Mar 29, 2018 - Sale 2471

Sale 2471 - Lot 352

Unsold
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(SPORTS--BASEBALL.) Manley, Effa; and Leon Herbert Hardwick. Negro Baseball . . . Before Integration. Numerous illustrations. 128 pages. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, minor wear; inscribed on title page "To Thomas C. Murray, best wishes, Leon H. Hardwick." Chicago: Adams Press, 1976

Additional Details

Effa Manley (1897-1981) was owner of the Newark Eagles and first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Her co-author Hardwick was the former sports editor of the Baltimore Afro-American, and published the book himself with an initial press run of 500 (Jet Magazine, 3 March 1977).