Baseball Programs, Periodicals, Annuals, Yearbooks and Books
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Lot 254. Joe DiMaggio on the Cover of the Oct. 4, 1948 Issue of Time. Although the Yankees failed to make it to the World Series, the 1948 season was excellent for DiMaggio personally as he led the A.L. with 39 homes runs and 155 runs batted in. The front cover has an ex appearance with a light vertical crease. The interior is nm.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 255. September 1947 and 1949 Issues of Sport with Joe DiMaggio on the Cover. Starting in 1946, DiMaggio graced the cover of the sports monthly each September in the first four years of its publication. He shares the 1947 cover with brother Dom. Inside is a 10-page article by Tom Meany on the three DiMaggio brothers. The cover of this issue is vg+ to ex. The 1949 issue features a magnificent Ozzie Sweet portrait of Joltin’ Joe. Ex-m cover with a nm interior that has a lengthy article on DiMaggio.
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 256. New York Yankees Program from Mickey Mantle’s Rookie Season. Mantle began the 1951 season in New York, but difficulty in hitting major league pitching resulted in a 40-game demotion to the Yankees’ Kansas City farm team. This program for a St. Louis Browns game apparently is from that period. In the pre-printed lineup, #7 is assigned to Bob Cerv. Meanwhile, Cliff Mapes is with the Browns; he was claimed by the St. Louis team July 31. Satchel Paige is on the Browns’ roster. Joe DiMaggio is the only Hall of Famer in the pre-printed starting lineup for the Yankees: Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto and Johnny Mize were on the bench. Ex program with the center folio loose.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 267. New York Yankees 1956 Official Yearbook, 1963 and 1964 Spring Programs. The yearbook is the second edition with a Lon Keller cover showing a Yankee player sliding home. The red, white and blue cover is vg, and the 48 pages average ex-m+. Most players receive a page of their own, including Mantle, Ford, Berra, Rizzuto, Howard and Martin. Mantle, Berra and Bauer are in a photo titled “‘Murders’ Row’… 1956 Style.” The spring training programs, each at least 44 pages in a 6” x 9” format, have individual pages devoted to key players such as Mantle, Maris, Berra, Howard and Richardson. The 1963 guide is lightly scored in pencil and vg+, and 1964, vg+ to ex. Rookie Joe Pepitone is pictured in the 1963 program. BONUS: Attractive Yankees logo necktie, 3 ½” at its widest.
Winning Bid $55.
Lot 268. Almost-Complete Run of 35 New York Yankees Yearbooks – 1970-2003. Missing only 1982, and there are duplicates for 1975 and 1998. Mickey Mantle is on the cover of the 1973 and 1996 yearbooks, Thurmon Munson on 1974, Don Mattingly on 1988, 1990 and 1992 and Babe Ruth on 1995. Munson made his yearbook debut in 1970, and he receives a full page. The issue has a date written on the front cover and otherwise is ex. The 1972 yearbook has extensive writing on the cover and otherwise is ex. The 1974 edition is vg-ex, 1976 ex and 1979 ex-m+. The other 1970s yearbooks are nm and better. Among the remaining yearbooks, a couple are ex, and the others are at least nm.
Winning Bid $185.
Lot 318. 1939 Pasadena Junior College Yearbook Featuring 5 Photos of Jackie Robinson. The future Hall of Fame baseball star excelled in football, basketball, baseball and track at the college. In this yearbook, he is pictured once as a football player and four times as a basketball player, including acting captain. The yearbook is ex. Pages in the last one-fourth of the yearbook have stains toward the bottom. The pages with Robinson are unaffected.
Winning Bid $161.
Lot 319. 1922 Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide with Multiple Babe Ruth Images. Ruth illustrates an article on home run distance and is pictured three additional times in the guide’s 50 pages covering the 1921 World Series. The Giants captured the World Championship by topping the Yankees, 5 games to 3, in the first All-New York World Series. A host of other Hall of Fame members are pictured, including Huggins, Stengel, McGraw, Ruppert, Ban Johnson, Landis, Bancroft, Frisch and Hoyt. The guide, which runs almost 400 pages, also contains a section on each major league team and each of the minor leagues. This is a very nice copy of the guide, vg-ex, with the owner’s name in the lower left of the front cover.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 320. Obscure 1923 Guide, Past and Present Baseball, with Photos of Ruth, Mathewson. Interesting 128-page small-format (3” x 4 ½”) “Official Sporting Records” guide that covers baseball primarily, but also has track and field, swimming, boxing and golf information. It also lists New York theatres and “Places of Interest to Visitors.” Among the records are photos of Ruth, Mathewson, McGraw, Ross Young, Frisch, Carl Mays and George Kelly. The information includes the list of pitchers who served up Ruth’s 59 home runs in 1921. Ex softcover guide with about 26 inside pages creased in the printing or assembly process. Never saw this guide before!
Winning Bid $102.
