"JOE DIMAGGIO IS THE LAST AMERICAN KNIGHT": ALLEN'S BIOGRAPHY OF THE "YANKEE CLIPPER," BOLDLY SIGNED BY JOE DIMAGGIO

ALLEN, Maury. Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? The Story of America's Last Hero. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1975. Octavo, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $1000.

First edition of Hall-of-Fame sportswriter Maury Allen's biography of Joe DiMaggio, signed by DiMaggio on the half title, with 16 pages of photographic illustrations.

"Notoriously reclusive, Joe DiMaggio has remained inaccessible through nearly four decades of public attention… Few really know the story behind the legend, and no one person— even his closest friend— knows the whole story of this intensely private man." Famed sportswriter Maury Allen compiled this fascinating profile from conversations with DiMaggio and over 250 people who knew "The Yankee Clipper." Dust jacket supplied from another copy of the first edition. Smith 12260.

Book and jacket near-fine, with pastedowns expertly repaired.