This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2022
[BASEBALL]. A group of 37 books and magazines, 3 comic books, multiple newspaper clippings and excerpts, two Joe Di Maggio signed items (possibly secretarial), and several unrelated “pop culture” magazines. [V.p., 1909-1977]. Some general wear, creases, mild chipping, thumbsoiling, some occasional ink markings. Some titles include: Spalding’s Base Ball Record (for the years 1908, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1917), How to Play Baseball [New York: Thomas Crowell, [1913]], 1911 Wright and Ditson Baseball Guide (FFEP torn and chipped, in a new binding), among others. The comic books include: The Amazing Willie Mays by Famous Funnies, and Jackie Robinson by Fawcett Publications, issues #4 and #5 (toning, wear, thumbsoiling, some chipping, a few ink marks). The Di Maggio items are a typed letter signed on New York Yankees stationery (toned, creased, sticker residue on verso), and a 1949 issue of Baseball Digest (rear wrapper loose, some wear). The “pop culture” items include a program from Star Wars (1977) (some wear and creasing), Starlog Magazine, Number 3 (some wear, creasing), a Godzilla pamphlet in Japanese (ca. 1960s), and sheet music for “Over the Rainbow” from the film, the Wizard of Oz (New York: Leo Feist, 1939; some wear, creases, tears, thumbsoiling), and several other items.