All My Octobers - 1994

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small tape strip, bottom of spine. BOARDS: Very good condition. Tape tears to top and bottom edge, front, covered. Bottom outside corners bumped/scuffed, front and back. Tape scuffs to top and bottom edges, back. Minor vertical soiling to same. BOOK: Very good condition. Tape affixed to top and bottom edges, both pastedowns. Library stamp to FFEP and textblock foot. Library card pocket affixed to LFEP. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. Here on offer is a very nice copy of Mickey Mantle's baseball memoir, All My Octobers, written with the help of Mickey Herskowitz. This copy is a 1st edition, 1st printing of the work, ex-library, published by HarperCollins in 1994. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ************************************************************** "In this unparalleled memoir, Mickey Mantle recounts both the joys and agonies of his rise from small-town Oklahoma, where he listened to the World Series on the radio, to his successes on the field and the many injuries he overcame in order to make it to twelve World Series. From the 1951 Series, when he played alongside the aging Joe DiMaggio, to 1964, when he belted three Series home runs, Mantle relives every one of his World Series games, moment by moment. These were the games that counted, when the nation held its breath on every pitch and Mantle and his Yankee teammates rose to the occasion and achieved the legendary string of championships that remains unsurpassed, even in this era of superstar athletes." ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed "the Commerce Comet" and "the Mick", was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers of all time, and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. . . . Mantle was one of the greatest offensive threats in baseball history and is considered to be one of the best baseball players of all time. He has the third highest career adjusted on-base plus slugging among Major League players who played the majority of their career after 1950, behind only Barry Bonds and Mike Trout. . . . Despite his accolades on the field, Mantle's private life was plagued with tumult and tragedy, including a well-publicized bout with alcoholism that led to his death from liver cancer. . . . " The above text was taken from, respectively, HarperCollins (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.[Mantle, Mickey., Herskowitz, Mickey. All My Octobers: My Memories of Twelve World Series when the Yankees Ruled Baseball. United States: HarperCollins, 1994.] This handsome copy would be a worthy addendum to your collectibles library.