Oh, to be able to time-travel back to July 1998 to bid on this one would make a fantastic addition to the Hobby Library.
The Converse Rubber Shoe Company published its first basketball yearbook in 1922, and it has become a classic. It contains the rules of the game (for that time) and pictures of all the best pro and college teams of the day, including the original Celtics team with Nat Holman.
This particular volume was described as being in excellent condition, with a few tears and minor creases on the back cover.
Converse published the yearbooks annually from 1922 to 1983. The early ones are pricey; a signed 1925 edition is available on eBay for $350, and a 1927 release is available for $130 (June 2024). And while I tracked down a few more 1922 examples online (below), who knows if one will ever come up for sale again?
VintageBasketball.com shared a few words about them here, along with the following picture of the 1922 edition.
I also tracked down these photos on WorthPoint, which I think were part of an old eBay auction that described the book as 64 pages long.
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