Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Cincinnati Reds

A Collection of Cincinnati Reds Baseball Books and Ephemera Featuring Joe Nuxhall - A collection of baseball-related literature and paper ephemera primarily focused on the Cincinnati Reds and pitcher/broadcaster Joe Nuxhall. The group includes various hardcover and softcover publications. A notable item is a copy of Joe: Rounding Third and Heading for Home by Greg Hoard, published by Orange Frazer Press in 2004, which bears a signature on the title page in black ink inscribed as Joe Nuxhall; this signature is unverified. Other book titles include Joe Nuxhall: The life, legacy and words of a Cincinnati icon, a 2008 commemorative large-format book by The Cincinnati Enquirer; Joe Nuxhall: The Old Lefthander and Me by John Kiesewetter, published in 2021; Cincinnati's Crosley Field by Greg Rhodes and John Erardi; Memories of a Ballplayer by Bill Werber and C. Paul Rogers III; and Cincinnati Seasons: My 34 Years with the Reds by Earl Lawson. Vintage items include a 1941 edition of Major League Baseball Facts and Figures and Official Rules published by Whitman Publishing Company, featuring Bob Feller on the cover. Ephemera includes a sports section from The Cincinnati Times-Star dated October 1, 1940, featuring a headline regarding the Reds of the future, and several newspaper clippings and editorial cartoons from November 2007 related to the passing of Joe Nuxhall. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Thursday, May 28 from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB329