first edition
1917 · Baltimore
by [Ruth, Babe]
Baltimore: R. L. Polk & Co, 1917. Very good plus.. First printing of this precursor to the modern phone book, a hefty directory of Baltimore-based people and businesses – including the name and address of Babe Ruth's father, George H. Ruth, Sr. Details on George "Babe" Ruth Jr.'s early life growing up in Baltimore are scarce. Babe's father, George, was the owner of several saloons, and it is speculated that his freewheeling parenting style was what eventually landed Babe in St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, a reform school outside Baltimore. By 1917, Babe was playing for the Boston Red Sox, where he was quickly building a reputation as a talented (truncated)