Become a “perfesser” of baseball with this hefty hoard of 20th Century guides and record books. Your fact finding mission through this library of diamond lore will encounter a mass of entertaining facts and statistics. Dating from 1908-1976, this archive of leading sports publications ranges as (40% EX to NM, 40% VG to VG-EX, 20% FR to GD). Nearly all of these vintage editions are complete and intact, with deference to (5) with tape repairs and (1) with a detached but present cover as noted below. Featured are:

(36) Spink Official Baseball Guide: (2) 1943, (3) 1946 (one with tape repair), 1947, 1948, (2) 1949, 1950, (3) 1951 (one with tape repair), (2) 1952, 1953, (3) 1954 (one with tape repair), 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, (4) 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975

(12) Sporting News Baseball Register: 1940 (tape repair), 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1975, 1976

(8) Sporting News Dope Book: 1942, 1948, 1949 (tape repair), 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957

(6) Sporting News One for the Book: 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1970, 1971

(6) The Little Red Book of Baseball: 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950

(4) Spalding Official Baseball Guide: 1920 (detached cover), 1930, 1932, 1937

(3) Barnes Official Baseball: (2) 1945, 1946

(3) Sporting News Baseball Record Book: 1941, 1974, 1975

(2) National Baseball Congress Annual: 1948, 1952

(6) Miscellaneous: 1908 Reach American League Baseball Guide; 1941 Black’s Annual; (2) 1943 Baseball; 1944 Southern Association Baseball Records; 1967 Sporting News Batting and Pitching Averages at a Glance