Becoming Mr. October.

JACKSON, Reggie.

Item Number: 136544

New York: Doubleday, 2013.

First edition of the baseball legend’s autobiography. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Nov.8, 2013 To Brian This is a story of the 60’s and 70’s during the early time in my career. A different time for our country…..Oh yes there’s also some baseball stories mixed in that I’m sure you’ll enjoy…Reggie Jackson.” Very good in a very good dust jacket with some dampstaining. Jacket design by John Fontana. Written with Kevin Baker.

Becoming Mr. October is a revelatory self-portrait of a baseball icon at the height of his public fame and private anguish. Filled with revealing anecdotes about the notorious “Bronx Zoo” Yankees of the late 1970s and bluntly honest portrayals of his teammates and competitors, this is eye-opening baseball history as can be told only by the man who lived it.