Various

Big League Baseball

New York: Avon Publishing Co, 1951.

Avon Original no. 307. 192 pp. Mass-market paperback. Original pictorial wrappers; cover shows moderate rubbing and edge-wear, with small creases and a short closed tear to the front panel; spine exhibits light wear at head and foot. Rear wrapper toned, with shallow chipping at edges; corners worn. Pages age-toned; a penciled price notation to the title page; binding secure. A solid, unrestored copy of an increasingly elusive postwar baseball paperback.

An anthology of baseball writing edited by Clark Kinnaird, with contributions by Walter L. Johns and Ralph Hollenbeck, this Avon Original gathers stories, reportage, photographs, records, and statistical matter for the mid-century fan. Issued for the paperback sports market and advertised as a complete album of big league baseball, it has interest both as a period baseball collectible and as an example of early mass-market sporting literature.

. Good. Item #713

Price: $40.00