Play Ball with Kellogg's; How to Play Baseball and Facts for Fans by Lew Fonseca - 1930

Little technical library. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (baseball, how to, pitch) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Chicago: Little Technical Library. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. DJ has some moderate wear, creasing, chipping, a tear on the front, and a small missing piece at the bottom right corner. Spine is beginning to crack at a few signatures. .

Ziff Davis Publishing Company, 1942-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Staining to covers, mostly front cover. Lightly read. No markings in book. Binding is fine. B&W photos. 107pp.

This first and second baseman debuted in 1921 with the Cincinnati Reds (until 1924), playing also for the Philadelphia Phillies (1925), Cleveland Indians (1927-31) and Chicago White Sox (1931-33); he plays himself in the 1927 silent comedy "Slide, Kelly, Slide," a film that supposedly got him interested in using film footage to analyze baseball games and players, which practice he pioneered as manager of the White Sox (1932-34). Bold "Best wishes / From" and signature in blue fineline, heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., n.y. Fine. A nice later life example.

Little Technical Library, 1942. Very Good. Fonseca, Lew. How to Pitch Baseball. Chicago, IL: Little Technical Library, 1942. third printing. 107pp. 16mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good.. Edges lightly rubbed and lower corners slightly bumped. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and slight chipping on head of spine. A couple of tiny closed tears. Now housed in jacket protector.

Fonseca played first and second base for the Cincinnati Reds (1921-24), Philadelphia Phillies (1925), Cleveland Indians (1927-31) and Chicago White Sox (1931-33, manager 1932-34); Haas played center field for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1925), Philadelphia Athletics (1928-32, 1938) and Chicago White Sox (1933-37); Schang played catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics (1913-17, 1930), Boston Red Sox (1918-20), New York Yankees (1921-25), St. Louis Browns (1926-29) and Detroit Tigers (1931); Baseball Hall of Famer Lloyd Waner played center field for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1927-41, 1944-45) with several one-year WW2 gigs with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies; and his older brother, Baseball Hall of Famer Paul Waner, played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1926-39), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941, 1943-44), Boston Braves (1941-42) and New York Yankees (1944-45). Large and bold signatures of these five players on a 3½" X 6" pale blue sheet, n.p., n.y. [likely 1930]. Near fine.… Read More