Much on the International Cricket Match... Baseball as well...
Item # 696355
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WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Oct. 22, 1859 It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
All of pages 1 and 2 have columns black-bordered for the recent death of: "David C. Broderick", a politician of some note at the time.
Inside has much reporting on: "Cricket" "The International Cricket Match. The All England Eleven and Twenty-Two of the United States at Philadelphia" taking most of the page.
Also much on "Base Ball" with reports and box scores for 7 games.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, very nice condition.
All of pages 1 and 2 have columns black-bordered for the recent death of: "David C. Broderick", a politician of some note at the time.
Inside has much reporting on: "Cricket" "The International Cricket Match. The All England Eleven and Twenty-Two of the United States at Philadelphia" taking most of the page.
Also much on "Base Ball" with reports and box scores for 7 games.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$35
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.
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