SIGNED BY 84 METS INCLUDING LENNY DYKSTRA, SID FERNANDEZ, DWIGHT "DOC" GOODEN, BUD HARRELSON, KEITH HERNANDEZ, CLEON JONES, JOSE REYES AND DARRYL STRAWBERRY

HONIG, Donald. The New York Mets: The First Quarter Century. The Official 25th Anniversary Book. New York: Crown, (1986). Large quarto, original half orange cloth, original dust jacket. $5200.

First edition of this abundantly illustrated look back at the first 25 years of the New York Mets, signed by 84 players including Dwight "Doc" Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Darryl Strawberry, and original team members Jay Hook, Ed Kranepool and Frank Thomas.

Eminent baseball historian Donald Honig covers the history of the Mets from the pre-Miracle years through the "here and now" (i.e., 1986) in this official 25th anniversary celebration. This copy has been signed by 84 players: Benny Agbayani, Edgardo Alfonzo, Neil Allen, Wally Backman, Bruce Berenyi (twice), Buzz Capra, Jose Cardenal, Ed Charles, Endy Chavez, Terry Collins, David Cone, Tim Corcoran, Ronnie Darling, Jack DiLauro, Duffy Dyer, Lenny Dykstra, Kevin Elster, Pete Falcone, Sid Fernandez, Jack Fisher, Tim Foli, John Franco, Wayne Garrett, John Gibbons, Doc Gooden, Jerry Grote, Mike Hampton, Bud Harrelson, Richie Hebner, Danny Heep, Keith Hernandez, Jim Hickman, Ron Hodges, Jay Hook, Todd Hundley, Gregg Jeffries, Howard Johnson, Cleon Jones, Randy Jones, Ralph Kiner, Dave Kingman, Ray Knight, Ed Kranepool (twice), Terry Leach, Ed Lynch, Barry Lyons, Dave Magadan, Teddy Martinez, Jon Matlack, Lee Mazzilli, Roger McDowell, Kevin McReynolds, Felix Millan, Kevin Mitchell, Willie Montanez, Bob Ojeda, Rey Ordonez, Jesse Orosco, Junior Ortiz, Amos Otis, Todd Pratt, Jeff Readon, Jose Reyes, Rafael Santana, Mackey Sasser, Art Shamsky, Ken Singleton, Doug Sisk, Rusty Staub, John Stearns, George Stone, Darryl Strawberry, Ron Swoboda, Frank Taveras, Ron Taylor, Tim Teufel, Frank Thomas, Mike Vail, Bobby Valentine, Ellis Valentine, Mookie Wilson, Joel Youngblood, Pat Zachry and Todd Zeile. Most have signed on their pictures, with about a third having signed on the half title and title pages. A number of postcards and flyers are laid in, identifying dates and locations of player signings.

Binding with small spots of discoloration and lower corners rubbed; dust jacket lightly worn. Expert repair to text block. A near-fine copy with an impressive number of signatures.