FIRST EDITION OF THE MICK, INSCRIBED BY MANTLE
MANTLE, Mickey and GLUCK, Herb. The Mick. Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $1400.
First trade edition of #7's autobiography, with 16 pages of candid photographs, inscribed on the half title, "Thanks, Mickey Mantle."
"A legendary performer and a national hero" (ANB). "In the glory days of the Bronx Bombers, Mantle was their #1 weapon, the player who made the Yankees unbeatable year after pennant-winning year." Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Dust jacket with "Printed in the U.S.A. 0685" date code on rear flap. Also issued in a signed/limited edition.
Book fine, dust jacket nearly so.