Lot # 1069: 1979 "The Yankees" Hardcover Book Signed by (9) with Mickey Mantle (X2) - Whitey Ford Personal Collection LOP

Examine the history of baseball's winningest franchise, while perusing this multi-signed 1979 book "The Yankees: The Four Fabulous Eras of Baseball's Most Famous Team". The New York Yankees have enjoyed tremendous success since acquiring Babe Ruth in 1920, capturing a record 41 AL pennants, and winning the World Series a record 27 times. Covered by its original dust jacket, this hardcover book looks at four periods of Yankees dynastic rule over the grand game of baseball, with the Ruth-Gehrig era, the DiMaggio era, The Mantle-Stengel era, and the "Money Players" of the late-1970s. On top of all the good reading, this nicely preserved volume is blessed with a total of (9) firm signatures including (2) by Mickey Mantle.

Featured signers as they appear front to back are:

Front flyleaf page (5) signatures: Mickey Mantle (HOF), Bill Moose Skowron, Jake Gibbs, Whitey Ford (HOF), Mike Ferraro;

Page 94 (1) signature: Hank Bauer;

Page 98 (1) signature: Mickey Mantle (HOF) on a full-page photograph with Casey Stengel, that is well-suited for framing;

Back flyleaf page (2) signatures: Ralph Houk, Enos Slaughter (HOF).

Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA. Whitey Ford signed personal collection LOP.