HEROES OF THE NEGRO LEAGUES

New York: Abrams - Harry N. Abrams, 2007. Book. Illus. by Mark Chiarello;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 128 pp. Pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; illustrated endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Includes a novie documentary, Only the Ball Was White, produced to accompany this book. Also includes three dropped-in baseball cards, two in the old cigarette pack style, both printed by Sports Card News in 1992, one featuring Judy Johnson and one featuring Ray Dandridge; also included is a card from the 1990 Swell series of Baseball Greats, showing Larry Doby in a Cleveland Indians uniform. The front cover features a painting of Cool Papa Bell by Mark Chiarello; interior illustrations in full colour by Mark Chiarello. Bell was so fast that they used to say he could turn off the light switch and be in bed before the light went out. The Contents are: Introduction by Monte Irvin; John Gibson; Judy Johnson; Buck O'Neil; Willie Foster; Pop Lloyd; Henry Aaron; John Beckwith; Martin Dihigo; Ernie Banks; Jose Mendez; Max Manning; Mule Suttles; Hilton Smith; Ben Taylor; Willard Brown; Rube Foster; Satchel Paige; Spot Poles; Cristobal Torriente; Biz MacKey; Dobie Moore; Bruce Petway; Monte Irvin; Oscar Charleston; Leon Day; John Donaldson; Dave Brown; Dick Lundy; Home Run Johnson; Oliver Marcelle; Willie Mays; Smokey Joe Williams; Buck Leonard; Jackie Robinson; Willie Wells; Chino Smith; Andy Cooper; Newt Allen; Turkey Stearnes; Jud Wilson; Louis Santop; Pete Hill; Ray Brown; Double Duty Radcliffe; Sammy T. Hughes; Ray Dandridge; Cannonball Redding; Frank Grant; Bullet Rogan; Larry Doby; Bingo Demoss; Alejandro Oms; Dan McClellan; Bill Wright; Quincy Trouppe; Roy Campenella; Slim Jones; Chet Brewer; Gene Benson; and Cool Papa Bell..