Oct 22, 2015 - Sale 2394

Sale 2394 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 4,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
RUTH, BABE. The Babe Ruth Story. Signed and Inscribed on the half-title: "To my good friend / Ed Tillman / From / Babe Ruth." 8vo, publisher's red cloth; moderate fraying at spine ends, some loss to backstrip at left edge, faint scattered staining; lacking dust jacket. first edition. New York, 1948; inscription: [1948]

Additional Details

Edward Charles Tillman (1890-1956) was a dentist practicing in New York during the 1930s and 1940s whose patients included Babe Ruth.
Provenance: Edward C. Tillman and, by descent, to present owner.