Fine Books & Manuscripts

[Baseball] Autograph Album of 1929-32 Baseball Stars. Bound collection of 62 tipped in cards or small autograph pages, mostly with single autographs, and a few with multiple signatures, with annotations on the opposing page. Autographs for 1929 include: New York Giants pitchers Frank J. “Dutch” Henry, Carl Hubbell, and Ralph Judd, Melvin Ott, outfielder, Andy Cohen, second base, Jim Welsh, outfield, Fred Leach, outfield, Andy Reese, second base, Freddie Lindstrom, third base, Bill Terry, first base, pitchers Bill Walker and Fred Fitzimmons, and Pat Crawford, infield. St. Louis players Frank Frisch, second base, Gabby Street, manager, Taylor Douthit, outfield, Ernie Orsatti, outfield, Chick Hafey, outfield. Boston Braves players “Rabbit” Maranville, shortstop, Eddie Farrell, shortstop, G.W. Harper, outfield, George Sisler, first base. Chicago Cubs players Hank Grampp, pitcher, Hack Wilson, outfield, Leo “Gabby” Hartnett, catcher. There is a single page with the signatures of 13 members of the 1929 Boston Braves team and another single page with the signatures of four NY Giants players for the same year. 1930 autographs include: New York Yankees players Bennie Bengough, catcher, and Roy Sherid, pitcher, as well as Chicago Cubs players Guy Bush, pitcher, Bob Osborn, pitcher and Bill McAfee, pitcher. 1932 autographs include Pittsburgh Pirates George Gibson, manager, Pie Traynor, third base, Lloyd Waner, outfield, Paul Waner, outfield, Gus Dugas, outfield, Earl Grace, catcher, Adam Comorosky, outfield, “Bill” Harris, pitcher, Tommy Padden, catcher, Tony Piet, second base, Gus Suhr, first base, and J. Vaughan, shortstop, as well as New York Giants Johnny Vergez, third base and Chick Fullis, outfield. St. Louis Cardinals players Dizzy Dean, pitcher, Tex Carleton, pitcher, Jimmy Wilson, catcher, Ray Blades, outfield, Jimmy Reese, second base, Ripper Collins, infield, Gus Mancuso, catcher, Jim Bottomley, first base, Paul Derringer, pitcher, and Charlie Gilbert, shortstop. Other celebrities’ autographs present include Gene Tunney, undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, Lottie Moore Schoemmell, famed woman marathon swimmer, Stanley Hausner, pioneer aviator, Lowell Thomas, correspondent, with motion picture stars Bebe Daniels, Mary Pickford, and Kay Francis. An untouched early autograph collection in excellent condition.