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Item # 696372

June 25, 1870

SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, New York, June 25, 1870  It is subtitled in the masthead: "A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, and the Stage". 
Page 5 has a full column headed: "The Base Ball Field" which includes reports on two baseball games as well as reports and news items on the sport.
The same page has: "Our Chess Department" which includes an illustration.
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 1/4 inches, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 342 (released for May, 2024)

Category: Pre-Civil War