Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection (A 35-Year History, 1951-1985) [Hardcover]

Frank Slocum (Author), Sy Berger (Introduction), Willie Mays (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1985

Babe Ruth...Yogi Berra..Willie Mays...

Here, for the first time, is the most definitive collection of baseball cards ever assembled. Organized by year, you get over 21,000 full color reproductions of Topps cards using a high-quality facsimile reproduction process especially developed for this purpose. Here are the lifetime statistics of over 4,000 baseball players-information on virtually every member of every team from 1951. And the authors have compiled year-end quizzes to test your knowledge of the sport and its cards.

From the glory days of all-time great sluggers like Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial and pitching heroes like Whitey Ford and Sandy Koufax, to Reggie Jackson, Fernando Valenzuela, Dwight Gooden, and Pete Rose.

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From Library Journal

Topps Baseball Cards is a huge, expensive photo collection of all Topps cards issued since their inception in 1951. Each year's selections come with a brief summary of the season and its achievers, a price range of the cards, and a quiz. An overall index includes records. The portraits are about half actual size and vary in format and clarity. For libraries that can afford it, this dazzling book is an appealing browsing item; those wary of mutilation may restrict access. For a comprehensive price catalog The Sport Americana Baseball Price Guide (Edgewater Book Dists., Box 586, Lakewood, Ohio 44107) is preferred. Morey Berger, Monmouth Cty. Lib., Freehold, N.J.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 735 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446513474
• ISBN-13: 978-0446513470
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #730,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Baseball Cards, May 18, 2009

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Richard Kurman "thebreathingman46" (Greenfield, New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection (A 35-Year History, 1951-1985) (Hardcover)

I was made aware of this book about 20 years ago, but at $100, it was a bit pricey for me at that time. I collect baseball cards, and I have a friend who is now retired, with a lot of time on his hands. He loves baseball, but doesn't have the means, nor the desire to start collecting cards. He said to me, "wouldn't it be nice if they had a book that showed all the baseball cards in it." It reminded me of this book, and I looked it up on Amazon, and found 2 used ones. (One is for me, of course!)
When I gave this to him, his comment was that "this is better than the baseball cards." The "used" books were in beautiful condition, and the prices were excellent. Needless to say, we are each enjoying this purchase.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pictures Of Baseball Cards, May 11, 2011

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This review is from: Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection (A 35-Year History, 1951-1985) (Hardcover)

I like this book because it has all the baseball cards reproduced, although the images are small, looks smaller than the Surf Books, but upon measuring, the size is the same. I guess they have to be small to limit the number of pages and size of book, although the book as it is is still a hefty volume. It's hard to find a bookshelf to hold it. Before each year featured it reviews the season and offers trivia too.