VINTAGE AND ORIGINAL

BASEBALL BOOKS

ABOUT BABE RUTH

PAIR OF vintage volumes by and about

the New York Yankees (and Red Sox, Dodgers)

all-time great Hall of Famer.

Each a 1992 Trade paperback in fine condition.

BABE

 THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE

by

Robert Creamer

Fireside reprint of 1974 original; 5th printing;

5.5 x 8.5, 444 pp, BW photos.

It was more than 25 years after Ruth's death

that this volume was published.

And... it may have been worth the wait:

universally and justifiably acclaimed as one of the

2 or 3 best baseball biographies ever written,

ranked as the 27th best SPORTS BOOK

of the 20th century by "Sports Illustrated".

BW photos.

BABE RUTH'S

OWN BOOK OF BASEBALL

by

George Herman Ruth

1st printing, University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books

reprint of 1928 original

5.25 x 8, 302 pp.

Babe (with ghostwriter Christy Walsh) revives boyhood tales,

"drops a few yarns" about Cobb & other stars,

delves into the technical side of the game 

("what makes the curve , curve?"), and more. 

BW Photos.

This Bison Books edition with Introduction by JEROME HOLTZMAN 

Each volume in excellent condition (touch of foxing to Creamer),

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