Signed, Limited Edition: "A Day in the Bleachers" by Arnold Hano


Item Number: 107

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $700

Online Close: May 5, 2010 8:00 PM PDT

Bid History: 0 bids



Description

A beautiful edition for the baseball lover and book collector: A baseball book . . . about the first game of the 1954 World Series between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Indians, in which Willie Mays made his legendary over-the-shoulder catch deep in center field. It is written from the perspective of a fan and is recognized as a classic.


It is beautifully illustrated by Mark Ulriksen, a San Francisco born artist and illustrator.


The book edition is limited to four hundred numbered copies for sale: this book is number 34 and is signed by the author and the artist.


The book is large octavo in format, 11 by 7-1/2 inches, 172 pages plus fourteen sewn-in leaves of varying widths for the illustrations. The types are Cushing Old Style and Stationers Gothic Bold, printed by letterpress. The paper for the text is Zerkall Book Laid, a German mouldmade paper. The illustrations were printed by offset lithography on Lustro Dull paper. The running heads carry the page numbers and line score of the game, Indians on the left and Giants on the right, updating runs, hits, and errors as the game progresses. The endpapers show the complete box score. The books are hand-sewn with red linen thread (recalling baseball stitching) over linen tapes and bound in blue-grey cloth with an inset reproduction at smaller scale of Seventh-inning stretch on the front cover.

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If the winner cannot pick up this item at the ALF office in Sacramento, winning bidder is responsible for shipping, handling & insurance costs, to be determined, in addition to the winning bid price.

Donated by

Wes Doak, ALF-MV Founder