The Boys of Summer.

KAHN, Roger.

Item Number: 110347

New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1972.

First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roger Kahn on title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

Herald Tribune sportswriter Roger Kahn’s “delightful narrative of growing up within shouting distance of Ebbets Field” covers the teams of the 50s before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. "A work of high purpose and poetic accomplishment. The finest American book on sports" (James Michener).