Published by Franklin Watts - The African American Experience, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0531157474 ISBN 13: 9780531157473
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. This includes two dropped-in baseball cards, one in the old cigarette pack style featuring Cool Papa Bell from the 1992 Sports Card News series; and the other featuring Satchell Paige in a St Louis Browns uniform, a Topps reproduction card from 1990. The Contents are: Gentleman's Agreement - African Americans and Baseball's Beginning; A Ballplayer from Cooperstown - Post Reconstruction America and the Strange Career of Bud Fowler; False Spring - Fleet Walker and the Grudging Integration of the 1880s; Jim Crow Wins - Cap Anson Gets the Save; War Paint and Feathers - Jim Crow and Chief Tokohama; Second Class Immortals - Satchel Paige and the Black Babe Ruth; The Badge of Martyrdom - The Myth of Rickey and Robinson; and They Never Had It Made - from 1947 to Today; followed by Appendix: Professional Baseball Leagues Chronology; Glossary of Team Names; and an index. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by The African-American Experience / Franklin Watts, New York, 1993
ISBN 10: 0531110362 ISBN 13: 9780531110362
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 160pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Very good ex-library copy with stamps and glue remnants on the pastedowns in a very good dust jacket with tiny tears and internal glue remnants.