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Johnson, Harold (Speed). WHO'S WHO IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASE BALL [BASEBALL]. Buxton Publishing: Chicago, IL, 1933.

Price: US$172.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Photo portraits, 11.25 x 8.75", gilt-lettered red cloth, 544pp, covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and badly fraying, hinges loose, old ink ownership inscription inside front cover, pp a bit wavy from dampness, some red dye from cover showing on edges of prelims, pp toned; a well used and well loved copy of this old standard; shows photos of (most of) the players in suits and ties. SWAF. FIRST EDITION (NAP).

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Harold (Speed) Johnson. Who's Who in Major League Base Ball. Chicago: Buxton Publishing Co., 1933.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A well-loved book with careful annotation on the player pages of trades and stats. Lacking dj. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, soiling. Pages lightly tanned.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Harold (Speed) Johnson (ed.). Who's Who in Major League Baseball. Buxton Publishing, 1933.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Foliio in red cloth, gilt spine title, title and devise in gilt on the front board. Binding tight and square, very modest rubbing at the corners and spine ends, the bottom 1/4' of the spine cloth is faded, one signature a small bit proud.

Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

JOHNSON, Harold ( Speed ). WHO'S WHO IN BASE BALL. Buxton Publishing Coq ( 1933 ), Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$190.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Quarto, 544 pages, red cloth, tears to some leaves, recased with new endpapers, and the original spine in place (with shadows of the old cellophane tape where strips of tape (that held the spine on) have been removed. Beginning with a large frontispiece photograph of the first Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, this work proceeds to detail everything, from soup to nuts, from owners to coaches, from umpires to players, from baseball reporters to the Rules of the Game. The photographs are plentiful and peculiar - to the extent that they depict most of the players in street clothes, and not uniformsl

Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Johnson, Harold "Speed". Who's Who in Major League Base Ball. Buxton Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, 1933.

Price: US$199.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Likely First Edition, copyright 1933 with no additional printings listed. Bound in red cloth binding with gold titles. Some age-darkening to spine titles, light edge wear and a few stains on binding, remains Very Good. The contents are clean and unmarked. The front inner hinge is loosening however binding remains solid. Still a nice copy. International shipping may require added postage charges.

Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

JOHNSON, Harold (Speed). Who's Who in Major League Base Ball. Buxton Publishing Co, Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1933 edition. Large quarto. 544pp. Illustrated from photographs. Red cloth boards. Chip in upper right corner of front board, with some light staining on the same board, else very good and internally about fine. An important volume, heavily illustrated with photographs and full-page biographies of then current baseball stars. A presentable copy of a large book usually found well-worn.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Harold (Speed) Johnson. Who's who in major league base ball. Buxton PUblishing Co, 1933.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: name inscribed inside front cover

Seller: Hollywood Canteen Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada

Johnson, Harold ("Speed"). Who's Who in Major League Baseball. Buxton Publishing Co, Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$210.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Large (quarto) format in textured red cloth stamped in gilt. (This, the first edition, came in both red and in violet cloth, priority undetermined). 544 pp. Illustrated with sepia portraits of every major league baseball player of 1933 as well as league officials, umpires, coaches and club officials, journalists and an old-timer's section. One of the cornerstone baseball titles, this first issue of Who's Who was the only edition published in this deluxe size and quality (in subsequent years it was produced in smaller format and eventually went to digest size). Each player had his own page which included his personal date, statistics and an extensive biographical entry, as well as the studio-quality sepia portrait. The current-player section included Ruth , Gehrig, Foxx, Hartnett, Grove, etc. The extensive old-timer's section has individual, illustrated pages on Mathewson, Cobb, Delehanty, Plank, Joss and all the early stars. A solid very good or slightly better example, light wear at the extremities, previous owner's name and address front free endpaper. Lacking the very scarce dust jacket.

Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.

Johnson, Harold ("Speed"). Who's Who in Major League Baseball. Buxton Publishing, Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Red cloth boards with gilt titling on front and spine, some edge wear and small stain on front cover. Binding is tight. Pages are clean.

Seller: Friends of PLYMC, Youngstown, OH, U.S.A.

