Let's See Some Notebook Covers
 

There are a number of different notebook covers out there and I think they are all pretty cool. I don't have one, but I invite you to post yours!

Here are a few:

• C. 1910 Notebook Cover of Rube Waddell (Proof) SGC A
• Play Ball Notebook with Hal Chase (front cover) & Frank Chance (back cover) (C. 1910)
• Stars Of The Diamond School Notebook with "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (1915)
• "Play Ball" Writing Tablet Featuring Bill Rariden, Happy Felsch, Ty Cobb & Ray Schalk (C. 1918)
• Toronto Maple Leafs Worlds Professional Hockey Champions and Stanley Cup Holders School Notebook (1932)

Here are 3 of Zach Wheat. They are all different sizes.The middle one is actually the biggest one, the first one is the smallest.

Love the Wheat cover with the gator skin!

Thanks Jeff. Love the Joe Jackson.

A neat array of notebook covers so far. I have just two but they're good 'uns.

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JB: Thought you might like to see this. It's your same Leafs image, slightly colorized and printed on thin paper. Got it from Classic Hockey auctions a few years back. You wouldn't know it by looking at him but Conn Smythe was as tough as any man alive in those days.

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Some great stuff posted already. I don't own this one but saved a scan b/c I thought it was cool.

Here's the Mathewson/Johnson from the same issue as the Chase/Chance above.

Notebooks
 

Always thought this was a great way to pick up vintage stars at a somewhat affordable price. Have a couple but this Jackson is my favorite.

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Stars of the Diamond seems to be a pretty popular notebook series during this time. Anybody ever put together a checklist for these?

Love the notebook covers and very under valued I think!

Baseball Stars - George Gibson
 

I've shown these before, but I never get tired of looking at them!

No longer have it...http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y27...ts/aaa1039.jpg

Wish I had a better picture.
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Jon--

While you wish you had a better photo of Mr. Wagner, thanks for posting this beauty. He's looking right into our eyes. I love it!:D

Cheers, bro. ---Brian Powell

David, all three are "good 'uns" indeed. Breathtaking! Thanks for sharing with us. I love 'em!:D ---Brian Powell

1924? Stars of the Diamond Burleigh Grimes
 

I just picked this up at a show in St Louis over the weekend.

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Only One I have
 

Circa. 1915-1920

Man, that Hal Chase notebook is pretty sweet. I bid on the same one in eBay some time ago, but lost it at the end. Still kills me! If it's for sale, let me know. Thanks for sharing.

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Only notebook I have. Snagged on eBay a few months ago. Curious if anyone has seen this one before.

I find these Notebook Covers fascinating.

Thank you for posting them.

Very cool stuff.

Here's another Stars of the Diamond cover. Wonder how many different ones we can get posted on here? May be a good way to come up with our own checklist of these.

The guy I bought mine from had several. I should have snapped a pic. I did get his business card though so I'll send him an email tonight.

This beauty is up for auction in January:

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Matty Base Ball Stars Notebook
 

Notes inside were kept from May 1911 - Oct 1913 and are all about breeding cows!

1920s-30s Baseball Star Notebooks Lew Fonseca
 

Picked up my first Baseball Star Notebook, picturing Lew Fonseca. There seems to be quite a few different players in this series. Are there any checklists for this or other notebook series?

Reviving an old thread for a new, old cover... No pages in it but in really nice condition otherwise. Picked up at the local Dallas / Allen show yesterday....
and I see one was posted above too....never really remember this one but it's cool...

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Another "Christy". The notes inside deal with Physical Geography, the Eruption of Krakatoa and a couple others.

Brown & Bigelow made Joe Louis notebooks:

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c1920 Stars of the Diamond Stan Coveleski Notebook
 

Here's another. c1920 Stars of the Diamond Notebook with HOFer Stan Coveleski from the Cleveland Indians on the cover. They misspelled his name "Coveleske." Measures 7-3/4" x 9-3/4" or so.

The 1925 A.L. MVP (with the Wash. Senators):

I collect notebooks and tablets and I have NEVER seen this. Gehrig covers are more than scarce. That's a good one.

I am not that familiar with collecting notebook covers but there are some interesting and nice looking ones here

Here is my Christy Mathewson notebook cover (I think that's what it is based on the thickness and the residue on the top) that I don't think has been listed among any of the "sets" I have seen before. I also know of a Cobb, Marquard, and Joe Wood.

That Matty notebook cover is flat-out gorgeous, Bryan.

Here are a few :

Ruth writing tablet

Thanks! Good to see ya!!

These have great eye appeal

Wow

Here's a Simmons from the same issue

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The border style seems to be a popular snapshot design from the era. Here's a Hartnett:

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Here's a modern version from 1974:

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This one goes with the 7 beauties that Doug showed above:

I think this qualifies......

7 beauties that you were kind enough to part with when you bought them along with that Johnson back in June!

Here are a few more

I like those!

JoeJax:

Ad for Notebooks
 

Found this on ebay today. Anyone have these notebooks? The ad dates them to 1915.

Notebook Covers might be the perfect way for me to obtain something of players whose cards I have trouble affording. For the collectors in the thread are there any Ruth, Gehrig or Cobb covers that go under 1K? Thanks

Cobb
 

Yes I think so. This group of 4, including Cobb, went for $1000 on Heritage.

There was actually 2 sets of notebook/notebook covers that sold at HA. Both sets of 4 1 had Ruth and Jackson (and smaller photo on bottom of Cobb and Mathewson amongst others) the 2nd set had wagner and Jackson. One 4 pack went for 3,000 and the other $3500.

Both nice sets and would look good in any collection

I know it's apples and oranges, but notebooks and their covers are among the many categories of wildly undervalued memorabilia compared to cards, IMO. There must be some fantastic displays of notebooks out there. Anyone?

What a bargain!

Here are the others that I know of that go with my Mathewson (post 36). Includes Matty again to put them all in one spot.