INSCRIBED BY “THE DOOK”
SNIDER, Duke and GILBERT, Bill. The Duke of Flatbush. New York: Zebra, (1988). Octavo, original full blue leather, all edges gilt; dust jacket provided from a copy of the first trade edition. $175.
Limited first edition of “The Dook’s” autobiography, one of 1000 copies bound in leather "in a special, one-time-only printing for American Sports Collectibles," inscribed on the half title by him, “Enjoy! Duke Snider."
"Snider was great. He was often overshadowed by Mays and Mantle, though he actually led the three in homers and RBIs during the four seasons (1954-1957) they all played full-time in New York" (Steve Dilbeck). "With coauthor Gilbert, a former Washington Post sportswriter, 'The Dook' tells the story of those years excitingly and movingly" (Publishers Weekly). With "First Printing: June, 1988" on copyright page.
Fine condition.