JOHNSON, Harold (Speed). Who's Who in Major League Base Ball. Buxton Publishing Co, Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1933 edition. Large quarto. 544pp. Illustrated from photographs. Red cloth boards. Owner name on the front fly, a small spot on the front board, slight wear on the spine ends, very good. An important and attractive volume, heavily illustrated with photographs and full-page biographies of then current baseball stars. A nice, presentable copy of a large book usually found well-worn.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

COMPILED BY HAROLD (SPEED) JOHNSON. WHO'S WHO IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. BUXTON PUB. CO., CHICAGO, ILL., 1933.

Price: US$395.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: nice, problem free copy!

Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.

Johnson, Harold (Speed) Compiled By. Who's Who in Major League Base Ball. Buxton Publishing Co, Chicago IL, 1933.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: 544 pages. small former owner's name on first page. introduction by Henry P. Edwards. sections on Kenesaw M. Landis, biographies of Baseball Officials and Immemoria, Sketch on James Iovino and Introduction to Players, Umpires, Hank O'Day, History of Baseball etc. light scuffs to covers, with some light spots. light foxing to inside front and rear covers. very bottom edge of last page has bottom one inch mended with clear tape and on page 543 & 544 at bottom are light brownish spots (dissimilar to foxing). red cloth covers with gilt titles. spine a little dulled. shipping will be extra for this book, please inquire. ; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 "

Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.

[Baseball].. Who's Who in Major League Bass Ball.. Buxton Publishing,, Chicago:, 1933.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: 4to, textured red cloth, gilt title on top cover and spine, illustrated, 544 pp. Light rubbing to extremities, slight aging; about near fine. This was the first installment of this book, which was compiled by Harold "Speed' Johnson. It is a rich volume of baseball information from a significant year in the history of the sport. The book includes photographs of the players, and useful information about their records. Not surprisingly Babe Ruth got double page coverage, who at that time had 653 career home runs and a lifetime batting average of .354. According to Who's Who his first contract was for $600. Two-page coverage was also given to Ty Cobb, and of course the legendary Lou Gehrig. This is an incredible collector's piece from a time when baseball was really the national pastime.

Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books, ABAA, Florham Park, NJ, U.S.A.

Johnson, Harold (Speed). Who's Who in Major League Baseball. Chicago: Buxton Publishing Company, 1933.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Inscribed by the book's publisher, Grover C. Buxton, on front free endpaper: "To 'Bobby' / from / Grover / Sept. 27, 1933", and signed again by Buxton on p. 11. Original red cloth, baseball design and title in gilt to front board, titles in gilt to spine, frontispiece photograph of High Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis. A good copy with a rectangular patch of fading to front board, a bit of wear and soiling to exterior, hinges slightly loose, fairly large chip to p. 47, pages otherwise intact and very clean, offsetting and residue from removed bookplate to front free endpaper. Overall, a presentable copy of a classic baseball book. Who's Who in Major League Baseball, compiled by the sportswriter Harold (Speed) Johnson, is a directory that includes biographical sketches and statistics for the professional baseball players around the time of its publication. It also includes sections with biographies on coaches, umpires, statisticians, and other figures in the world of baseball. Each biography includes a sepia portrait alongside it. This is the first edition of the first book, which was issued annually afterwards until 1955.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Johnson, Harold (Speed). Who's Who in Major League Baseball. Buxton Publishing, Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$995.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 544 pages. First edition, first printing. Biographies, statistics and photographs of hundreds of major league players as well as owners, umpires, old-timers and sportswriters. Fine book in a very good chipped rare dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.

Johnson, Harold (Speed). WHO'S WHO IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL. Buxton Publishing, Chicago, IL, 1933.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: 544pp Illus Signed by HOF's Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Frankie Frisch & Joe Sewell; also signed by Charlie Grimm. Signatures are blue ink with a fountain pen; Frisch in red ink with a fountain pen. Rebound in red cloth with new endpapers. First 9 pages are chipped and tattered; title page and half-title page are been incorrectly re-inserted. Library stamps throughout. Numerous tears and tapings. PP 256 and 257 have been roughly separated. Signatures have been checked against PSACARD and SCD's BB Autograph Handbook (2nd edition.) Size: Oversized

Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.

JOHNSON, Harold (Speed).. Who's Who in Major League Base Ball [Baseball].. Buxton Publishing Co., Chicago, 1933.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: 544 pp. Illustrated from photographs throughout. Folio, publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket. First edition. 1944 ink gift inscription; otherwise very near fine in a jacket with numerous long splits and tears neatly reinforced with tissue on verso; and a number of one-inch+ chips.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.