Bone up on Negro League history with this collection of signed baseball books. Offered are (13) books, with (6) autographed by HOF and star players and (7) signed by authors. Graced with average ("8-9") strength autographs, these volumes present in better to like-new condition. Auction LOA from JSA.
Featured are:
1977 "20 Years Too Soon" signed and personalized by player/author Quincy Trouppe with "Quincy" only given name signature
1987 "Dandy, Day, and the Devil" by James A. Riley, signed by (5) with Willie Wells (d.1989), Leon Day (d.1995), Ray Dandridge (d.1994), Monte Irvin (d.2016) and author Riley
1994 "Ted Double Duty Radcliffe" by Kyle P. McNary, signed by Ted Radcliffe (d.2005)with "Double Duty" inscription
1996 "I Was Right on Time" signed by player/author Buck O'Neil (d.2006)
1996 "Nice Guys Finish First" signed and personalized by player/author Monte Irvin with "HOF 1973" inscription
2006 "Shades of Glory" by Lawrence D. Hogan, signed and personalized by (6) with Monte Irvin, Stanley Glenn (d.2011) with "Doc", author Hogan and three others
1983 "Invisible Men" signed and personalized by author Donn Rogosin
1988 "Pride Against Prejudice: The Biography of Larry Doby" signed and persoanlized by author Joseph Thomas Moore
1993 "Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles" signed by author James Overmeyer
1995 "Buck Leonard the Black Lou Gehrig" signed by author James A. Riley, also with a personalized salutation by the author with "Jim" only signature
2004 "Negro League Baseball" signed and personalized by author Ernest C. Withers
2008 "Black Ball Tales" signed and personalized by author John B. Holway
2018 "Biz Mackey" signed and personalized by author Rich Westcott