I was at home in Wisconsin this Christmas just killing some time with my fiance and I suggested we stop by Crossroads Books, one of the few independent book stores in the area. I looked around the shop a couple times and came up empty...then I turned a corner and saw the most wonderful book ever, The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book.
I had not heard of the book before and then all of a sudden it was everywhere I turned...Dinged Corners wrote about it not once but twice and it was on the list of the favorite books of us card bloggers. I agree with everything DC has written about the book so I won't repeat my glowing comments but do let me add to the mythology of the book a little bit...here is the cover of my book [it is the hard cover version] which seems to be an alternate 3rd version:
I particularly enjoy this shot of the authors:
I had not heard of the book before and then all of a sudden it was everywhere I turned...Dinged Corners wrote about it not once but twice and it was on the list of the favorite books of us card bloggers. I agree with everything DC has written about the book so I won't repeat my glowing comments but do let me add to the mythology of the book a little bit...here is the cover of my book [it is the hard cover version] which seems to be an alternate 3rd version:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTiNPKXjmmhrKeCa_Y4VQpyRP65-GXuM75OWg47_mvEuPlnmfyjN92zfJQGklhDv1i6uLTquwgTemimiX8xoVMb7tihPpM949UgJS6ymBq-ImxzNrP4XnMpj64dWljsWob8XTiy__BQ4/s400/Baseball+Card+Book+Cover.jpg)
I particularly enjoy this shot of the authors:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRb8RylDIP6lQcg8rfRDvNqkI4D4Z33ibaczjnPB_SENQdEQ2aarzym5ktnvtmgtOQ8cKZgUCU04ZW3vgE7qPVsalgUGaKAQPv24ny2ESWbPlmAj__ukgOsHTwT8UEN4mEkR0tjbhf-s/s400/Baseball+Card+Book+BAck.jpg)
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I have twqo copies but weirdly they've both gone missing. I'll dig 'em up eventually.