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Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game

By John Thorn (editor)

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Paperback:

9780786479054 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, October 31, 2016, cover price $40.00

9780786479016 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, January 21, 2014, cover price $40.00

Base Ball 2014: A Journal of the Early Game

By Jed Thorn (editor) and John Thorn (editor)

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9780786495290 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, January 6, 2015, cover price $40.00

You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters

By John Thorn (foreword by)

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Paperback:

9781613216934 | Perseus Distribution Services, July 1, 2014, cover price $14.95

Alexander Cartwright: The Life Behind the Baseball Legend

Product Description: Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (1820â92) was present during the organization of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in the mid-1800s. That much is certain. Since that time, Cartwright has been celebrated as the founder of our national pastime, much like Abner Doubleday...read more

By John Thorn (foreword by)

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Hardcover:

9780803233539 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, June 1, 2009, cover price $27.95

Paperback:

9780803249264 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, March 1, 2014, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr.

The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires

By David Nemec and John Thorn (foreword by)

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9780786468904 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, March 20, 2012, cover price $45.00

Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game

Product Description: Now available in paperback, the “fresh and fascinating” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), “splendid and brilliant” (Philadelphia Daily News) history of the early game by the Official Historian of Major League Baseball.Who really invented baseball? Forget Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown and Alexander Cartwright...read more

By John Thorn

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9780743294041 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, March 20, 2012), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Now available in paperback, the “fresh and fascinating” (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), “splendid and brilliant” (Philadelphia Daily News) history of the early game by the Official Historian of Major League Baseball.

Miscellaneous:

9781439170212 | Simon & Schuster, March 15, 2011, cover price $11.99

New York: The Story of a Great City

Product Description: Manhattan. Gotham. The Big Apple. New York's influence has stretched far beyond its city limits and into every corner of finance, art, and popular culture around the world. Now it finally has a biography big enough to match. Created in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York, this hands-on history concisely and entertainingly traces the city's evolution from pristine wilderness to great metropolis...read more

By Sarah M. Henry (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780233003313, titled "New York: The Story of a Great City: The Story of a Great City" | Csm nov edition (Andre Deutsch Ltd, October 4, 2011), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Manhattan.

First Pitch: How Baseball Began

By John Thorn

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Hardcover:

9781936310050 | Beach Ball Books, May 1, 2011, cover price $19.99

Paperback:

9781936310043 | Beach Ball Books, May 1, 2011, cover price $14.99

New York 400

Product Description: The year 2009 is a landmark in the history of New York, and America. It's the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival along the river that bears his name. With public initiatives and media attention on commemorative events and exhibits at a fever pitch throughout the year, the stage is set for New York 400, a one-of-a-kind celebration of the greatest city in America...read more

By Melanie Bower (contributor) and John Thorn (editor)

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9780762436491, titled "New York 400: A Visual History of America's Greatest City With Images from the Museum of the City of New York" | Running Pr Book Pub, September 8, 2009, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: The year 2009 is a landmark in the history of New York, and America.

The Complete New York Clipper Baseball Biographies: More Than 800 Sketches of Players, Managers, Owners, Umpires, Reporters and Others, 1859-1903

Product Description: The New York Clipper (according to its masthead "The Oldest American Sporting and Theatrical Journal") was the standard bearer of sports weeklies during the 19th century. One of the Clipper's features was a weekly biographical portrait of a sporting figure...read more

By Jean-Pierre Caillault (compiler) and John Thorn (foreword by)

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9780786433735 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 31, 2009, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The New York Clipper (according to its masthead "The Oldest American Sporting and Theatrical Journal") was the standard bearer of sports weeklies during the 19th century.

The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957

Product Description: From the 1947 season until the Dodgers and Giants slunk out of town for the Golden State in 1957, the epicenter of the "American Game" was New York City. In every year but one, at least one of the three New York teams played in the World Series...read more

By Susan Henshaw Jones (foreword by), Ann Meyerson (introduced by) and John Thorn (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780061344046 | Harpercollins, May 1, 2007, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Complemented by memorabilia, photographs, and essays, a tie-in to a museum exhibit opening in June 2007 captures the golden era of New York baseball when the three area teams--the Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees--were the best in the country.

