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1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY
1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY

1851 TOY BOOK EARLY BASEBALL ENGRAVING CHILDREN'S ANTIQUE CHAPBOOK SPORT TROY NY

$ 92.4

Availability: 67 in stock
  • Condition: Good condition, with moderate wear and soiling, rough chipping to cover and first leaf at crown of spine, early glue mend on spine, scattered foxing.
  • Publisher: Merriam & Moore
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Special Attributes: Illustrated
  • Illustrator: Alexander Anderson
  • Author: Maria Edgeworth
  • Binding: Softcover, Wraps
  • Year Printed: 1851
  • Place of Publication: Troy NY
  • Topic: Baseball
  • Language: English
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Region: North America

    Description

    RARE TOY BOOK WITH EARLY DEPICTION OF BOYS PLAYING BASEBALL, 1851
    FRANK AND THE COTTAGE.
    Troy, NY: Merriam & Moore, [1851; dated by imprint].
    Early edition with depiction of boys playing baseball
    [Block,
    Baseball Before We Knew It
    , p. 213; publisher’s series “The Edgeworth Toys”]. Original yellow pictorial wrappers (c.6.75 x 3.75 inches), 12 pages, sewn, illustrated with wood engravings (p.12 signed “A”-- the noted engraver, Alexander Anderson). Text adapted from Maria Edgeworth. Good condition, with moderate wear and soiling, rough chipping to cover and first leaf at crown of spine, early glue mend on spine, scattered foxing. Please see photographs to help best assess condition.
    A nice example of a rare toy book, with early depiction of Baseball. Currently absent from the trade and indexed auction records.
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