Americana Holiday 2022 - 64 - DiMaggio, Williams, Mantle, Berra, Jackson, And Many, Many More: Signed By 138 Stars Of The American League 60. BOWMAN, John S. and ZOSS, Joel. The American League. New York, 1988. Quarto, original blue cloth, dust jacket. $7200. Early (third) printing of this lavishly illustrated history of the American League, signed by 138 players, including Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra (twice), Reggie Jackson, and dozens of other Hall of Famers, All-Stars, MVPs, managers, and American League standouts. This profusely illustrated history of the American League traces the league from its founding through 1987. More than 138 players (as well as a handful of managers) have signed this volume; six of them have signed twice (four signatures have been clipped and pasted in). Also, a clipped signature—that of President Richard Nixon—has been pasted in at a photograph of the then-Vice President throwing out the first ball of the first game in the 1954 season. First published in 1986; this third printing covers up to the year 1987. A complete list of signers is included, and available upon request. Index marked up with highlighter pen to showcase many of the signatures included in this volume. Minor bump to fore-edge, affecting front board of book and front flap fold of dust jacket, with minor color restoration. A near-fine copy.
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