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MANTLE, Mickey.

The Quality of Courage.

"The bravest man I ever knew was my father": First edition of Mickey Mantle's The Quality of Courage; signed by him

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964.

$975.00
Out of Stock Item Number: RRB-128709
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition of this early work by baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Best wishes Mickey Mantle." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Fred Kaplan. Jacket design by Stoney Butchkes. Uncommon signed.
Mickey Mantle was a professional baseball player, who played his entire career with the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman, from 1951 through 1968. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.
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