1ST EDITION biography of Babe Ruth all-time MLB slugger/Inaugural Hall of Famer of the New York Yankees. Book is in very good to excellent condition for an 80 years old piece. The biography is loaded with numerous pictures of the Babe, along with many HoFers (Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, etc.) Book has the original dust jacket with totally intact Mylar plastic covering. Jacket itself is 98% complete with some minor chipping and limited fading. The tape that held the dust jacket in place has yellowed and come loose from the inside cover. The book is complete and the binding is tight with no loose pages. The hard cover itself is in excellent shape with no bent corners. See the photos for further proof of the quality of this book, which is in better shape than most posted in the past.