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Ruth, George Herman. BABE RUTH'S OWN BOOK OF BASEBALL. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New ,York, 1928.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Boards (HB) in fair condition with spine open with enclosed tears and missing piece at very top. Front cover almost off. Front endpaper missing, illustration of Babe hitting, glued to inside front cover. Illustration of his life story, glued to next page. Library copy from the Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco. Covers soiled, library stamps and spots to pages. It is all there, except for the front end paper, just not very pretty. The Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, one of the best all around players, pitcher and hitter, who ever played the game. 301 pages.
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
George Herman Ruth. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Copyright 1928. Print date April 1928. This is the first edition, 2nd printing, printed the same month ast the 1st. Blue cloth boards have bold black lettering on front and spine. Corners and front edge of spine have only light rubs. Spine ends show light wear. Cloth is clean. Hinges are intact and binding is tight. Endpapers are illustrated in black and white. "2010" is stamped at top of ffep. No other writing. There are 30 b&w photograps on 15 double-sided plates. There is also a b&w frontispiece. Pages in proximity to the plates have foxing due to the acid content of the ink on the plates. Pages are otherwise generally clean, with just an occasional finger smudge or spot. There are two pages that were torn and have loss (see last pic). One is a plate, and only the margin was torn off. But the other is a text page, with some loss of text. Written in the year (1927) that he had his highest number of home runs (a staggering 60) and published early the following year.
Seller: Buy The Book Here, Boiling Springs, SC, U.S.A.
Ruth, Babe. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G P PUTNAMS SONS, NY, 1928.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 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
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ruth, George Herman "Babe". Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G.P. Putman s Sons, 1928.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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
Seller: A Book Preserve, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Ruth, George Herman 'Babe'. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Ruth, George Herman Babe. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK, 1928.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ruth, George Herman. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York - London, 1928.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 301pp. Stated First Edition. Blue cloth cover with gilt title. Cloth chipping to the board corners and at the head and foot of the spine, the bottom 1/4 inch of the spine clot his missing. Spine faded. Endpapers show very minor hinge cracking, previous owner's name and address tage on the front endpaper, reminents of a previous price on the rear endpaper. Pages are clean. MC
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Ruth, George Herman Babe. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NY, 1928.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Herman, George "Babe" Ruth. Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1928.
Price: US$25000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.