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1937 9" x 7" Type 1 black and white photo. Photo of New York Giant infielders (L to R) Sam Leslie, Johnny McCarthy, Burgess Whitehead, Dick Bartell, and Mel Ott standing in front of a dugout. Fine photo, with just a touch of rippling. Overall, a lovely photograph. In 1937, the New York Giants won the National League pennant, but ultimately lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series, four games to one. Mel Ott was a Hall of Fame right fielder who spent his entire playing career with the New York Giants (1926 - 1947). He was selected to 12 All-Stars games and was a 6x NL home run leader. Notably, he led the Giants in home run hitting for 18 consecutive seasons (1928 - 1945), which still stands as a record today, and was the third player to join the 500 home run club after Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx. This photo also features 2x All-Stars Dick Bartell (1933, 1937) and Burgess Whitehead (1935, 1937). . Photograph.
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New York Giants Infielders Type 1 Photograph
by 1937 New York Giants Infielders
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Rip Van Winkle
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Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1894 Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill with full-page plate illustrations and drawings throughout the text. Finely bound in three-quarter black morocco, marbled paper-covered boards ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, five raised bands to spine with titles and decorations in gilt, and marbled endpapers. Very good, with light toning to spine and board edges, a bit of wear to spine, top edge of rear board, fore edge of front board, and corners, binding slightly shaken, and light dampstaining to rear fly leaves and rear free endpaper. Overall, an attractive copy, finely bound and with clean illustrations. Originally published in 1819, Rip Van Winkle is a short story about a man living in the Catskill Mountain range in the years before the onset of the American Revolution. While walking his dog in the woods one day, Van Winkle meets the ghosts of the original Dutch settlers of New York and, after drinking some of their spirits, he falls into an enchanted sleep. He wakes up an…
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