A Ball Player's Career. Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscences of Adrian C. Anson

Chicago: Era Publishing Co., 1900 Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. First edition, first printing. Original publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in blue, front cover with ball player illustration of Anson and lettering in blue. Very good, with light toning to spine, light wear to spine ends, some red staining to rear board, boards very slightly warped, lightly bumped corners, previous owner's stamp to front pastedown and frontispiece verso, light dampstaining to page edges, and occasional light soiling to pages. Overall, a solid copy, uncommon in this condition. A Ball Player's Career is considered the first baseball biography ever published in book form, where Anson recounts his professional baseball career and international goodwill tours. Anson led Chicago to six National League pennants in the 1880's, and still holds several Cubs franchise records, while being the only Cub in the 3,000-hit club. He was also one of the first 19th century baseball players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (1939).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.