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Pre-Civil War baseball, in a sporting newspaper...
Pre-Civil War baseball, in a sporting newspaper...
Item # 695715
June 27, 1857
SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, June 27, 1857
* Very early pre-Civil War baseball
It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
Page 6 has a report headed: "Cricket And Base Ball" which begins with reports on cricket matches, then reports on: "Base Ball" noting some details of two games.
Twelve pages, 12 1/4 by 17 3/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, great condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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