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Ruth, Babe. How to Play Baseball. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation,, New York, 1931.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near-fine with minor soiling to boards; interior bright and clean with small smudge to a couple of pages. A beautiful copy of this scarce title.

Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Ruth, Babe. How to Play Baseball. Cosmopolitan, 1931.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good first edition of one of the rarest baseball and Babe Ruth books. The 1931 Cosmopolitan first edition of his book, How to Play Baseball.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Ruth, Babe. How to Play Baseball. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, New York, 1931.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition w/SD, hardcover in gray cloth stamped with navy, features many photographs with informative labels throughout. The book has a lean to the binding with two thin cracks starting in the text block (at pages 48-49 & 96-97) but otherwise tight and solid, slight bumps to the spine ends, a hint of sun toning to the head of the boards and text block with a touch to the tail of the boards as well, some mild rubbing to the covers, a very small ding with a tiny smudge to the tail of the front cover, and an antiquarian seller's sticker to the tail of the first free end page with effaced notations to the upper fore corner, otherwise a solid Near Very Good copy in a Good dust jacket, which shows the $.75/$1.50 prices at the tail of the flaps, has toning to the spine and covers with an area of soiling to the front along the spine, bumps with shallow chips and short tears to the spine ends and corners, some edge wear with very small closed tears as well as a 2" x .5" tear along the head of the front cover at the fore corner which crosses the top of the "T" and bisects the "H" of RUTH. Jacket is wrapped in a Mylar cover and additional images of the item are available upon request.

Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Babe Ruth. How to Play Baseball. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, New York, 1931.

Price: US$2150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very nice copy with original pictorial jacket protected in mylar. Minor losses to head & foot of jacket. Blue cloth binding in very good condition. Previous owner's inscription to front fly. Scarce in jacket. 127 pgs, 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches.

Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Ruth, Babe. How to Play Baseball. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in darker blue with an illustration of Babe Ruth to the front cover; original dust jacket with matching illustration to the front panel, lettered in dark red. Near fine book with light rubbing to front board and a hint of fading to spine; near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a few small nicks and creases to edges and corners, some toning to spine, and a bit of wear to lower spine. Overall, a handsome and sturdy copy. How to Play Baseball is a book on baseball fundamentals by the legendary player Babe Ruth. Each chapter covers a different element of the game, such as "The Batting Stance," "How to Throw a Curveball," and "Blocking the Plate." The book also includes over thirty full-page photos of Ruth instructing young players. Ruth was a big advocate for children playing baseball, famously saying, "I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat." Ruth played in the MLB from 1914 to 1935 and revolutionized the game with his incredible home run hitting ability. Many consider him to be the greatest baseball player of all time.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Babe Ruth. How to Play Baseball. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1931.

Price: US$2900.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition, 1931 stated on title and copy right page. Book near fine, very slight tanning along edges. Dust jacket very good, slight tanning, a couple of pieces missing at spine ends, closed tears along spine edges and one at bottom of front panel. Housed in custom-made slipcase.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.