Description: "Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball" by George Herman Ruth with 31 Photographic Illustrations published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York-London, The Knickerbocker Press, 1928 stated First Edition. Hardcover, with original dust jacket, bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold. Pictorial endpapers showing a baseball field and stadium. Top edge is stained red. Measures about 5.5 x 8.25 inches, 301 pages. The original dust jacket is soiled, edges are chipped, creased, with small and large tears. The DJ spine is sunned. The glossy coating doesn't completely cover to the edge of the flaps. The boards are bright and clean. The gilt is bright. The spine ends are crimped with light wear. There is a slight wiggle in the front hinge. Binding is cracked at page 17. There is a pencil price written in the corner of the FFE. The endpapers have some foxing. One page is dog-eared. Dust jacket is housed in a clear archival protector. Book will be boxed and insured for shipping.
Price: 2950 USD
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Subject: Sports & Recreation
Year Printed: 1928
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Author: George Herman Ruth
Personalized: No
Topic: Baseball
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
