SCP Auctions January 2009 Internet Auction

WHO'S WHO IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, PUBLISHED BY BUXTON PUBLISHING OF CHICAGO IN 1933, WAS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF ANNUALS EMPHASIZING BIOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY MAJOR LEAGUE STARS. IT ALSO FEATURES AN EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS AND SERVES AS A VALUABLE INFORMATION RESOURCE. THIS BOOK'S ORIGINAL OWNER ALSO USED IT AS A TOOL FOR COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS. THERE ARE SIGNATURES OF 30 PLAYERS FEATURED IN THE BOOK , OF WHICH NEARLY HALF ARE PROMINENT HALL OF FAMERS. FIFTEEN OF THE 30 SIGNATURES ARE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK YANKEES INCLUDING; BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG, SAM BYRD, EARLE COMBS, FRANK CROSETTI, BILL DICKEY, LEFTY GOMEZ, ART JORGENS, TONY LAZZERI, DAN MACFAYDEN, JOE MCCARTHY, RED RUFFING, JOE SEWELL, RUSS VAN ATTA AND DIXIE WALKER. OTHERS INCLUDE: LUKE APPLING, ROBERT BOKEN, JIMMIE DYKES, MILT GASTON, MULE HAAS, JACK HAYES, JOE HEVING, SAM JONES, TED LYONS, ED MADJESKI, MUDDY RUEL, MERV SHEA, GEORGE UHLE, JOHN WYATT AND JAMES AUSTIN. ALL OF THE AUTOGRAPHS ARE IN FOUNTAIN PEN INK, REMAINING WELL PROTECTED AND PRESERVED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE HARDBOUND VOLUME, AVERAGING 8-9/10. THE BOOK SHOWS LIGHT GENERAL WEAR, AND A SLIGHTLY LOOSENED SPINE, TYPICAL FOR HAVING BEEN HANDLED BY NUMEROUS SUBJECTS WHOSE SIGNATURES IT BEARS. IN VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. LOA FROM PSA/DNA.