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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, (1866).
Price: $2,000.00
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(LEECH, John) SURTEES, Robert Smith
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., n.d [@1890s].
Price: $1,750.00
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MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES
ALLISON, William
New York: Brentano's, (1924).
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ALLISON, William
New York: Brentano's, (1924).
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THE HEART OF THE ORDER
BOSWELL, Thomas
New York: Doubleday, (1989).
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BOSWELL, Thomas
New York: Doubleday, (1989).
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![...CONTAINING THE REVISED RULES OF THE GAME FOR 1867, WITH AN EXPLANATORY APPENDIX TO EACH RULE, TOGETHER WITH FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR UMPIRES AND SCORERS, AND ALSO FOR PITCHING, BATTING AND FIELDING. THE WHOLE FORMING A STANDARD AUTHORITY ON ALL POINTS OF THE NATIONAL GAME. Small octavo (3-3/4" x 5-7/8") in original green wraps depicting three ballplayers on the front holding a bat and examining the rule book; [ii], 139, [iii] pages, plus covers. The issue published just nine years earlier in 1858 was the FIRST OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULE BOOK. Its author, Henry Chadwick, was the sport's first great journalist and a leading figure in the development of the game. Illustrated with about a dozen engravings in the text including full-page depictions of a regulation baseball field and a baseball pitcher. Includes not just rules but much advice on how to form and manage a club as well as specific hints on how to field, pitch, and bat. With several pages on how to play baseball on the ice! Owner name of E. S. Hughes of South Trenton, New York in light pencil on the top of the front cover and title page. Light foxing to some pages, heaviest on the bulked fore-edge of the text. The front cover has an inch-long vertical closed tear along the spine edge and a small triangular piece torn off the fore-edge and still present, laid in loosely, with no loss in either case.](/agvent/images/items/80x160/013613.jpeg "...CONTAINING THE REVISED RULES OF THE GAME FOR 1867, WITH AN EXPLANATORY APPENDIX TO EACH RULE, TOGETHER WITH FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR UMPIRES AND SCORERS, AND ALSO FOR PITCHING, BATTING AND FIELDING. THE WHOLE FORMING A STANDARD AUTHORITY ON ALL POINTS OF THE NATIONAL GAME. Small octavo (3-3/4\" x 5-7/8\") in original green wraps depicting three ballplayers on the front holding a bat and examining the rule book; [ii], 139, [iii] pages, plus covers. The issue published just nine years earlier in 1858 was the FIRST OFFICIAL BASEBALL RULE BOOK. Its author, Henry Chadwick, was the sport's first great journalist and a leading figure in the development of the game. Illustrated with about a dozen engravings in the text including full-page depictions of a regulation baseball field and a baseball pitcher. Includes not just rules but much advice on how to form and manage a club as well as specific hints on how to field, pitch, and bat. With several pages on how to play baseball on the ice! Owner name of E. S. Hughes of South Trenton, New York in light pencil on the top of the front cover and title page. Light foxing to some pages, heaviest on the bulked fore-edge of the text. The front cover has an inch-long vertical closed tear along the spine edge and a small triangular piece torn off the fore-edge and still present, laid in loosely, with no loss in either case.")
CHADWICK, Henry
New York: Haney & Co., 1867.
Price: $6,000.00
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ELLARD, Harry
Cincinnati: 1907.
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![Small octavo (4-1/8" x 6-7/8") in original purple cloth with a gilt spine decoration consisting of a banner, a bat, and a ball; [5], 6-282 pages. THE FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED TO PROMINENTLY FEATURE THE SPORT OF BASEBALL. Illustrated with four full-page plates, including one action depiction of a baseball game. Published the same year as the first professional team was born, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, this book for young readers follows its hero through school where he joins a "base ball club," otherwise known as "the nine." Although baseball had been mentioned previously, though sparingly, this was the first book where the infant sport was central to the story. It wasn't until 15 years later (1884) that a book was published that was entirely devoted to baseball (OUR BASE BALL CLUB AND HOW IT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.) There are some fascinating references in CHANGING BASE to the still evolving sport, including the "new" rule of calling balls and strikes. The author, who was elected to Congress in 1893, was the son of a more famous politician, Edward Everett, best known for giving the "other" speech at Gettysburg.](/agvent/images/items/80x160/013168.jpeg "Small octavo (4-1/8\" x 6-7/8\") in original purple cloth with a gilt spine decoration consisting of a banner, a bat, and a ball; [5], 6-282 pages. THE FIRST NOVEL PUBLISHED TO PROMINENTLY FEATURE THE SPORT OF BASEBALL. Illustrated with four full-page plates, including one action depiction of a baseball game. Published the same year as the first professional team was born, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, this book for young readers follows its hero through school where he joins a \"base ball club,\" otherwise known as \"the nine.\" Although baseball had been mentioned previously, though sparingly, this was the first book where the infant sport was central to the story. It wasn't until 15 years later (1884) that a book was published that was entirely devoted to baseball (OUR BASE BALL CLUB AND HOW IT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.) There are some fascinating references in CHANGING BASE to the still evolving sport, including the \"new\" rule of calling balls and strikes. The author, who was elected to Congress in 1893, was the son of a more famous politician, Edward Everett, best known for giving the \"other\" speech at Gettysburg.")
