Baseball Has Done It

Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1964 First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Robinson on front free endpaper: "11-22-64 / To the West Jr. Hi kids / with best wishes / Jackie Robinson." Publisher's cream cloth, with spine lettered in red; in its original red and white dust jacket, with Robinson portrait by Byron Goto to front panel, lettered in red and black. Very good book, with light toning and spotting to spine and board margins, and a touch of wear to spine ends; good unclipped dust jacket, with some chipping to spine ends, some fading to spine, a small closed tear to top of rear panel, lightly chipped corners, a blue pen squiggle to front panel, considerable splitting along rear flap fold, flap still holding, and some splitting to spine fold. With Beckett LOA. Overall, a scarce signed copy. In this book, Jackie Robinson conducts interviews with important figures in baseball on the subject of racial integration. Interviewed players include Roy Campanella, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Branch Rickey, Carl Erskine, and many others. Jackie Robinson is credited with breaking the league's color line when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. In his Hall of Fame career, he won Rookie of the Year, NL MVP in 1949, and was selected for six All-Star games. An all-time great baseball player and towering figure in the civil rights movement, he was included in Time magazine's 1999 list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. (Inventory #: JROB003)