Baseball Oldfellow Alfred (2 results)
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1865
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller224 [4, ads] pp. 12mo, publisher's embossed cloth with gilt fishing vignette on front panel; preserved in a custom cloth folding box. First edition. Neat contemporary gift inscription; a worn and used copy in the original cloth. This novel for boys is the earliest known novel to contain substantial baseball content, preceding Ch…anging Bases (1868).
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1865
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller224 + 4, ads pp. 12mo, publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped cloth. First edition. A beautiful unworn copy. This novel contains the first fictional reference to baseball.