New York: Dodd, Mead, 1929. Hardcover first edition - The fourth and final book in the Tod Hale sports series, in the original edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three glossy internal plates by Leslie Crump. 280 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1953) dj. Hardcover - A baseball story in this very popular series of sports books for boys. Frontispiece. Early 1960s edition in tweed rust colored boards. 208 pp. Lists to #18 at front of book and to #17 on back cover of dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers with small brown drawings of ball and bat, helmet, etc.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - Lists to #19 at front of book and to #18 on back cover of dust jacket. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - Lists to #19 at front of book and to #18 on back cover of dust jacket. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1959) dj. Hardcover - A baseball story., a title in what is considered one of the best sports series for young readers. Bee was a famous collegiate athlete and noted basketball coach who draws upon his own experiences for these stories (he was inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968) Lists to #19 at front of book, and to 18 on back cover of dj. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Bound in rust-colored tweed cloth boards, illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows. 182 pp. One of the hard-to-find later titles in this series.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c.1952). Hardcover - Lists to #20 on back cover and in the list at the front. Frontispiece and small illustrations at the head of each chapter. Illustrated endpapers with bats, basketball baskets, etc, in diagonal rows.210 pp plus a 1 pp "scorecard"

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1949). Hardcover - Frontispiece. 212 pp. Endpapers with drawings of sports equipment.

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays, written over a period of 20 years, which focus on athletes overcoming hardships, including profiles of pitcher Jim Abbott, who worked past the handicap of having just one arm, and Geno Torretta, who won the Heisman Trophy. The title piece, which was cowinner of a 2000 Pulitzer Prize, examines the struggle that minority football players have undergone in winning recognition at a position once reserved for white players. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Index. xi, 307 pp. ISBN: 1-566634229.

New York: Five Star / Gale Cengage, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second in this series of mysteries featuring Midwestern sports writer, Lloyd Keaton. "Blaze Stender a retired pitching superstar has asked his old friend to write his biography hoping that the book will help ensure his election to baseball's Hall of Fame. He soon discovers that the facts of his old friend's life are at odds with his popular image and that Stender was keeping some dark secrets. Stender's widow tries to cancel the biography fearing it will tarnish her husband's image. But Keaton can't stop following a story even when it leads to another killing and the reporter himself becomes the target of an unknown assailant." SIGNED on the title page. 311 pp. ISBN: 978-1432827199.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. First edition - His fourth collection of on baseball, including articles on Pete Rose's gambling problems, the Oakland A's World series, manager Whitey Herzog, the triumphant career of Nolan Ryan and much more. 352 pp. .

Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, Publishing, (1977). Hardcover first edition - An account of Jim Brock's Christian rebirth and his transformation as the coach of Arizona State University's baseball team, the Sun Devils, culminating with winning the NCAA championship. Basis of a documentary film of the same name. 168 pp. ISBN: 0-89191-1030.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, (1984.). Hardcover first edition - Number 3 in the series "Grass Roots Perspectives on American History" - An introduction to the roots of American racism, with chapters on migration, the Klan, Jim Crow, lynching, Harlem Renaissance, segregation in baseball, busing, etc. Index. xxxv, 253 pp.,. ISBN: 0-313-213240.

New York: Hyperion, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize winner author's first novel for children, a fantasy novel which won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. This is the story of "Ethan Feld, possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league, as he struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ballclubs in the realms of magic, to save all the Summerlands, and ultimately the world. [Chabon] creates a whole new universe, richly drawn from American folklore, with legendary beings, monsters, and mythical creatures inhabiting a magical landscape where the powers of the past and the future, of good and evil, are locked in grand battle." SIGNED on the title page. 500 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Cover art by William Joyce. ISBN: 0-786808772.

New York: Hyperion, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize winner author's first novel for children, a fantasy novel which won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. This is the story of "Ethan Feld, possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league, as he struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ballclubs in the realms of magic, to save all the Summerlands, and ultimately the world. [Chabon] creates a whole new universe, richly drawn from American folklore, with legendary beings, monsters, and mythical creatures inhabiting a magical landscape where the powers of the past and the future, of good and evil, are locked in grand battle." SIGNED on the title page. 500 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Cover art by William Joyce. ISBN: 0-786808772.

New York: Hyperion, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Prize winner author's first novel for children, a fantasy novel which won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. This is the story of "Ethan Feld, possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league, as he struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ballclubs in the realms of magic, to save all the Summerlands, and ultimately the world. [Chabon] creates a whole new universe, richly drawn from American folklore, with legendary beings, monsters, and mythical creatures inhabiting a magical landscape where the powers of the past and the future, of good and evil, are locked in grand battle." 500 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Cover art by William Joyce. ISBN: 0-786808772.

