FIRST EDITION OF SIXTY-ONE, SIGNED BY 28 FORMER YANKEES, INCLUDING MICKEY MANTLE, YOGI BERRA, AND WHITEY FORD

KUBEK, Tony and PLUTO, Terry. Sixty-One. The Team, the Record, the Men. New York: Macmillan, (1987). Octavo, original half turquoise cloth, original dust jacket. $5800.

First edition, signed by 28 former members of the New York Yankees, many of whom were on the celebrated 1961 team: Bud Daley, Rollie Sheldon, Bob Cerv, Ralph Terry, Bill Stafford, Luis Arroyo, Bill Gardner, Al Dowling, Hal Reniff, Lee Thomas, Tex Clevenger, Danny McDevitt, Ralph Houk, John James, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Bobby Richardson, John Blanchard, Clete Boyer, Art Ditmar, Bob Turley, Hector Lopez,Ryne Duren, Joe DeMaestri, Moose Skowron, Tom Tresh and Jim Coates. With 16 pages of photographs.

Written by the Yankees' starting shortstop during the 1961 season, Sixty-One is a personal chronicle of the legendary race between Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris to beat Babe Ruth's record sixty home runs in a single season.

Faint sticker residue to front free endpaper. Very nearly fine condition.