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Much text on the baseball game...
Much text on the baseball game...
Item # 696356
September 24, 1859
WILKES' SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, Sept. 24, 1859
* Very early baseball game
* Pre American Civil War era
It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage".
Inside has considerable text under: "BASE BALL" "New York vs. Brooklyn", teams being the Excelsior and the Empire. Box score included as well, in addition to some text and box scores on 3 other baseball games.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, a sporting-themed engraving in the masthead, very nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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