1 #1 |
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| Minor League Journal V2, #1 |
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| Road Trips (2004) |
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| Baseball Records Update 1993 |
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ALL SPORTS/OTHER SPORTS |
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| Hist of Horse Racing; by Longrigg, lg format hard cover, much color, $22. |
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| Iron Men; by Leuthner, new, $10. |
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| Paper Lion, by Plimpton, exc. $6.- |
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| The Fireside Book of Horse Racing; HC, gd, $9 |
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| Jack Dempsey; by Roberts, PB vg, $8. |
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| Joe Louis: My Life; PB, vg, $6. |
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| The Breaks of the Game; by Halberstam; Knopf 1981; hard; dj beat up but otherwise book exc: $3. |
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CPC BASEBALL CARDS |
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| We still have the remnants of this 110-card set that was put out in the early and mid-1970s. Write or email for a list. Or send $2.50 for a specimen common card and list. |
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SPECIALS |
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| I have a few proof books available. These were made for my own use and I'm now finished with them. There are not marked in any way. |
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| Stat book: This binder includes the following: Minor Heroes, Buckeyes in Baseball, Heroes of Canton, Northern Lights, Bad Boys; All-Purpose Stars, Buckeyes and Baseballs.. These books are punched for three-holes and inserted into a colorful Looney Tunes binder. $42.50. |
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| I have two soft-cover copies of all my Cuban books thrown together: Havana Cubans, Sugar Kings, Tropical Passion, Camelot and Stats. |
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| These have a comb bind and are quite thick. $48.50 each. |
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