Lot 233.  Eleven volume Preston Orem series – “Baseball From The Newspaper Accounts” 1882-1892. Most serious collectors of 19th Century are familiar with Preston Orem’s work “Baseball From the Newspaper Accounts 1845-1881”, a popular and fairly easy to find hardback account of early baseball. Of significantly greater rarity is the eleven volumes Orem did subsequently consisting of spiral bound books, one for each of the following years from 1882 through 1892. Interestingly the pages in the volumes are consecutively numbered and they total 628 pages. We auctioned a complete set in 1994 which went for $2,000+. We have seen only one other since. Excellent +. Minimum Bid $750.

Lot 234.  Complete 1921 Trilogy of Spink Sports Stories – 1000 Big and Little Ones. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Volumes bound in red. About 1,400 pages of great stories and great photographs of mostly baseball and some other sports. The highly desired books are in excellent and better condition. Winning Bid $393.

Lot 235.  1929 Philadelphia Athletics Yearbook style book. Published after the A’s 1929 Championship, the 10 1/2” x 7 3/4” paperback 56 page book features 24 pages with a drawing of a player and an accompanying biography on each page. Key players included are Manager Connie Mack, Cochrane, Foxx, Collins, Grove and Simmons. Very good-excellent with centerfold loose. Winning Bid $250.

Lot 236.  4 Boston Yearbook style Publications from 1930, 1935, 1936 and 1946. The 1930 and 1935 are the rare and well illustrated “Batter Up” style books. Both consist of 64 pages with detailed stories on both the Braves and the Red Sox as well as rosters for all teams in both leagues. The 1936 “Who’s Who in Boston Major League Baseball” is a rare 24 page contraction of Callahans Whos Who, but confined to the two Boston teams. The final book is the 1946 32 page Booklet celebrating the 1946 Champions with a large poster with a team composite tipped in on the inside back cover. All are in excellent condition. Winning Bid $440.

Lot 237.  12 Chicago Cub/White Sox Publications from the years 1934-1942. Highlighted by the large (8” x 11”) yearbook style books issued in 1934 with the art deco covers. The White Sox book is much rarer. There are 5 6” x 9” books extracted from Callahan’s Whos Who books. All are rare. They are “The Cubs of 1935”, “1936 Who’s Who in Major League Baseball”, “White Sox and Cubs of 1936”, “The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox of 1938” and “Players Records Chicago National League Baseball Club 1939”. In addition, a 1934 4” x 6” “Play Ball – The Cubs”, a pamphlet meant to be mailed to fans, a 1937 4 1/2” x 6” autograph book with full pages of Cubs meant to be signed, a 1940 5” x 8” Chicago Cubs 1940 Player Roster and Record Book and 1941 and 1942 Chicago Cubs Players History and Record Books. Condition averages very good-excellent or better. Winning Bid $500.

Lot 238.  1946 Boston Red Sox Commemorative program with foldout and autographed by Ted Williams. Beautiful commemorative program issued by the Boston Globe. Signed on inside front cover “Best Wishes Ted Williams”. The program includes an 18” x 16” foldout of a team composite tipped in to the inside back cover. Everything is in mint condition except for a corner crease on the back cover. Minimum Bid $300.

Lot 239.  3 Washington Senator Yearbooks – 1947, 1950 and 1951. Three rare books, generally considered to be yearbooks. The 1947 is an 8 5/8” x 5 1/2” 16 page pamphlet featuring Walter Johnson on the cover. Inside are small photos of all the Senators with a few lines of biographical information. The 1950 yearbook, called a picture album, with its turquoise cover features full page photos with biographical information. There is a tack hole and a small missing square of paper in the upper left corner (gd-vg). The third book was issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the American League, is in excellent condition and focuses on Washington’s history in the American League. Winning Bid $440.

Lot 240.  2 Moe Berg Books including extremely rare volume by his sister. The first book is fairly common and can be found easily. “Moe Berg Athlete, Scholar.... SPY” by Kaufman, Fitzgerald & Kaufman is in excellent condition with its original dust jacket. The other volume “My Brother Morris Berg The Real Moe” is a large format, privately printed, 8 1/2” x 11” book. The volume, all 357+ pages shows copies of letters, photos, official documents, etc. from all over the world. Minimum Bid $500.

Lot 241.  Fabulous group of 212+ Media Guides from the Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, LA Dodgers and the San Diego Padres spanning the years 1958-2009. Group includes some very rare guides from the Giants and the Angels early years. Details are as follows: L.A. or California Angels – 1962 to 2009 missing 2001; San Francisco Giants – 1958 to 2009 missing 1961 and 1963, with variations for 1959 and 1966 and 1967; Seattle Mariners complete from 1977 to 2009; Los Angeles Dodgers from 1970 through 2009, missing 1996 with reproductions from 1958 to 1969; San Diego Padres from 1969 to 2009 missing 2001; Minimum Bid $1,000.

Lot 242.  Complete run of “The Old Judge” newsletter from its inception in 1985 to its conclusion in 1994. A total of 51 mostly 8 page issues in excellent condition. Most are three hole punched. Minimum Bid $200.

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