[Rarebooks] FS: Personal Address Book for the First Black NEW YORK YANKEE and First Black AL MVP

[Charles Agvent]

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HOWARD,  Elston. SIGNED PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK with  many
       names including  Jackie  Robinson,  Yogi Berra,  etc..  Small
       (2-3/4"   x  3-3/4")   pocket-sized  otherwise   unremarkable
       address  book but for the fact that it belonged to great  New
       York Yankee  catcher Elston Howard who has SIGNED it with his
       address  at the beginning along with another smaller  partial
       signature on the front pastedown. It contains numerous names,
       phone numbers,  and  addresses  written by  Howard  including
       Jackie  Robinson,  Harry  Belafonte, Carmine  Basilio,  Rocky
       Colavito,  Roy  Campanella,  Lefty Gomez, Yogi  Berra,  Ralph
       Houk, Minnie   Minoso,  Bill  Skowron,   etc.,  even   Yankee
       Stadium.  Elston  Howard  was the first  African-American  to
       play for  the Yankees, one of the last major league clubs  to
       become  integrated. Due to the presence of Yogi Berra  behind
       the plate,  Howard  was  a  member of  four  American  League
       All-Star  teams  before  he  earned a regular  job  with  the
       Yankees  playing several different positions. In 1963  Howard
       hit a career-high  28  homeruns  and was voted  the  American
       League's  Most  Valuable Player-- the first black  player  to
       win the   honor.  An  excellent   fielder  and  hitter,   the
       nine-time  All Star seemed to have only one weakness:  speed.
       His manager  Casey  Stengel  reportedly said  of  Howard:  "I
       finally  get a black guy and they give me the only one who  can't
       run." Howard  died  in 1980 at the ago of 50. A few loose  or
       detached  pages. Backstrip lacking, shaken, but all there and
       quite scarce.                                        $1000.00

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