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Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover 1st printing of the 1914 edition; 448 pages; near-fine condition; original wraps bound into vintage hardcovers: Red boards with "pull" creases and wear to top, bottom spine; corner tips lightly frayed. The actual guide itself, including original paper wraps, shows light foxing but NONE of the rips, creases, tears, brittle and/or chipping pages that are typical with these fragile publications. The Reach baseball guides contain complete statistics and information for both the American and National Leagues as well as dozens of minor leagues. Each season is reviewed in depth with special attention devoted to the World Series with profiles of each team's players; the season's notable games, events and personalities are also covered. The Reach guides were noted for their in-depth coverage of Minor League baseball. BW team and player, photos, index. This guide originates from the collection of Jere Hayes, long time Sports Editor for the Daily Times Herald newspaper in Dallas, Texas. "Jere R. Hayes" and the season covered by the guide - 1913 - stamped in gold lettering on red front cover. Small paper label from "Henry Nuss - Book Binder, Paper Ruler; Dallas Texas" at the lower left corner inside rear cover. NOTE: Reach dated their guides by the year of issue - the information covers the previous season, so date stamped on cover is a year "earlier" than the "title" date.
Seller: R. Plapinger Baseball Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: text includes an annual compendium of base ball records containing a complete history of the american league's campaign, review of all other base ball leagues and associations, offical records of the american league and all other players, the offical 1914 playing rules and 1914 schedule of the american league and other statistics.general shelf wear, cover rubbed, corners bumped, spine edges are lightly chipping, unmarked tanned text, good binding, additional 3 centered staples at binding DATE PUBLISHED: 1914 EDITION: 640
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cloth worn along edges, chipped at extremities of spine, generally faded. Contents clean. Scarce.
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
RICHTER, Francis C.. Richter's History and Records of Base Ball. , 1914.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: RICHTER, Francis C. Richter's History and Records of Base Ball: The American Nation's Chief Sport. Philadelphia: Francis C. Richter, 1914. 1st ed. 8vo. 306 pp., frontis., ports. In orig. cloth, all 48 plates present as called for. Binding somewhat soiled. Spine ends and corners are worn. Front joint has been discreetly mended; rear joint weak but holding. Contents with some occasional soiling as well as marginalia and underlining, largely in pencil but for two rear blanks that have an informal index of names and their respective page numbers in ink. A good copy. Quite an early history of baseball by the founder of Sporting Life and Reach Official Guides to baseball. It is difficult to understate Richter's importance to the game.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. 306pp., illustrated from photographs. Red cloth gilt. Embossed stamp of Russell J. Schneider on front fly, wear and modest loss to the cloth at the extremities, a few pages roughly opened resulting on chips at the corners of some leaves, a good only copy. Russell J. Schneider, author of a biography of Frank Robinson, among other books, was a baseball writer and reporter for *The Cleveland Plain Dealer*. As a writer, Richter was an influence in the early development of the game. Beginning with the *Philadelphia Day* in 1872, then the *Sunday World* and *Public Ledger*, he was the first to set up a separate sports' department for any newspaper. Richter was instrumental in the formation of the original American Association in 1882 and helped to place the Philadelphia Athletics in it. The next year he helped to organize the Phillies in the National League and started *Sporting Life*, a weekly newspaper, which became a force in baseball. In 1907 he was offered the presidency of the National League but turned it down. He edited the *Reach Guide* from its inception in 1901 to the 1926 volume, which he completed days before his death. A book generally found in mediocre condition, this copy is no exception.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$977.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Photos, 9.5 x 6.5", gilt-lettered red cloth, 306pp, covers a bit rubbed and finger soiled, spine quite dull, page edges browned else a relatively nice copy of this SCARCE title. INSCRIBED "To Frank J. Navin, my dear friend and co-laborer in Base Ball, with kindest regards.Philada Pa, March 10, 1914" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, FRANCIS RICHTER. Frank J. Navin was the owner of the Detroit Tigers from 1908 to 1935. Great association copy.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good Hardcover 1914, first edition, inscribed by Richter
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 306pp., illustrated from photographs. Red cloth gilt. Tiny owner signature "A. C. Hearn", hinges slightly and professionally tightened, a little soiling, some light and erasable (but interesting) pencil notes in text, soiling on the spine, very good or better. A nice association copy of this classic baseball text Inscribed by Richter: "To Captain J. T. Newman, one of the 'Old Guard,' who was a factor in baseball from the beginning of it organization. With the compliments of the Author, Francis C. Richter. Philadelphia, Pa. March 7, 1914." As a writer, Richter was an influent in the early development of the game. Beginning with the *Philadelphia Day* in 1872, then the *Sunday World* and *Public Ledger*, he was the first to set up a separate sports department for any newspaper. Richter was instrumental in the formation of the original American Association in 1882 and helped to place the Philadelphia Athletics in it. The next year he helped to organize the Phillies in the National League and started *Sporting Life*, a weekly newspaper, which became a force in baseball. In 1907 he was offered the presidency of the National League but turned it down. He edited the *Reach Guide* from its inception in 1901 to the 1926 volume, which he completed days before his death. A nice association copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.