BASEBALL'S 10 GREATEST TEAMS, SIGNED BY 55 BASEBALL PLAYERS, INCLUDING 15 HALL-OF-FAMERS SUCH AS JOE DIMAGGIO, MICKEY MANTLE, STAN MUSIAL AND JOHNNY BENCH

HONIG, Donald. Baseball's 10 Greatest Teams. New York: Macmillan, (1982). Octavo, original half red cloth, original dust jacket. $5500.

First edition of this in-depth history of Baseball's 10 greatest teams of all time, signed by 55 players, including 15 Hall-of-Famers: Johnny Bench, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, Mickey Mantle , Joe Morgan, Stan Musial, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Pee Wee Reese, Frank Robinson, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Sparky Anderson and Earl Weaver.

Honig's choices for the ten best teams in baseball history are the 1906 Chicago Cubs, the 1911 Philadelphia Athletics, the 1927 New York Yankees, the 1929-31 Philadelphia Athletics, the 1936 New York Yankees, the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals, the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, the 1961 New York Yankees, the 1969 Baltimore Orioles, and the 1976 Cincinnati Reds. In addition to the 15 Hall-of-Famers, this copy is also signed by Raiph Branca, Billy Loes, Earl Torgeson, Boog Powell, Carl Furitio, Bobby Morgan, Johnny Sain, Tex Clevenger, Joe Black, Al Downing, Billy Gardner, Joe DeMaestri, Bud Daley, George Foster, Bob Cerv, Hal Reniff, Danny McDevitt, Rube Walker, George Shuba, Luis Arroyo, Rollie Sheldon, Art Ditmar (twice), Ralph Terry, Ken Griffey Sr, Johnny Podres, Bab Hale, Davey Johnson, Bobby Richardson, Bill Skowren, Jesse Gonder, Tom Tresh, John Blanchard, Pete Rose, Hector Lopez, Ralph Houk, Bob Turley, Carl Erskine, Bill Stafford, Ryne Duren and Jim Coates.

A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket.