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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Mint Condition is a captivating history of this cherished hobby, as well as a look into the current state, where cards are largely the rarefied preserve of fanatical adult collectors and shrewd businessmen..."--Dust jacket.
3) Swindle
Author
Series
Swindle mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father's failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
c2018
Language
English
Description
Devereaux presents rare, colorful baseball cards that celebrate the first decades of the great American sport. Selected from the Library of Congress's Benjamin K. Edward Collection, these cards bring to life an era of American history that saw the game explode in popularity as the sport spread to nearly every corner of the country. In showing a history of sports cards, Devereaux shows the ways the cards have shaped and influenced U.S. culture. --...
5) Ghost Dog
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Artie Jensen gets help from his new pet Ghost Dog, an invisible pug, after someone steals the valuable baseball card his grandfather gave him.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Joey, who loves baseball but is not very good at it, finds a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner card and travels back in time to meet Honus.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
When Joe travels back in time to 1944, he meets the Milwaukee Chicks, one of the only all-female professional baseball teams in the history of the game.
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 2
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time by using baseball cards, Joe goes back to 1947 to meet Jackie Robinson, turning into a black boy in the process.
11) Abner & me
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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