Mickey Mantle “The Pictorial Baseball Instructor” Book Cover
Description
A color slide of an instructional book cover featuring a photograph of Mickey Mantle. The photograph of Mantle is positioned center-right on the cover and shows him from the waist up, in semi-profile, in a New York Yankee road uniform, in a right-handed batting stance. Above this image is the book's title, "THE PICTORIAL BASEBALL INSTRUCTOR" and subtext reading "ILLUSTRATED WITH 182 PHOTOGRAPHS". Arranged vertically along the left frame of the cover is a series of four black-and-white full-length sequential photographs showing a right-handed pitcher, in profile, coming to a set position and then throwing a pitch. The pitcher is wearing a uniform with "Columbia" on the chest. In the lower right-hand section of the frame is a black-and-white action shot of what appears to be a Little League game. It is from behind home plate. To the right of this image, below the image of Mantle, is a text box that reads "WITH FORTY MAGIC RULES To Help You Play Any Position Better In
• MAJOR LEAGUE
• COLLEGE PLAY
• LITTLE LEAGUE
A text box at the bottom of the frame reads "BY LAMONT BUCHANAN". Information written on the physical slide reads "Instructional Cover".
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Picture Date
1951–1954