SIGNED BY 44 OF THE GREATEST PITCHERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY—28 OF THEM HALL OF FAMERS—INCLUDING KOUFAX, FORD, GIBSON, RYAN, FELLER, SPAHN, AMONG MANY OTHERS

(KOUFAX, Sandy; RYAN, Nolan, et al.) KELLEY, Brent P. 100 Greatest Pitchers. (New York): Crescent Books, (1988). Folio, original red cloth, dust jacket supplied from another copy of the first edition. $5800.

First edition of this richly illustrated tribute to the hundred greatest pitchers of professional baseball, signed by 44 of the 100 pitchers featured in the book—28 of them Hall of Fame inductees—including four legendary stars named to the Major League Baseball All-Century team: Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan, Bob Gibson, and Warren Spahn, among a splendid roster of stand-outs.

While the 100 players selected are ordered alphabetically, with short bios and iconic photographs, the author ranks them on a page at the end. This volume has been signed by 44 of the pitchers featured in the book, including the following 28 Hall of Famers: Bert Blyleven, Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton, Don Drysdale, Bob Feller, Rollie Fingers, Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Goose Gossage, Catfish Hunter, Ferguson Jenkins, Jim Kaat, Sandy Koufax, Bob Lemon, Juan Marichal, Jack Morris, Hal Newhouser, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts, Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Warren Spahn, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Early Wynn. First printing, with letter sequence on copyright page beginning with "a."

Book with bump to upper rear corner, cloth clean, interior fine; dust jacket with shallow wear to spine ends and small chip to spine, clean and bright. A splendid and highly desirable multiply signed copy.