FAN AND FANNIE THE BASEBALL TWINS

by Valrie McMahan

$720 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York and Newark: Barse & Co, 1928 . First edition of the tale of three enchanted baseballs who learn about the natural world together, including a Black main character. Very good. Item #25829 Written during the golden age of Negro League baseball, this title acknowledges the talent of Black players while consistently placing Ginger the Black baseball in positions of subservience and inferiority to the white

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