Spalding's Official Base Ball Record, 1911

New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1911 First edition. Publisher's red, white and blue pictorial wrappers, with batter to front wrapper. Good or better, with light chipping to spine ends, some soiling to wrappers, and light spotting to top edge of text block. Overall, a solid copy. This guide covers the 1910 baseball season, which ended with the Philadelphia Athletics defeating the Chicago Cubs four games to one to win the World Series. Some of the many important baseball figures photographed throughout the guide are Eddie Collins and Nap Lajoie (p. 28), Ty Cobb (p. 24), and Connie Mack (p. 14). Spalding's Official Base Ball Record was published from 1908 to 1924 (from 1926 to 1932, the publication's name was changed to the Little Red Book). The first issue was edited by the "Father of Baseball," Henry Chadwick. The legendary baseball figure passed away in 1908, and longtime sportswriter John B. Foster took over editorial duties. The preface to the 1909 issue includes a description of the Record guide and Spalding's aims in producing it: "While the Record is primarily a statistical resume of the past season in the professional arena, it also contains a wealth of information that has heretofore been practically inaccessible to Base Ball lovers, and with the addition of new records and previously unchronicled events, that will be compiled from year to year, it is the ambition of the publishers to attain for the Record in its field the same eminence that is now occupied by the Spalding Guide as the recognized authority on the National Game.". First Edition. Original Wraps. Good.