Two rare Ty Cobb hard cover books "Ty Cobb The Idol of Baseball Fandom by Sverre O Braathen and "Busting Em" by Ty Cobb.



Lot 38. Two rare Ty Cobb hard cover books "Ty Cobb The Idol of Baseball Fandom by Sverre O Braathen and "Busting Em" by Ty Cobb. The Braathen book is a very rare, privately printed biography by a Wisconsin lawyer in 1928. The book, which was authorized by Cobb, is 268 pages including several coated blank backed plates of Cobb and is in ex-mt condition. "Busting 'Em" is presented as an autobiography, but was actually ghost written. Not quite as rare as the Braathen book but a very tough book to find. Published in 1914 with 282 pages.
Winning Bid $750.


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