The Greatest Game Ever Played

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987 First edition, first printing. Signed by 46 Mets on front endpapers and rear free endpaper, including members of the 1986 World Series championship team: Gary Carter (HOF), Ralph Kiner (HOF), Davey Johnson, Mookie Wilson, Lenny Dykstra, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Howard Johnson, and many more. With CAS Certificate of Authenticity. Publisher's red cloth-backed tan paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt; in a dust jacket with a photo of the 1986 championship Mets team on the front panel, lettered in red, black, and blue. Very good book, with light soiling, staining, and scuffing to boards, and Mets-themed stickers to rear pastedown; very good or better unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, some wear to spine ends including a chip to foot of spine, very light soiling to panels and along flap folds, and former bookseller sticker to front flap. Overall, a wonderful array of Mets signatures. The "greatest game ever played" that the title of this book refers to is Game 6 of the 1986 NL Championship Series between the New York Mets and the Houston Astros, which the Mets won after a 16-inning marathon. The Mets continued their magical playoff run that postseason by defeating the Boston Red Sox in seven games to claim the World Series title. The 1986 Mets were famously stacked with talent, featuring 11x All-Star and 5x Silver Slugger Award-winner Gary Carter, 8x All-Star Darryl Strawberry, 5x All-Star and NL MVP (1979) Keith Hernandez, and 4x All-Star and Cy Young Award-winner (1985) Dwight Gooden, among others. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.