Baseball Books: A Collector's Guide

It is widely, and wrongly, assumed that books are never so valuable as when they lie unopened before us, waiting to be read. Good books bear multiple readings, and not merely because our memories fail us; the desire to repeat a good reading experience can be its own powerful motivation. And for bibliophiles, books can also be works of art, physical objects with an aesthetic value all their own.
This guide for the book-loving baseball fan is written by one of the most knowledgeable collectors in the country, author and editor Mike Shannon. Beginning with a history of baseball books and collecting, it also identifies the most sought-after titles and explains how to find them, what to pay, and how to maintain their condition.

Mike Shannon is the co-founder and current editor-in-chief of Spitball magazine, which has given the Casey Award to the best book about baseball since 1983. He is the author of more than a dozen baseball books, including Coming Back to Baseball (2005), Diamond Classics (2004) and Everything Happens in Chillicothe (2003). He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.