THE WHIZ KIDS.  1950.  Team history - 1950 World Champion PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES + EXTRA ITEM!

Full title: ‘The Whiz Kids: The Story of the Fightin’ Phillies.”  Authored by Harry T. Paxton.  

Very scarce team history centered on the “Whiz Kids,” the 1950 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies.  The meteoric rise almost overnight of the Fightin’ Phillies from baseball’s deepest cellar is unmatched in the annals of the sport.  Baseball has never seen anything quite like the rebuilding program that brought this about.  The behind the scenes story of how this was done.  

Published by David McKay Co., New York, 1950, first edition.  Hardcover, 167 numbered pages plus, between pages 88 and 89, there are 8 pages with 19 black & white photos, no dj.  Book is 5-3/4 X 8-1/4 X 3/4 inches.

EXTRA ITEM!  -  Photo of "THE PHILLIES - 1950 NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS" on paper that is 8-1/4 by 5-1/4 inches (same as page size).  This photo is the same as that on the page after numbered page 88, but is blank on its reverse.  .See this item in the last of the 10 photos in this listing.