New York: Hyperion, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Prize winner author's first novel for children, a fantasy novel which won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. This is the story of "Ethan Feld, possibly the worst ballplayer in the history of the league, as he struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ballclubs in the realms of magic, to save all the Summerlands, and ultimately the world. [Chabon] creates a whole new universe, richly drawn from American folklore, with legendary beings, monsters, and mythical creatures inhabiting a magical landscape where the powers of the past and the future, of good and evil, are locked in grand battle." SIGNED on the title page. 500 pp. Illustrated endpapers. Cover art by William Joyce. ISBN: 0-786808772.

New York: Arbor House, (1979) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "It is 1923, and the Boston Red Sox are down in the cellar after trading their best players - including Babe Ruth - to the Yankees. Along comes Babe Ragland, a 17 year old left handed third baseman who looks like a scarecrow and plays like a wonder." INSCRIBED on the half title page to the noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. 347 pp. ISBN: 0877952205.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First edition - Includes articles on the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and the story of Americans who were kidnapped in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan by a militant Islamic group, and on athletes Cal Ripken Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tiger Woods, Joe DiMaggio, and others. Among the contributors are H. G. Bissinger, Charles P. Pierce, Jim Harrison, Rick Reilly, Toure and others. Biographical notes. 368 pp. ISBN: 0-618-086269.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Books, (1953.). Hardcover first edition - " A swindler's squeeze play threatens Starbuck College's freshmen nine." The last of this six book series and the last title listed in the book (actually only 5 titles are listed in both the book and on the back cover of the dustjacket - #5 'The Fighting Shortstop' is not included in either list. ). Green and white illustrated endpapers with seven different baseball action drawings. The first 2 books in this series were published by Cupples and Leon, and the last four by Garden City Books. A title published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, and rather uncommon in the first edition, especially in this condition - 191 pp.

Berkeley, CA: Arrowhead Press, (1981.). First edition - Deluxe color edition. Uncommon look at the A's transformation by Billy Martin in 1980 - from a team which finished in last place in 1979 with only 306,763 fans the whole year. Over 50 illustrations including 8 in three colors. Laid in a thin yellow 33 vinyl "Billy Ball" record. Large format. 96 pp. Note: this was the transformation before that told in the book and film 'Moneyball.'. ISBN: 0-9604152-2x.

Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, (2001). Hardcover first edition - "The new series, 'Joe Joe in the City' deals realistically with issues and challenges facing African American children and families in an urban environment." In this book a young boy learns of the history and the stars of the Negro Baseball League. Illustrated in full color. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-817013989.

New York: Henry Holt, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of a woman's baseball team, the Sweetwheat Sweethearts, in the 40's, told by one member's grown daughter in the 60's - except that things are not quite so simple as they appear. SIGNED on the title page. Author's second imaginative and highly praised novel. 352 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-47379.

New York: Henry Holt, (1996). SIGNED first edition - The story of a woman's baseball team, the Sweetwheat Sweethearts, in the 1940s, told by one member's grown daughter in the 60s - except that things are not quite so simple as they appear. Author's second imaginative and highly praised novel. SIGNED by author. 332 pp.

New York: Ballantine, 1998. SIGNED - SIGNED on the title page. The story of a woman's baseball team, the Sweetwheat Sweethearts, in the 40's, told by one member's grown daughter in the 60's - except that things are not quite so simple as they appear. Author's second imaginative and highly praised novel. This edition has a Reader's Guide at the back. ISBN: 0-345-416422.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. First edition - The author's first novel, the story of the rifts in the relationship between two brothers, one an ordinary man, and the other a star baseball player for the Braves.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of the rifts in the relationship between two brothers, one an ordinary man, and the other a star baseball player for the Braves. ISBN: 0-618-025200.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - Informal profiles by this former sportswriter of some of the stars of the "Golden Decade" of the 1920s - in boxing, tennis, baseball, football, golf - including Bobby Jones, Babe Ruth, Gertrude Ederle, Gene Tunney, Helen Wills, Ty Cobb, Jack Dempsey, Knute Rockne and many more. Illustrated with many photographs. 315 pp.

New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 12 essays which "span the spectrum, from Carlos Manuel lvarez's story of being among the last generation of Cubans to be raised under Fidel Castro to Patricia Engel's look at how Cuba's capital has changed through her years of riding across it with her taxi driver friend; from The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson (who traveled with President Obama on the first trip to Cuba by an American president since the twenties) on being a foreigner in Cuba during the Special Period to Francisco Goldman on the Tropicana, then and now, to Leonardo Padura on the religion that is Cuban baseball." Introduction by the editor, Leila Guerriero. Notes on contributors. xi, 285 pp. ISBN: 978-0062661067.