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John Gall (2) (1963–)

Author of Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card

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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1963) — Cover designer, some editions — 3,679 copies, 68 reviews
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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer (2010) — Cover designer — 2,244 copies, 90 reviews
The Keep (2006) — Cover designer, some editions — 2,150 copies, 98 reviews
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Weather (2020) — Cover designer, some editions — 1,452 copies, 82 reviews
Remainder (2005) — Cover designer, some editions — 1,434 copies, 48 reviews
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Lessons (2022) — Cover designer, some editions — 1,294 copies, 70 reviews
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Ratner's Star (1976) — Cover designer, some editions — 931 copies, 11 reviews
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Sayonara Home Run!: The Art of the Japanese Baseball Card by John Gall
If only there were more books like Gall's comprehensive appreciation of Japanese baseball cards! This is a must-own for any collector of the weird, the odd, and the beautiful. Japanese baseball cards, like their American brethren, are steeped in the pop culture of their country. In fact, it's nearly impossible to determine that which is more influential on the other.

It's not quite a catalog, nor a mark-your-place narrative. Instead it's just a great addition to the collector's library. show more Gall's exhaustive research and extensive color plates are invaluable. Not just as a cheat-sheet for collectors looking to make headway into the rapidly exploding Stateside interest in Japanese baseball, but as a complete, self-contained history of the genre. show less
May 22, 2011

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