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Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Picture is matted and near fine. ; B&W Illustration; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Illustration taken from Spalding's America's National Game of 1911. This illustration was on the back of page 61. It shows the Champion Unions of Morrissana, New York -- a team from the 1860's, possibly 1867 when a picture similar to this one appeared in Harper's.
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.
CAMP, Walter. Spalding's Official Football Guide - 1911. American Sports Publishing Co., NY, 1911.
Price: US$47.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in blue and white wraps illustrated wraps. This is Group II, No.2. A light bit of wear to spine ends and one tiny tape repair at bottom of spine, but a most acceptable copy considering its age and fragility. 280 pp. + ads. Lots of photos of football players of the age. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
. Spalding's Official Lawn Tennis Annual for 1911. American Sports Publishing Company, 1911.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original Spalding's Official Lawn Tennis Annual for 1911 illustrated with vintage black and white photographs. Cover is worn with nicks/creases at edge - splits/paper loss at both ends of spine which is tape repaired. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Sport-2-TS-L) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Illus.; photos, 8 x 5", cloth backed pict boards, 542pp, covers very worn and soiled/stained, extremities bumped and fraying, rear outer hinge torn away, front outer hinge torn at ends, inner hinges cracked, EX-LIBRARY with usual markings, pp toned and used. SWAF! Not a great copy, but it's all there.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$115.28 + shipping
Description: Early American tennis annual. Paperback. 12mo. 250pp + adverts. Illustrated paper wrappers, with large portions to front and rear professionally restored with facsimile parts. Some small tears to rear advert pages, otherwise internally very good.
Seller: Sportspages, Farnham, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: -Rare early historical football publication -Size is about 5 X 6 3/4 -Full of team photos, stats and information -Tape on spine - GRADE: G
Seller: DTA Collectibles, Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Spalding, A. G.. America's national Game. American Sports Publishing Company, 1911.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Poor. NOT rebound. Blue cloth over boards with gilt decoration and lettering. Boards and spine with wear, soil, edge wear. Additional discoloration, scuffing, dulling to rear board. Heavy damage to upper portion of spine with approx 1-1/4" missing. Edge wear to spine tail, chipping, tearing, some cloth loss. Binding heavily shaken but holding for now. Corners bumped, bowed. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1915 to front end paper. Cracked hinge, mull exposure, paper splitting along gutter. Fore edge tear to first several pages. Tanning throughout. Light soil, foxing to beginning/end pages and here and there. Large dampstain to text pages. Please ask to see images.
Seller: Friends of Poughkeepsie Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$261.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear, tear, and rubbing, slight loss on the spine ends. Loose hinges. Pages are tanned with minor tidemarks.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$399.97 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Tan paper covered boards with a black cloth spine.
Seller: Mark Henderson, Olathe, KS, U.S.A.
American Sports Pub. Spaldings official baseball guide.. American Sports Publishing Co, 1911.
