first edition Hardcover
1916 · New York
by LARDNER, Ring W.
New York: George H. Doran, 1916. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first issue points and first issue brick-colored cloth with gilt lettering. Owner name and address and note ("I read this book") on front endpapers, else a fresh and fine copy lacking the rare dust jacket. The quintessential baseball book, written in the form of letters home from a smart-alecky ballplayer to his best friend. Reprinted innumerable times – the book is uncommon in the first edition. This is the nicest unjacketed copy we've seen. (Inventory #: 605491)
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