A charming gift book showcasing baseball cards from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries alongside photos from the early days of the nation's beloved pastime Game Faces showcases rare and colorful baseball cards from the Library of Congress's Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, bringing to life an era of American history that saw the game explode in popularity. Marrying gems from the collection's 2,100 baseball cards to images of American life from 1887 to 1914, the book also offers engaging insights into the players and the game, giving readers an intimate view of both baseball's development and American culture at the turn of the twentieth century. The book highlights cards depicting many of the game's first stars--including Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Christy Mathewson--as well as less widely known figures, shown with extravagant ornamentation and boldly juxtaposed colors that render the cards works of art in their own right. Game Faces is a rich, engrossing history of the baseball card and the ways that it has illustrated and influenced American culture as a whole. It is a must-have for those who love baseball.

The hard-to-find information, sources, and addresses that collectors need for repairing, caring for, and finding buyers for antiques and collectibles are all in this book. To gather the information for this book, Ralph and Terry Kovel contacted more than 3,000 suppliers, clubs, auctions, services, and other industry sources around the country, making this the most up-to-date and complete reference of its kind.

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"With over 57,000 entries, this two-volume set is the most comprehensive non-electronic, non-database, print bibliography on any American sport. Represented here are books and monographs, scholarly papers, government documents, doctoral dissertations, masters' theses, poetry and fiction, novels, pro team yearbooks, college and professional All-Star Game and World Series programs, commercially produced yearbooks, and periodical and journal articles"--Provided by publisher.

If you want the most revolutionary Price Guide on Baseball Sportscards with every series from 1886 to Present in full color & complete color grading guides for all Baseball cards this is the number one selling book in its field. This book is a complete self help book for the collector, investor & dealer. The Guide's main focus is the color photos of the front & back, one of every card from every series from 1886, a feat never before accomplished. This book offers information never before catalogued: Surviving mintages, several major finds in old series, all rare Rookie Cards, Hall of Fame Cards, Manager Cards, Minor League Cards, & Southern League Cards. This comprehensive work offers expert information regarding the sportscard industry presented in a professional & innovative style. Mr. Hager's approach is geared towards the investor, collector & dealer providing Investment Ratings, Annual Upside Potentials & specific Recommendations. Mr. Hager goes into detail on conditional rarity of these cards with a full explanation on the Accugrade Grade System for Early Cards, Pre-Modern Cards & Modern Cards. This is volume 1 of a 5 volume series (to be released) on all sportscards: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey & Boxing/Golf.