Product Description

Babe Ruth...Yogi Berra..Willie Mays...

Here, for the first time, is the most definitive collection of baseball cards ever assembled. Organized by year, you get over 21,000 full color reproductions of Topps cards using a high-quality facsimile reproduction process especially developed for this purpose. Here are the lifetime statistics of over 4,000 baseball playersinformation on virtually every member of every team from 1951. And the authors have compiled year-end quizzes to test your knowledge of the sport and its cards.

From the glory days of all-time great sluggers like Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial and pitching heroes like Whitey Ford and Sandy Koufax, to Reggie Jackson, Fernando Valenzuela, Dwight Gooden, and Pete Rose.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #531832 in Books
• Published on: 1985
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 735 pages

From Library Journal
Topps Baseball Cards is a huge, expensive photo collection of all Topps cards issued since their inception in 1951. Each year's selections come with a brief summary of the season and its achievers, a price range of the cards, and a quiz. An overall index includes records. The portraits are about half actual size and vary in format and clarity. For libraries that can afford it, this dazzling book is an appealing browsing item; those wary of mutilation may restrict access. For a comprehensive price catalog The Sport Americana Baseball Price Guide (Edgewater Book Dists., Box 586, Lakewood, Ohio 44107) is preferred. Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Freehold, N.J.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Better Than Baseball Cards
I was made aware of this book about 20 years ago, but at $100, it was a bit pricey for me at that time. I collect baseball cards, and I have a friend who is now retired, with a lot of time on his hands. He loves baseball, but doesn't have the means, nor the desire to start collecting cards. He said to me, "wouldn't it be nice if they had a book that showed all the baseball cards in it." It reminded me of this book, and I looked it up on Amazon, and found 2 used ones. (One is for me, of course!)
When I gave this to him, his comment was that "this is better than the baseball cards." The "used" books were in beautiful condition, and the prices were excellent. Needless to say, we are each enjoying this purchase.