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1935-1952 Near Complete Run of Who’s Who in Major League Baseball.
Lot 128. 1935-1952 Near Complete Run of Who’s Who in Major League Baseball. Sixteen of the eighteen issues are here. All are hardbacks. These guides could easily be known as the “Callahan” guides because B. E. Callahan published them during their 18-year run. Speed Johnson edited them 1935-37. Chicago Daily News sports editor John P. Carmichael then edited the annuals through their final issue in 1952. The issues from 1935-40 are without dust jackets. The covers for these years range from vg-ex to ex-m with contents that range from ex to nm. Issues for 1936 and 1938 have the owner’s name inside, and the 1938 volume has light pencil marks on the title page. The 1935 issue is the edition that contains both the American and National Leagues. The leagues also were represented by separate volumes. The other volumes: 1942, ex cover, vg dj, ex contents. 1944, ex cover, vg dj, ex contents. 1945, ex-m cover, ex dj, ex-m contents. 1946, vg-ex cover, vg dj, ex-m contents. 1947, nm cover, vg dj, nm contents. 1948, vg-ex cover, ex-m contents, no dj. 1949, ex cover, owner’s name inside, otherwise ex-m contents, no dj. 1950, nm cover, vg-ex dj, nm contents. 1951, ex-m cover, vg-ex dj, nm contents. 1952, ex-m cover, vg dj, ex-m contents.
Winning Bid $520.
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