SIGNED BY OVER 120 MAJOR-LEAGUERS, INCLUDING NOTABLE METS PLAYERS DAVID CONE, LENNY DYKSTRA, DOC GOODEN, KEITH HERNANDEZ, HOWARD "HOJO" JOHNSON, MIKE PIAZZA, DARRYL STRAWBERRY, AND MOOKIE WILSON; PLUS SIGNED BY REDS CATCHER JOHNNY BENCH AND RED SOX CATCHER CARLTON FISK.

(NEW YORK METS) The Amazins. Celebrating 50 Years of New York Mets History. New York: Triumph Books, (2011). Square quarto, original illustrated wrappers. $5500.

First edition of this profusely illustrated history, signed by 119 Mets, including Wally Backman, Carlos Beltran, Yogi Berra, David Cone, Ron Darling, Carlos Delgado, Lenny Dykstra, Sid Fernandez, Tom Glavine, Doc Gooden, Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Davey Johnson, Howard "HOJO" Johnson, Cleon Jones (twice), Jerry Koosman, Roger McDowell, Jesse Orosco, Mike Piazza, Willie Randolph, Jeff Reardon, Johan Santana, Rafael Santana, Rusty Staub, Darryl Strawberry, Bobby Valentine, Frank Viola, Billy Wagner, Mookie Wilson; plus signed by Reds catcher Johnny Bench and Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk.

A celebration of the Mets, "a baseball team conceived in the vacuum left behind by the treacherous exiles of the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, one that was born in the shadow of their imperial neighbors, the Yankees, and raised in the '60s, a time of turbulence when it felt the world was turning upside down—and when the Mets, in the decade's last year, proved it. A team that nearly vanished from irrelevance in the '70s, that rose once again in the '80s to become the sport's dominant brand. And has continued to today carry on a deep, proud National League legacy in a city, New York, that has forever considered itself a National League town, despite all the championship hardware collected by the American league team."

This copy has been signed by 119 Mets: Benny Agbayani, Edgardo Alfonzo, Neil Allen, Roberto Alomar, Rick Anderson, Benny Ayala, Wally Backman, Carlos Baerga, Carlos Beltran, Bruce Berenyi, Yogi Berra, Bobby Bonilla, Buzz Capra, Jose Cardenal, Ed Charles, Endy Chaves, Terry Collins, Gary Cohen, David Cone, Ronnie Darling, Ike Davis, Tommy Davis, Carlos Delgado, R.A. Dickey, Lenny Dykstra, Kevin Elster, Carl Everett, Sid Fernandez, Jack Fisher, Cliff Floyd, Tim Foli, George Foster, John Franco, Wayne Garrett, John Gibbons, Bernard Gilkey, Tom Glavine, Doc Gooden, Jim Gosger, Jerry Grote, Mike Hampton, Bud Harrelson, Ed Hearn, Richie Hebner, Danny Heep, Steve Henderson, Keith Hernandez, Ron Hodges, Frank Howard, Todd Hundley, Ron Hunt, Al Jackson, Gregg Jeffries, Davey Johnson, Howard "HOJO" Johnson, Cleon Jones (twice), Randy Jones, Dave Kingman, Ray Knight, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Terry Leach, Ed Lynch, Barry Lyons, Elliott Maddux, Dave Madagan, Teddy Martinez, Jon Matlack, Lee Mazzilli, Jim McAndrew, Roger McDowell, Kevin McReynolds, Felix Millan, John Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell, Willie Montanez, Randy Myers, Dan Norman, Bob Ojeda, Rey Ordonez, Jesse Orosco, Timo Perez, Mike Piazza, Todd Pratt, Willie Randolph, Jeff Reardon, Jose Reyes, Glendon Rusch, Johan Santana, Rafael Santana, Mackey Sasser, Mike Scott, Art Shamsky, Ken Singleton, Doug Sisk, Rusty Staub, John Stearns, George Stone, Darryl Strawberry, Ron Swoboda, Frank Taveras, Ron Taylor, Tim Teufel, George Theodore, Josh Thole, Frank Thomas, Steve Traschel, Mike Vail, Bobby Valentine, Ellis Valentine, Frank Viola, Billy Wagner, Al Weis, Turk Wendall, Mookie Wilson, Herm Winningham, Joel Youngblood, Pat Zachary and Todd Zeile. This copy has also been signed by Reds catcher Johnny Bench and Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk. With dealer authentication sticker on title page. With related material (mostly about signing events) laid in.

Light wear to pictorial wrappers. Rare with such a large collection of signatures.