Signed book: Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball. First edition, limited edition, numbered 485/1000. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. Hardcover, 5.5 x 8.25, 301 pages. Neatly signed on the colophon in fountain pen, "'Babe' Ruth." Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None, with a gift inscription in another hand to first free end page, weak and partially separated front hinge, two date stamps to inside back cover, sunning and small separation to spine, and light edgewear and rubbing to boards.
Babe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball was actually ghostwritten by Ford Frick when the future baseball commissioner was a New York sportswriter. In the book, Ruth described baseball, position by position, in a folksy manner that further endeared him to the 'common man.' Through the book, Ruth—and Frick—created many of the humorous tall tales about the game and the man that have gone on to become baseball lore. A classic limited edition baseball volume signed by 'The Great Bambino.'
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