Start Collecting™ Baseball Cards / Dave Plaut.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plaut, David.

Contributor:

Driggs, Helen I., illustrator.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Start collecting series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball cards--United States--Juvenile literature.

Baseball cards.

Baseball cards--Collectors and collecting--United States--Juvenile literature.

Baseball cards--Collectors and collecting.

United States.

Genre:

Literature

Juvenile works

Literature.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

93, [3] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Baseball cards

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 1989.

Contents:

Introduction

1. The History of Baseball Cards

2. How Baseball Cards are made

3. Caring for your cards

4. Classifying cards

5. Ten Historic Sets

6. Famous Firsts, Superstars, and Bloopers

7. Enjoying your collection.

Notes:

"A Running Press Collector Book"--Cover.

Includes 8 "genuine baseball cards" in plastic pocket.

"Cover design by Toby Schmidt. Interior design by Robert Perry. Interior illustrations by Helen I. Driggs and Christian Benton."--Title page verso.

Publisher's advertisement: [1] page at end.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy 1 is "3" printing.

Running Press copy 2 is "2" printing.

Running Press copy 2 has plastic pocket detached and contains only 7 baseball cards.

ISBN:

0894717626

9780894717628

OCLC:

20094581