August 2022 Catalogue

– 7 – A u g u s t 2 0 2 2 Signed By 65 Baseball Players, Including Joe DiMaggio And Whitey Ford 6. (BASEBALL) (DIMAGGIO, Joe) HONIG, Donald. The New York Yankees. An Illustrated History. New York, 1981. Quarto, original half black cloth, dust jacket. $5500. First edition of Honig’s profusely illustrated history of the New York Yankees, signed by 65 baseball players including Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Catfish Hunter, Dave Righetti, Sparky Lyle, and many more. This scarce association copy is signed by 65 players, all of whom distinguished themselves in Major League Baseball, including: George Selkirk, Tommy Henrich, Charles Keller, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Vic Raschi (twice), Allie Reynolds (twice), Phil Rizzuto, Cliff Mapes, Jerry Coleman, Hank Bauer (twice), Gene Woodling, Tommy Byrne, Johnny Mize, Whitey Ford, Irv Noren, Ed Lopat, Johnny Sain, Andy Carey, Billy Martin, Don Larsen, Johnny Kucks, Enos Slaughter, Bob Farley, Art Ditmar, Bobby Shantz, Ryne Duren, Hector Lopez, Jim Coates, Luis Arroyo, Cletis Boyer, Bobby Richardson, Bud Daley, Bill “Moose” Skowron, Johnny Blanchard, Ralph Terry, Rollie Sheldon, Bill Stafford, Joe Pepitone, Tony Kubek, Hal Reniff, Stan Hamilton, Phil Linz, Mel Stollemyre, Horace Clarke, Fritz Peterson, Steve Bahnsen, Ralph Houk, Ron Bloomberg, Catfish Hunter (twice), Roy White, Ed Figueroa, Sparky Lyle, Willie Randolph, Dave Winfield, Dave Righetti, George Platt, and John Gordon. With hundreds of black-and-white photographic images, many full page. A very nearly fine multi-signed copy. Signed By 12 Members Of The 1949 Yankees Including Joe DiMaggio And Yogi Berra 5. (BASEBALL) (DIMAGGIO, Joe) (BERRA, Yogi) DURANT, John. The Yankees. A Pictorial History of Baseball’s Greatest Club. New York, 1949. Quarto, original green cloth, dust jacket. $3800. First edition of this photographic history of the Yankees, signed by 12 members of the 1949 Yankees, including Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer, and Phil Rizzuto. This history of the Yankees through 1949 offers insight into the early years of the team and features wonderful photographic illustrations. The book also bears the signatures of 12 of the 1949 New York Yankees: Charlie Silvera, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Bauer, John Lindell, Jerry Coleman, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, AllieReynolds, Ed Lopat, Joe Collins, Joe Page, and Wally Hood. Initially viewed as underdogs, the 1949 Yankees overtook the heavily favored Red Sox (thereby beginning the epic rivalry) and progressed to the World Series. They ultimately beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in just five games. Dust jacket supplied from another copy of the book. Small bookseller ticket. Only faint soiling to a few leaves, very faint foxing and a few stray marks to cloth, only light wear and toning to extremities; dust jacket very good with a few tears and light edgewear. An extremely good copy, most desirable signed by 12 members of the 1949 Yankees.

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