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Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era

Rediscovering the Early Lensmen and Their Indelible Images That Brought the Game From the Field to the Fans

By Jim Chapman

            


WINNER 2024 SABR LARRY RITTER BOOK AWARD

FINALIST 2023 CASEY AWARD
Signed First Edition cloth hardcover in dust jacket - coffee table book size.
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Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era wins
2024 SABR Larry Ritter Book Award!

Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era wins second place for
the 2023 CASEY Award recognizing the best baseball books of the year!

"Jim Chapman has gifted baseball fans a lovely, lavish, and treasured tome: he's opened up his passion for Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era, an endlessly fascinating, scrupulously detailed, and utterly unique treatment of the ultimate collection of our favorite game, and his beautifully produced book is a worthy finalist for this year's CASEY Award."

- Mark Schraf, presenter at the CASEY Awards

"This is the book. I've been studying the 1900-1915 era since I was 10 years old and Chapman's huge, extraordinary, overflowing book has given me as much joy and insight as anything I've seen in all that time. BUY IT."

- Keith Olbermann, former sportscaster for ESPN
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“Chapman brings it all together in this definitive edition on Deadball Era photography that is unmatched in depth and scope.” 

Henry Yee, Principal Authenticator, PSA Photo Authentication Services and author of the Foreword to the book

“Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era is a key that unlocks the world of photography. This book is for collectors and those intrigued by the work of overlooked photographers or moved by the enigmatic power of an image.”         

Paul Reiferson, noted collector and connoisseur whose objects have been exhibited in over 30 museums and who shares his passion for photography through writings and lectures

 

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