Paperback:

9780061344053 | Perennial, May 1, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: From the 1947 season until the Dodgers and Giants slunk out of town for the Golden State in 1957, the epicenter of the "American Game" was New York City.

Baseball's Canadian-american League: A History of Its Inception, Franchises, Participants, Locales, Statistics, Demise And Legacy, 1936Â1951

By David Pietrusza and John Thorn (foreword by)

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9780786425297, titled "Baseball's Canadian-american League: A History of Its Inception, Franchises, Participants, Locales, Statistics, Demise And Legacy, 1936â1951" | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, November 30, 2005, cover price $25.00

Peverelly's National Game

Product Description: Peverelly's Book of American Pastimes, which covered several sports from badminton to horseracing, is best known for its dominant chapter on base ball, "The National Game." It is the first historical-reference book ever published about the sport, and includes the rosters of the most prominent early clubs with results of games played from their beginnings through 1866...read more

By John K. Freyer, Charles A. Peverelly, Mark Rucker and John Thorn (introduced by)

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9780738534046 | Arcadia Pub, July 6, 2005, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Peverelly's Book of American Pastimes, which covered several sports from badminton to horseracing, is best known for its dominant chapter on base ball, "The National Game.

Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia

The most comprehensive reference to baseball available features biographies of the top one hundred players in the game as well as 150 black-and-white photographs and detailed career records of every player in major league history.

By John Thorn (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781894963275 | 8 rev upd edition (Sportclassic Books, June 11, 2004), cover price $59.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive baseball reference offers exhaustive and up-to-date information on baseball players from the nineteenth century to the present, covering statistical leaders, lifetime records of players, team lineups, and other data.

9780446516204 | 2 sub edition (Grand Central Pub, April 1, 1991), cover price $48.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive baseball reference offers exhaustive and up-to-date information on baseball players from the nineteenth century to the present, covering statistical leaders, lifetime records of players, team lineups, and other valuable data

Total Baseball

Providing the numbers and the stories behind them, the official baseball resource offers prose features for fans, the twenty-five greatest games, and the player register of every batter and pitcher in the major leagues since 1871. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.

By John Thorn

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Hardcover:

9781894963152 | 7 sub edition (Sportclassic Books, February 1, 2003), cover price $49.95

9780517054642 | Random House Value Pub, November 1, 1990, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Providing the numbers and the stories behind them, the official baseball resource offers prose features for fans, the twenty-five greatest games, and the player register of every batter and pitcher in the major leagues since 1871.

Paperback:

9780062731890 | 3 sub edition (Perennial, March 1, 1993), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A comprehensive baseball reference offers exhaustive and up-to-date information on baseball players from the nineteenth century to the present, covering statistical leaders, lifetime records of players, team lineups, and other data

Teddy Ballgame: My Life in Pictures

The life of baseball legend Ted Williams is reviewed in hundreds of photographs accompanied by his own candid commentary on his greatest moments in the game.

By Bobby Doerr (foreword by), David Pietrusza, John Thorn (introduced by) and Ted Williams

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Hardcover:

9780973144314 | Rev sub edition (Sport Media Pub, February 1, 2003), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The life of baseball legend Ted Williams is reviewed in hundreds of photographs accompanied by his own candid commentary on his greatest moments in the game.

Paperback:

9780973144307 | Revised edition (Sport Media Pub, January 20, 2002), cover price $19.99

A Life in the Shadows: The Sports Photography of Hy Peskin

A new biography of the life and career of Sports Illustrated's first staff photographer takes readers from legendary Ebbetts Field to his famous portraits of Sugar Ray Robinson, Bob Cousy, Hank Aaron, and other sports legends.

By Hy Peskin and John Thorn

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Hardcover:

9781892129406 | Total/Sports Illustrated, December 1, 2001, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: A new biography of the life and career of Sports Illustrated's first staff photographer takes readers from legendary Ebbetts Field to his famous portraits of Sugar Ray Robinson, Bob Cousy, Hank Aaron, and other sports legends.

Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball

The most comprehensive baseball reference ever published offers readers statistics, articles, team histories, player biographies, and articles on such topics as collecting baseball memorabilia, Civil War-era baseball, and collegiate baseball history. 50,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Michael Gershman (editor), Sean Lahman (editor), Pete Palmer (editor), Matthew Silverman (editor), Greg Spira (editor) and John Thorn (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781930844018 | 7 sub edition (Total Sports, March 1, 2001), cover price $59.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive baseball reference offers exhaustive and up-to-date information on baseball players from the nineteenth century to the present, covering statistical leaders, lifetime records of players, team lineups, and other data.

Total Baseball: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball

The complete encyclopedia of baseball includes fully updated stats, records, rosters, registers, team histories, and insightful new essays on everything from Sammy Sosa to the history of the home run. Original. 75,000 first printing. IP. (view table of contents)

By Michael Gershman (editor), Pete Palmer (editor) and John Thorn (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781892129031 | 6th edition (Total Sports, March 1, 1999), cover price $59.95 | About this edition: A comprehensive baseball reference offers exhaustive and up-to-date information on baseball players from the nineteenth century to the present, covering statistical leaders, lifetime records of players, team lineups, and other data

9780670875115 | 5 har/com edition (Viking Pr, May 1, 1997), cover price $64.95 | About this edition: An official baseball resource offers prose features for fans, the twenty-five greatest games, and the records for every player in the major leagues since 1871

9780670860999 | 4 sub edition (Viking Pr, March 1, 1995), cover price $64.95 | About this edition: An official baseball resource offers prose features for fans, the twenty-five greatest games, and the records for every player in the major leagues since 1871

Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League

The definitive football encyclopedia offers fans a register of all 17,000 NFL players, with stats provided by the Elias Sports Bureau dating back to the NFL's inception n 1920, team histories, football families, the three hundred greatest players, and much more. (view table of contents)

By Bob Carroll, Elias Sports Bureau (corporate author), Michael Gershman, David Neft, Matthew Silverman (editor) and John Thorn

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Hardcover:

9780062701749 | Rev upd edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1999), cover price $59.95 | About this edition: Includes player statistics and team histories

Total Browns: The Official Encyclopedia of the Cleveland Browns

By Bob Carroll, Michael Gershman, David Neft and John Thorn

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9781892129208 | Total Sports, August 1, 1999, cover price $12.95

The Hidden Game of Football: The Next Edition

Reviews the origins and history of the game, explains the different positions, and rates great players, while discussing betting, odds, and current issues

By Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer, David Pietrusza and John Thorn

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9781892129017 | Total Sports, September 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Reviews the origins and history of the game, explains the different positions, and rates great players, while discussing betting, odds, and current issues

Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame: The Official Companion to the Collection at Cooperstown

A lavishly illustrated compendium of the finest memorabilia and artifacts of America's national pastime examines the treasures of the museum of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, accompanied by commentary on each of the pieces. 35,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (corporate author), John Thorn and Ted Williams

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Hardcover:

9780375501432 | Villard Books, June 1, 1998, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A lavishly illustrated compendium of the finest memorabilia and artifacts of America's national pastime examines the treasures of the museum of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, accompanied by commentary on each of the pieces.

The Complete Armchair Book of Baseball: An All-Star Lineup Celebrates America's National Pastime

By John Thorn (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781578660049 | Galahad Books, September 1, 1997, cover price $12.98

Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League

Covering seventy-seven years of play, the first NFL-authorized football encyclopedia published in a decade includes the complete statistics of every player, past and present, team histories, Super Bowl game summaries, and more. $100,000 ad/promo. (view table of contents)

By Bob Carroll (editor), Michael Gershman (editor), David Neft (editor) and John Thorn (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780062701701 | Harpercollins, September 1, 1997, cover price $55.00 | also contains Umbrella | About this edition: Covers seventy-seven years of play and includes player statistics, team histories, Super Bowl game summaries, and more

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