Baseball: An Illustrated History.

WARD, Geoffrey C. and Ken Burns [Doris Kearns Goodwin].

$550.00

Item Number: 144374

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.

First edition of this companion book to the classic documentary series. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin on the title page. Kearns Goodwin served as a commentor in the series. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

"A rich concoction of narrative, essays, and photos [that] dazzles the eye ... In so many ways you are reminded that rooting for baseball is like breathing" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times).