first edition Hardcover
1948 · New York
by Di Maggio, Joe
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Original/First. Hardcover. NF contents; covers VG- with light shelf wear.. Tan cloth/boards with baseball illus. on front cover. Brown lettering on spine. 209 pp. with 4 full-page bw frontis photos and several bw line drawings within text. No dj, as issued. A volume from The Big League Baseball Library. With line illustrations by Lenny Hollreiser and a special chapter, "How to Score," by Red Barber. The bw photos feature Di Maggion, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig. Di Maggio covers all the positions plus sand lot and semipro, majors and minors, and coaching. A classic.
(Inventory #: 155330)