signed first edition Hardcover
1977 · (Los Angeles)
by TROUPPE, Quincy
(Los Angeles): S and S Enterprises, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Octavo. 285pp. Photographs. Slight binder's flaw has resulted in nominal wrinkles on a few pages (as seen on some copies) else near fine in good only dust jacket with shallow chipping and some overall dampstaining. Warmly Inscribed by the author on page 13 at his picture. An uncommon self-published book, an anecdotal history and personal memoir about African-American baseball by a player and manager in the Negro Leagues, who later signed with the Cleveland Indians as a catcher at the age of 38, and thereafter was a major league scout for many years. The author's son, (truncated)