Tuohey, George V. (ed.). A HISTORY OF THE BOSTON BASE BALL CLUB, Being a Public Testimonial to the Players of the 1897 Team.A Concise and Accurate History of Base Ball From its Inception.. M.F. Quinn: Boston, 1897.

Price: US$1144.25 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Photos; ads, 9 x 6.5", gilt-lettered scarlett cloth, 242pp with ads, covers quite rubbed, extremities worn and fraying, bottom forecorner of front cover chewed, front inner hinges cracking, ads inside front cover badly abraded from removal of bookplate, pp toned and used, title page and Preface page bottom corners clipped. Lacks pp3-4 which were ads. SWAF. SCARCE.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Tuohey, George V.. A History of the Boston Base Ball Club: Being a Public Testimonial to the Players of the 1897 Team in Recognition of the Magnificent Work of the Past Season.A Concise and Accurate History of Base Ball from its Inception.. M. F. Quinn & Co., Boston, 1897.

Price: US$1650.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Early history of baseball, Boston baseball in particular. Includes biographies of players, managers, groundskeeper, and even writers on baseball. Recently rebound in full blue cloth, paper spine label. Missing the original endsheets, which had some advertisements, and which seem to have been included in the pagination; all text present; some pages have edge-chipping, no text affected. Text clean; 3-242 pages; photos, ads. Size: 7" by 9¼"

Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.

Tuohey, George V. [Compiler]. A History of the Boston Base Ball Club. Boston: M. F. Quinn & Co., 1897.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Original red cloth, with front board lettered in gilt, and advertisements to endpapers. Very good, with light wear to spine ends and corners, light toning to spine with a bit of discoloration to head of spine, front hinge starting, light spotting to endpapers, and light soiling to some pages. Overall, a handsome copy. This 19th century baseball book surveys the history of baseball and, more specifically, the history of the Boston Base Ball Club, from its inception in 1871 to 1897. The book also features profiles of players on the roster at the time of publication, and earlier greats, like Mike "King" Kelly and A. G. Spalding. In 1869, the first all-professional baseball team, The Cincinnati Red Stockings, was assembled, but they were disbanded just one year later. In 1871, ex-Cincinnati player Harry Wright, his brother George, and two other teammates came to Boston and helped form the Boston Red Stockings, which won four titles in five years (1872 - 1875). The franchise still operates today as the Atlanta Braves, and is the longest-operating professional sports franchise in North America.

Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.