AUTOGRAPHED BOOK OF DR. JOHN O'MEARA

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AUTOGRAPHED BOOK OF DR. JOHN O'MEARA
AN EXTRORDINARY AUTOGRAPH BOOK CONTAINING THE NAMES OF OVER 100 NOTABLES RELATED TO BASEBALL. THE BOOK RESULTED FROM EXCHANGES OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ITS OWNER AND FAMOUS BALL PLAYERS IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S. REPRESENTED ARE SIGNATURES OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY PLAYERS SUCH AS GEORGE WRIGHT, BILLY HAMILTON, EDWARD HANLON, GEORGE GORE, W.E. GOLDSMITH (WHO CLAIMS ON HIS PAGE TO HAVE ORIGINATED THE CURVE BALL) AND PAUL RADFORD. NOTABLE TWENTIETH CENTURY PLAYERS INCLUDE BABE RUTH, LOU GEHRIG (2), CONNIE MACK, EDDIE COLLINS, TOMMY LEACH, HONUS WAGNER, WALTER JOHNSON, HUGH DUFFY, JIMMIE FOXX, TY COBB, JOHN MCGRAW, DIZZY DEAN, LEFTY GROVE AND HALL OF FAME UMPIRE BILLY EVANS. ALSO FOUND ARE SIGNATURES OF SOME WELL KNOWN SPORTS WRITERS OF THE DAY AND GEORGE M. COHAN. INCLUDED WITH THIS LOT ARE SIGNATURES ON PAPER SEPAPATE FROM THE BOOK FEATURING A LARGE BOLD NAPOLEON LAJOIE AND MICKEY COCKRANE. MANY OF THE SIGNERS INDICATED THEIR TEAMS OR PLAYING CAREER DATE. THE PAGES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. ALSO INCLUDED ARE VARIOUS PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THE SIGNING OF THE BOOK INCLUDING LETTERS SIGNED BY JOE MCCARTHY AND EDWARD HANLON.