[Rarebooks] FS: Babe Ruth's only Signed Limited Edition

[Charles Agvent]

 From our annual NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR catalogue posted today at 
http://www.erols.com/agvent
We will be exhibiting this and many other fine items in booth A-24.

RUTH,  Babe.  BABE RUTH'S OWN BOOK OF BASEBALL. New York:  G.  P.
Putnam's  Sons  1928. First Edition. Original blue cloth,  gilt.  Copy
#46  of 1000 numbered and SIGNED copies. Illustrated with photographs.
A  true  high  spot of modern baseball books, this is a  scarce  title
seldom  encountered  in  the marketplace. A  colleague  suggests  that
despite  the  limitation  there is evidence that not all  1000  copies
were  bound,  and we have little reason to doubt this statement as  we
have  seen  only  a handful of copies surface in the past  decade.  At
this  point  only  those in solitary confinement are  shocked  at  the
suggestion  that  the vast majority of sports autographs  are  forged,
despite  the  many  fancy COAs that are issued with them. Here  is  an
irrefutably  authentic signature, signed for the publisher at the time
of  publication,  by  perhaps the most popular sports  figure  of  the
twentieth  century. Peace of mind is usually worth what it costs. Very
minor  wear  to  corners  and spine tips. Long scratch  to  spine  and
rubbing to spine edges. Very Good example of a scarce book. $15,000.00

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full value.  We carry a diverse stock with major specialties including Modern 
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Booksellers (ILAB) as well as the Manuscript Society and the Universal Autograph 
Collectors Club (UACC).  Please feel free to contact us with any wants or 
offerings.  Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT
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