Large circa 1935 guest book from the Newark Athletic Club, 10.75 x 12, signed prominently inside in fountain pen, "Babe Ruth, New York City." The balance of the book contains hundreds of signatures—including that of writer Carl Sandburg—from guests for past Abraham Lincoln birthday celebrations held at the Newark Athletic Club by Valentine Bjorkman, for whom this guest book was dedicated to on January 1, 1936. The guest book is bound in wooden boards with front cover impressively carved with an image of Lincoln reading a book beneath a tree, with text below: "Lincoln Room, Valentine Bjorkman." The cover image was also used for a bookplate created by John Wolcott Adams and issued for the "Lincoln Library of Valentine Björkman." In fine condition. A signature of true Ruthian proportions that's made all the more desirable by his NYC addition.
