SIGNED BY 18 BASEBALL HALL-OF-FAMERS, INCLUDING WILLIE MAYS, BROOKS ROBINSON, STAN MUSIAL, PHIL RIZZUTO, BOB FELLER, YOGI BERRA, AND WHITEY FORD

HONIG, Donald. Baseball in the '50s: A Decade of Transition. New York: Crown, (1987). Quarto, original half red cloth, original dust jacket. $6500.

First edition of this comprehensive photographic history of baseball in the "decade of transition," illustrated with vintage candid shots on nearly every page, signed by 18 Hall-of-Famers: Richie Ashburn, Stan Musial, Phil Rizzuto, Bob Feller, Robin Roberts, Monte Irvin, Eddie Mathews, Yogi Berra, Al Kaline, Whitey Ford, Orlando Cepeda, Brooks Robinson, Willie Mays, Warren Spahn, Frank Robinson, Willie McCovey, Harmon Killebrew and Don Drysdale.

"From the outset the camera was there, on the field, in the dugout, recording the astonishing growth of a sweet and simple game into a tremendous industry, acted out now in magnificent temples before 75 million worshippers throughout the length and breadth of the land" (Lawrence Ritter). This wonderful photographic history of baseball's '50s "explores this crucial era in which color barriers were broken and franchises moved."

Minor wear to dust jacket rear panel. A nearly fine copy.