Fred Lynn: Young Star
Price: $150.00
Hard Cover. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Fred Lynn in blue pen on title page. Publisher's black and white pictorial paper-covered boards, lettered in black; in its original tan and white dust jacket designed by Applebaum & Curtis, lettered in green and black. Near fine book, with light wear to spine ends, and light staining to spine; very good unclipped dust jacket, with shallow chipping to spine ends, light edgewear, and some clear-tape reinforcement to jacket verso. Overall, a solid, internally clean copy. In this biography, sportswriter Bill Libby details Fred Lynn's remarkable first couple of years in the MLB. Lynn (1952-) was the first player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year (1975), a feat only matched by Ichiro Suzuki in 2001. That year, he led the Boston Red Sox to within a game of the World Series title. He spent 17 years in the league, and was selected as an All-Star for nine of those years. Item #BLFL001