EVERETT, William
Boston: Lee And Shepard, 1869.
Price: $1,500.00
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AMERICAN FOOD AND GAME FISHES...
JORDAN, D.S. & EVERMANN, B.W
New York: Doubleday, 1902.
Price: $135.00
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JORDAN, D.S. & EVERMANN, B.W
New York: Doubleday, 1902.
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![...CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES, "MUFFIN" MATCHES AND THE GAME ON ICE. FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SCORERS, FORMATION OF CLUBS AND SELECTION OF NINES. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF OTHER INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING MATTER. Small octavo (4" x 6-3/8") in original gold wraps depicting a pitcher in uniform on the front about to throw a ball; [iv], 9-100 pages, plus covers. A very early rule book, illustrated with a frontispiece full-page engraving of two teams playing on a field as well as a diagram of a baseball field and a few small engravings in the text. Includes the constitution and the by-laws "founded chiefly on those of the Active Base-Ball Club of the City of New York." Also contains rules for players and umpires, including a prohibition on betting, as well as descriptions of the requirements for each position. A very useful index follows. The author was the secretary for the New York Base-Ball Association. An old dampstain affects most of the page throughout but is very light and hardly noticeable. The front wrap has a small chip in the upper right corner slightly affecting the price, and there are two small pieces lacking from the spine. The rear cover is detached but present. Someone long ago used three pieces of adhesive tape to keep the rear cover on, and while those pieces are no longer present there is a slight shadow visible. The front cover is on securely.](/agvent/images/items/80x160/013614.jpeg "...CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES, \"MUFFIN\" MATCHES AND THE GAME ON ICE. FULL DIRECTIONS FOR SCORERS, FORMATION OF CLUBS AND SELECTION OF NINES. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF OTHER INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING MATTER. Small octavo (4\" x 6-3/8\") in original gold wraps depicting a pitcher in uniform on the front about to throw a ball; [iv], 9-100 pages, plus covers. A very early rule book, illustrated with a frontispiece full-page engraving of two teams playing on a field as well as a diagram of a baseball field and a few small engravings in the text. Includes the constitution and the by-laws \"founded chiefly on those of the Active Base-Ball Club of the City of New York.\" Also contains rules for players and umpires, including a prohibition on betting, as well as descriptions of the requirements for each position. A very useful index follows. The author was the secretary for the New York Base-Ball Association. An old dampstain affects most of the page throughout but is very light and hardly noticeable. The front wrap has a small chip in the upper right corner slightly affecting the price, and there are two small pieces lacking from the spine. The rear cover is detached but present. Someone long ago used three pieces of adhesive tape to keep the rear cover on, and while those pieces are no longer present there is a slight shadow visible. The front cover is on securely.")
KELLY, M. J
New York: Robert M. De Witt, (1868).
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KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES...
KLAPP, H. M
Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1853.
Price: $75.00
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KLAPP, H. M
Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1853.
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WINTER SPORTS
KNEBWORTH, Viscount et. al
Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1932].
Price: $45.00
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KNEBWORTH, Viscount et. al
Philadelphia: Lippincott, [1932].
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THE MAN WHO WANTED TO PLAY CENTER FIELD FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES
MORGENSTEIN, Gary
New York: Atheneum, 1983.
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MORGENSTEIN, Gary
New York: Atheneum, 1983.
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THE GAME OF BILLIARDS
PHELAN, Michael
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863.
Price: $1,500.00
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PHELAN, Michael
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863.
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