Fonseca Lew (9 results)

VG plus embossed red cloth small octavo hardcover. No dj. Illustrated eps. No names or markings. 107pp. Illustrated with photos. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Staining to covers, mostly front cover. Lightly read. No markings in book. Binding is fine. B&W photos. 107pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 3rd Printing; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 107 pp; Binding is slightly cocked, light foxing on fore edges, binding is cracked in the middle but still secure, no loose pages. DJ has some soiling and several closed tears on hinges and fore edges, small chip at top of DJ spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near VG. First Edition. Assumed first edition. Very good in near very good dust jacket. Book shows minimal shelf-wear, some mild discoloration to pages, due to age. Jacket has a few small chips to bottom edge, spine has been lightly bumped, split at front-flap crease. Now in protective mylar.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (baseball, sports, instruction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. Instruction by the former manager of the Chicago White Sox. A small, slim book Illustrated with photos. Fine in a lightly worn jacket.

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.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by Fonseca. Spine darkened. 1942 written in ink on cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed & Inscibed.

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. Schang signs at top, with a small (3¼" X 3/4") typed slip beneath this ("Veteran Big League / Catching Ace (1765 games) / 17 years American League"), then below this are Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner, Haas and Fonseca. A unique and attractive grouping that includes two scarce Hall of Fame brothers -- and accompanied by two fine modern color reproductions (Dover Press) from the "Diamond Stars" series of baseball cards for Lloyd Waner and Paul Waner, each glossy heavy stock 2½" X 3" -- Lloyd in 1934 catching a ball in center field and Paul in 1935 striking a batting pose.