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Item # 695735
October 30, 1858
SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Oct. 30, 1858  It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage". 
Page 5 has: "The Great Prize Fight" which provides a round-by-round report of the boxing match between John Morrissey and John C. Heenan.
Page 7 has a brief item: "New Base Ball Club" which begins: "A Base Ball Club has just been formed in Flushing, L.I. The officers are as follows..." with the list.
Twelve pages, 12 3/4 by 18 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, great condition.