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 movie 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. 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..