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RUTH, Babe.

The Babe Ruth Story.

"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run": First Edition of The Babe Ruth Story; Warmly Inscribed by Him

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, 1948.

$11,000.00
Out of Stock Item Number: RRB-95879
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
First edition of Ruth's autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To my good friend Ed Tillman From Babe Ruth." Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. As told to Bob Considine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Uncommon signed and inscribed as Ruth passed away in the year of publication.
The story of the greatest baseball player who ever lived, told in his own words, spans his life and includes the highs and lows, friendships, loves, and feuds, and career milestones of the man who symbolizes America's favorite game.
$11,000.00
Out of Stock