Autographed baseball books

[deaconblues63]

The Perfect Yankee by Don Larsen

 

[deaconblues63]

Rage by Bill Denehy

I will freely admit that I picked this up when I saw @MrMet2.0 post his copy. Hopefully, he will feel free to steal from my posts as well.

 

[MrMet2.0]

Rage by Bill Denehy

I will freely admit that I picked this up when I saw @MrMet2.0 post his copy. Hopefully, he will feel free to steal from my posts as well.

nice, where’d you get yours from?

 

[deaconblues63]

nice, where’d you get yours from?

Off of Alibris. The seller was Books from California.

 

[MrMet2.0]

Off of Alibris. The seller was Books from California.

Hmm, never heard of that site, but my book came from California too. The sigs look very similar, but for some reason mine looks more like “Bull” Denehy, while yours is more definitely “Bill”

 

[deaconblues63]

Just got a return from another author I wrote to. I read these 25 to 30 years ago and they were fantastic. Very original structure to these books.

Mr. Swirsky is a songwriter and at one time he had an incredible memorabilia collection.

https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/memorabilia/seth-swirsky-talks-about-selling-prized-collection

Baseball Letters by Seth Swirsky

 

[deaconblues63]

Every Pitcher Tells A Story by Seth Swirsky

 

[deaconblues63]

Something To Write Home About by Seth Swirsky

The final book in his baseball letters trilogy.

 

[deaconblues63]

I bought a nice set of Holtzman Sports Classics books at an incredible price because I wanted a nicer copy of Veeck As In Wreck.

All the books are signed, except the Gallico, which features a facsimile signature.

I didn’t have a signed copy of The Boys of Summer, so that was a nice addition as well.

 

[deaconblues63]

Another set of Holtzman Sports Classics.

This one contains:

Paper Lion by George Plimpton

The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter

Babe by Robert Creamer

Got 8 total books for less than $9 a book, delivered.

 

[deaconblues63]

Baseball is a Funny Game by Joe Garagiola

 

[deaconblues63]

Just Play Ball by Joe Garagiola

Seller included a signed card.

 

[deaconblues63]

A Year in Pinstripe…And Then Some by Billy Sample

He also sent me a very nice note.

 

[MrMet2.0]

A Year in Pinstripe…And Then Some by Billy Sample

He also sent me a very nice note.

He’s a great dude, love that guy!

 

[dano7]

He’s a great dude, love that guy!

He is! He went to high school in Salem, which is right next door to Roanoke

 

[WizardofOz1982]

Another set of Holtzman Sports Classics.

This one contains:

Paper Lion by George Plimpton

The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter

Babe by Robert Creamer

Got 8 total books for less than $9 a book, delivered.

Very nice. I bought a 10 auto lot of Larry Ritter unattached bookplates a while back for my Glory of their Times cut auto custom set. Still only about half way there but I did manage to check off the last big (i.e. expensive) auto about 6 months ago when I picked up a Wahoo Sam Crawford.

 

[MrMet2.0]

So, not baseball, but I’m pretty excited about this one, because I had no idea it was signed when I bought it. Actually, I don’t even know where I got it, to be honest…

Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

 

[deaconblues63]

Miracle Man by Nolan Ryan

 

[MrMet2.0]

Miracle Man by Nolan Ryan

Very cool

 

[MrMet2.0]

Once baseball adjacent (baseball player and his wife, but it’s more about life and recovery and love, I think…I haven’t read it yet), and one non-baseball, but an author I loved since I was a kid and read Jurassic park…