Centre (Center) Field Button, Pinback

New York, W.F. Miller and Co. Producer. Unbound. no date, perhaps circa 1896 based on a patent date on the reverse. 1 ¼ inches in diameter. LACKING the actual pin. Front of the pinback button depicts a baseball player playing center field, in blue and white. Reverse has manufacturer's information. Does not appear to depict a specific player. GOOD condition. Heavy toning to the face, mostly around the edges. Some soiling and scuffing. Paper label on the reverse soiled. Good .

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Book number: 021275

Catalogue: Baseball

Keywords: Noisbn Pinbacks

Hoboken. Birthplace of Baseball Poster

No Place, No publisher. Unbound. No publisher or place. Circa 1990. 26 by 34 inches. Michael Vernaglia, artist. A poster designed to celebrate Hoboken as the birthplace of baseball in 1846, perhaps produced around 1990. Variant from the copy held by the Smithsonian, with a darker blue background versus the robin egg's blue background. GOOD condition. Stored rolled, thus curled. Wrinkling and creasing along the extremities, with a few wrinkles to the face itself. Good .

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Book number: 018456

Catalogue: Baseball

Keywords: Noisbn Posters

Hirshberg, Al. Williams, Ted (Foreword)

The Red Sox. The Bean and the Cod

Boston, Waverly House, 1947. Cloth. Perhaps first edition, with no additional printings noted. Dark red cloth. No jacket. 220 pp. Small black and white illustrations throughout. A history of the Boston Red Sox, focusing on the 1920s to 1940s and its star players. With a foreword by Ted Williams in which he addresses his slump in the 1946 World Series. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and darkening to the covers, with minor scuffing, soiling and a few small stains. Spine very faded. Minor rippling to the cloth on the rear cover. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Paper toned, with minor scattered soiling, in the interior. Child's heavy pencil scribble on pages 56-57. Ownership signature present. Good .

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Book number: 014068

Catalogue: Baseball

Keywords: Noisbn

McCann, Kevin D.

Jackson Diamonds. Professional Baseball in Jackson, Tennessee

Dickson, TN, Three Star Press, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition. Trade paperback. 203 pp. A few black and white illustrations and photos present. A history of professional baseball teams in Jackson, Tennessee, providing year by year accounts of teams, from the 1903 Red Railroaders to the 1998 West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. With league standings and player statistics. VERY GOOD+ condition. Light fading and edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 012253

Catalogue: Baseball

Keywords: Noisbn