SIGNED BY OVER 90 PRO BASEBALL PLAYERS, INCLUDING 46 HALL-OF-FAMERS AND 5 NEGRO LEAGUE PLAYERS INCLUDING ELUSIVE SIGNATURES SUCH AS WILLIE WELLS, ROGER MARIS, COOL PAPA BELL, BUCK LEONARD, LEFTY GOMEZ, AND WAITE HOYT; PLUS SUPERSTARS STAN MUSIAL, DUKE SNIDER, WARREN SPAHN AND MANY OTHERS

ROSENTHAL, Harold. The 10 Best Years of Baseball: An Informal History of the 'Fifties. Chicago: Contemporary Books, (1979). Octavo, original cream leatherette, original dust jacket. $7800.

First edition of a collection of "insightful and riotous stories of baseball's golden era," endpapers covered with signatures from 94 players including Willie Wells, Judy Johnson, Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, Roger Maris, Carl Hubbell, Lefty Gomez, Waite Hoyt, Edd Roush, Charlie Gehringer, Stan Musial, Duke Snider, and Warren Spahn.

This uncommon tribute to baseball in the 1950s was written by a well-respected sportswriter who worked at the Herald Tribune for over 30 years and served on ESPN's prestigious SportsCentury Panel, charged with determining the 50 greatest North American athletes of the past 100 years. Mostly signed on the endpapers, includes Joe Altobelli, Luke Appling, Gene Autry, Earl Averill, Ernie Banks, Dick Bartell, Cool Papa Bell, Wally Berger, Ray Berres, Ewell Blackwell, Zeke Bonura, Al Campanis, Chico Carrasquel, AB Chandler, Ben Chapman, Jocko Conlan, Walker Cooper, Pat Corrales, Roger Craig, Joe Cronin, Tony Cuccinello, Bill Dawley, Bob Doerr, Leo Durocher, Chuck Essegian, Chub Feeney, Bob Feller, Rick Ferrell, Jim Fregosi, Carl Furillo, Joe Garagiola, Charles Gehringer, Lefty Gomez, Calvin Griffith, Burleigh Grimes, Pedro Guerrero, Tom Haller, Atlee Hammaker, Whitey Herzog, Frank Howard, Waite Hoyt, Glenn Hubbard, Carl Hubbell, Monte Irvin (signed twice), Travis Jackson, Davey Johnson, Judy Johnson, Ken Keltner, Harmon Killebrew, Ralph Kiner, Jim Landis, Don Larson, Bob Lemon, Buck Leonard, Al Lopez, Turk Lown, Lee MacPhail, Bill Madlock, Juan Marichal, Roger Maris, Eddie Mathews, Jim McAnany, Johnny Mize, Curt Motton, Stan Musial, Hal Newhouser, Tony Oliva, C.E. Pat Olsen, Jesse Orosco, Lance Parrish, Bill Pierce, Joe Pignatano, Tim Raines, Brooks Robinson, John Roseboro, Edd Roush, Hal Schumacher, Joe Sewell, Bill "Moose" Skowron, Enos Slaughter, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn, Jerry Staley, Rusty Staub, Lee Strange, Darryl Strawberry, Bobby Thomson, Earl Torgeson, Mickey Vernon, Pete Ward, Willie Wells, Sam West, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Maury Wills. Signed by 94 baseball players with most signatures on endpapers.

Book very nearly fine with minimal edge wear, dust jacket supplied from another copy, with light edgewear. An impressive collection of signatures.