Lot 321. 4 Non-Sport Periodicals, 3 Pre-1940, with Baseball Covers or Content. The earliest is a 1910 Cornell University publication titled The Widow. Devoid of significant baseball content in its 48 pages but dubbed the “Baseball Number,” it has an intriguing cover with a coed seated on a baseball and a universe of baseballs above and around her. The cover is split along the seam at the top and has several small edge tears. Its appearance is outstanding! In contrast, the Sept. 5, 1912 issue of Life has not only a baseball cover, but extensive content, much of it humorous. From 1883-1936, Life was a well illustrated humor and general interest magazine similar to Puck. Henry Luce bought it in 1936 and transformed it into the familiar photo-news magazine published weekly until 1972. Bayard Jones artwork on the cover shows a boy watching a baseball game from a tree, high above the action. The 38 inside pages contain many cartoons. G. The Aug. 1937 Fortune has an article of more than 10 pages on “Big League Baseball” illustrated with photos of DiMaggio, Dean, Frisch and Mack, and full-color paintings by Joseph W. Golinkin, including one of Yankee Stadium. Vg-ex. Ty Cobb is the subject of five-page Furman Bisher article in the June 14, 1958 Saturday Evening Post. The article is illustrated with photos of Cobb, Babe Ruth, Joe Jackson and other HoF players. G copy with a stain that affects the first 40 pages, but not the Cobb article.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 322. 32 World Series Programs, Some with Tickets, Spanning 1970-2001. This collection includes a complete run from 1979, when Major League Baseball went to a single program for both cities, through 1993. Here is the list: 1970 at Baltimore, ex. 1971 at Baltimore, ex-m. 1972 at Oakland, scuff along the spine, otherwise ex-m. 1973 at New York Mets, 2 copies, one scored and the other unscored with a ticket stub for Game 4 stapled to the front. 1974, nm. 1975, 2 copies; one is the 64-page version, nm, and the other has about 70 additional pages devoted to Cincinnati, vg+ to ex. 1976, 60+ “B” pages on Cincinnati, nm. 1977, vg cover, nm contents; ticket for Game 1 at New York, ex. 1978, ex. 1979, ex. 1980, ex+. 1981, ex-m. 1982, vg+. 1983, ex-m. 1984, ex-m. 1985-93, nm or better. 1995, ex-m. 1996, ex-m. 1997-99, nm or better. 2001, nm-m.
Winning Bid $99.
Lot 323. 31 All-Star Game Programs, 1970-2001. The collection includes a complete run from 1976-88. The programs are for 1970, 1972, 1976-81, 1982 (2 copies), 1983, 1984, 1985 (2 copies), 1986-88, 1990-92, 1993 (2 copies), 1994, 1995 (2 copies) and 1996-2001. With few exceptions, these programs are nm and better, with many nm-m. The exceptions are 1977 ex-m, 1981 ex-m, 1988 vg+ to ex, 1996 ex-m and 1999 ex-m.
Winning Bid $204.
Lot 324. Quality Copies of 3 Baseball Team Histories Including The Boston Red Sox. All of these books have very nice dust jackets. 1. The Boston Red Sox, Frederick G. Lieb, 1947 apparent first edition, ex book with a vg-ex price-clipped dj that has a chip at the top of the spine. Picturing Joe Cronin, the dj displays very well. There is a price notation in pencil on the front end-page. 2. The Go Go Chicago White Sox, Dave Condon, 1960 apparent first, ex-m book, ex-m dj with a ¼” tear on the back. 3. The Giants of San Francisco, Art Rosenbaum and Bob Stevens, 1963 apparent first, nm book, ex-m dj.
Minimum Bid $50.
Lot 325. 8 Baseball Books – Sisler on Baseball, First Edition Garagiola, Connie Mack, Etc. All hardbacks. The key publications are: Sisler on Baseball: A Manual for Players and Coaches by Hall of Fame first baseman George Sisler, 1954 apparent first edition, ex-m book, ex price-clipped dust jacket with chips at the top and bottom of the spine. Baseball Is a Funny Game, Joe Garagiola, 1960 stated first edition, nm book, ex-m dj. From Sandlot to Big League, Connie Mack, 1960 revised edition, ex-m book, ex dj. Also: 4. Inside Big League Baseball, Roger Kahn, 1962 stated first printing, nm book in a glassine-type wrapper. 5. The 1956 Baseball Almanac, Don Schiffer, 1956, vg book, g-vg dj. 6. The Major League Handbook 1961, Schiffer, 1961, ex-m+ book, dj. 7. My Own Particular Screwball, Al Schacht, 1955 stated first edition, nm book, pencil price on front end-page, ex dj. 8. Baseball’s Best Managers, Harold Rosenthal, 1961, nm book, ex dj.
Winning Bid $50.
Lot 326. 7 Baseball Books - 2 Putnam Team Histories, Ritter, 2 on the Negro Leagues, Etc. All hardbacks. The Putnam histories are: 1. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Frederick G. Lieb, 1948. Inscribed by Frank Gustine, Pirates infielder 1939-48, to a friend. Signature is a 10 in fountain pen on the front end-page. Book is vg-ex with light foxing, no dj. 2. The Cleveland Indians, Franklin Lewis, 1949. Ex-m contents, g-vg cover, no dj. 3. The Glory of Their Times, Lawrence S. Ritter, 1966, ex-m book and dj. 4. Only The Ball was White, Robert Peterson, 1971, ex, no dj. 5. When the Game Was Black and White: The Illustrated History of Baseball’s Negro Leagues, Bruce Chadwick, 1992 stated first edition, nm book, ex-m dj. Two Fireside books: 6. The Second Fireside Book of Baseball, Charles Einstein, 1958, introduction by Ted Williams, ex+ book and dj. 7. The Third Fireside Book of Baseball, Einstein, 1968, introduction by Stan Musial, stated first printing, ex+ book and dj. Excellent reading and reference!
Winning Bid $55.
