February 2021 Catalogue

B a u m a n R a r e B o o k s B l a c k A m e r i c a n a 2 0 2 1 3 Signed By Hank Aaron 1. AARON, Hank and WHEELER, Lonnie. I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story. New York, 1991. Octavo, original half purple cloth, dust jacket. $600. C lick for M ore I nfo Firsteditionof thegreatchampion’sautobiography, with 24 pages of illustrations, signed by Hank Aaron. “Boxing legend Muhammad Ali once called Hank Aaron ‘The only man I idolize more than myself.’ For many, Aaron was everything an athlete– and a human being–should be. Aaron remains baseball’s all-time leader in RBI (2,297) and total bases (6,856). If each of his 755 home runs were removed from his statistical record, Aaron would still have 3,016 hits” (Baseball Hall of Fame). A fine signed copy. “So as long as there’s a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice... I intend to do as I always have— keep swinging.”