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Racine, WI: Whitman, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. None Issued. First Edition. First printing. Yellow and violet paper covered boards lettered in white and in black with silhouette of Babe Ruth swinging the bat. 108 pps.; illustrated with photos by Charles Conlin (sic; actually Conlon). "With a foreword to boys by Babe Ruth". Good. Well rubbed about the edges and and spine with shallow loss at head and foot of spine. One of the scarcer, earlier Babe Ruth biographies. Issued without dust jacket and without endpapers.

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Racine: Whitman. VG book, no DJ, likely as issued. 1st ed, 7.5"x5". 108pp.. (1930). 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Spotless text & photos. Few flaws(some quite nice) on covers & inside of covers. Clean but scuffed covers. . A very tight book. When stood on its spine it only opens about an inch. Without a doubt, its never been read. Two Congdon brothers have put their names & addresses in 6 places inside front & ear covers, with one other name, all from Elmira, NY. "Congdom" neatly pencilled on the otherwise blank spine. Book's rear cover with a baseball with Ruth's name matched by "Joe Congdon". The Congdon's seemed to have liked this book. .

Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, WI, 1930 . Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No dust jacked, as issued. Spine ends bumped but not torn or chipped. 108 pp. Text yellowed typical of age and materials used. No prior owner attribution. Text clean and unmarked. Illustrated with b/w photographs taken by Charles Conlin. Contains a Foreward by Babe Ruth providing "His message to the boys of America; he sends them ten commandments for their guidance." Written by Daniel M. Daniel, Baseball Expert of the New York Telegram. Frontis a double page photo montage of 10 baseball greats selected by the author as the All Star Team of 1930. A fragile book, usually found with flaws as paper covers typically show wear and soil.