SIGNED BY 38 BROOKLYN DODGERS
BARBER, Red and CREAMER, Robert. The Rhubarb Patch. New York, 1954.
First edition of Barber's richly illustrated homage to the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he called the play-by-play for 15 years, with photographs by Barney Stein, the team's official photographer for 20 years, signed by 38 players on the front free endpaper and front flyleaf, including Hall-of-Famers Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese (who has written beneath his signature, "The Captain"), and Dick Williams, as well as Dodgers stalwarts and standouts such as Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, Johnny Podres, Ralph Branca, "Preacher" Roe, and many others. $4500.
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