First British touring cricket team... Much on baseball...
Item # 696361
October 08, 1859
WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Oct. 8, 1859
* English cricket team in North American tour
It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
Page 4 and 5 have considerable coverage of the historic: "Great International Cricket Matches!" involving the team from England. This was the first-ever overseas cricket tour by a British team & received much publicity at the time. Included within the reports are 3 illustrations, uncommon for the period.
Page 6 has considerable coverage headed; "BASE BALL" which includes text and the box scores for eleven baseball games.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, very nice condition.
* English cricket team in North American tour
It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
Page 4 and 5 have considerable coverage of the historic: "Great International Cricket Matches!" involving the team from England. This was the first-ever overseas cricket tour by a British team & received much publicity at the time. Included within the reports are 3 illustrations, uncommon for the period.
Page 6 has considerable coverage headed; "BASE BALL" which includes text and the box scores for eleven baseball games.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