Price: US$599.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1911 1ed Spalding Baseball Guide Ty Cobb Christy Mathewson Honus Wagner As Spalding Official Baseball Guides are some of the most popular early 20th-century baseball memorabilia on the market. Spalding published a yearly baseball guide that included team photos, portraits and action shots of individual ball players, player statistics, a history of the game, and extensive sections on rules and gameplay. The 1911 edition of Baseball Guide is from the era of some of the most iconic players of the dead-ball era including Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Honus Wagner. Item number: #20596 Price: $599 American Sports Pub Spaldings official baseball guide. New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1911. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o [20], 405, [35] Provenance: Handwritten A. E. Welch Language: English Binding: Softcover; tight and secure Size: ~6.5in X 4.25in (16.5cm x 10.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 20596 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Albert G. Spalding. America's National Game. American Sport Publishing Company, New York, 1911.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SPALDING, Albert G. Title: America's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball with Personal Reminiscences of Its Vicissitudes, Its Victories and Its Votaries Publication: New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1911 Description: Hardcover. Captions by Homer C. Davenport. 8vo. Bright blue blind-ruled ribbed cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping. xix, 542pp. Frontispiece, tissue-guarded author portrait, full-page illustrations, four foldout illustrations. Very good. bright copy deep blue cloth is fine and the gilt is still vibrant, original endsheets, a pretty copy of a book hard to find in this very good shape. Attractive first edition of this important early history by the early baseball pitcher, manager and executive, as well as sporting goods company tycoon (1849-1915). Front board gilt and pictorial stamping of an Uncle Sam character wielding a bat are exceptionally bright and nice, as are the four foldout illustrations
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: _____ Illustrated with drawings and archival and then-contemporary photos of management, players, teams, stadiums etc. _____ With all four fold-out panoramics._____ Two of the panoramics have archival repairs to fold splits. _____ Apparently a very rare presentation variant, none being located for sale elsewhere. _____ The American Sports Company's binding was full blue cloth, with the titling and Uncle Same in gold._____This copy is in cream paper boards with blue/gray spine cloth and the front cover illustration and titling in black. _____ The ASC binding spine reads "AMERICA'S NATIONAL GAME /[rule]/ SPALDING /[at heel]/ AMERICAN / SPORTS CO". _____ This spine's gilt titling reads "BASE / BALL / BY / A.G. SPALDING /[at heel]/ PRESENTED BY / A.G. SPALDING & BROS.". _____ The rear hinge is nearly open, a typical flaw given the weight of the text block. _____
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth; hinges mended; minor wear; fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. xix, [1], 542 pp. With over 100 full-page illustrations (mostly from photographs, some fold-out), including a sepia-tone portrait of the author, with tissue-guard. Bound in original gilt-decorated purple-blue cloth with baseball themed vignette on cover, lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with sharp gilt and clean cloth, hinges cracked but holding, textblock fallen. An attractive copy, internally bright. One the earliest books solely devoted to America's national pastime. The author, A.G. Spalding (1850-1915), was a professional baseball player himself and the founder of the famous sporting goods manufacturer / publisher. Spalding first played competitively with the Rockford Pioneers, a youth team in 1865. He also helped organize the National League, and published the first official rules guide for the game.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
A.G. Spalding. America's National Game. American Sports Publishing Company, 1911.
Price: US$1795.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine Copy In Blue Decorative Cloth. Uncle Sam in Gilt On Front Board. Slight Restoration To Crown & Heel Presentation By Spalding In Pencil"Read by J.Frank Alrich (Congressman) From Boardman Spalding With His Compliments March 1924) Very Scarce Signed. Excellent Copy.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$2315.93 + shipping
Description: With personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories and its votaries. Cartoons by Homer C. Davenport. Pp. xx+542, 2 frontispieces (one with tissue guard), plus 7 folding plates, numerous full page illustrations; cr. 8vo; dark blue pictorial ribbed cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, edges of boards lightly rubbed, the lower board a trifle scuffed, spine slightly dulled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown and signs of removal of bookplate from same, hinges starting, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; American Sports Publishing Company, New York, 1911. First edition. Smith 691. *Albert Goodwill Spalding (1850-1915) was a leading player, manager and executive in the early years of professional baseball. he was the premier pitcher of the 1870s, and the first player to wear a glove on the field. Spalding was president and part-owner of the Chicago White Stockings from 1882 to 1891, helped organize the National League, and wrote the first set of official baseball rules. In 1939, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good+ copy in original blue cloth binding with gold titles and image of Uncle Sam toting a bat (Two contemporary previous owner inked names on front end-paper. Front hinge cracked while rear hinge is strangthened with white paper tape. Traces of mild damp staining at edges of rear blanks. ) Overall pleasing copy of this extensively researched volume from the early days of the last century. Several pull-out gatefolds & numerous illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 542 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Cartoons by Homer C. Davenport. xix,[1],[1]-542pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. One of the key works in the literature of baseball, by one of the prime movers in its codification and development. In addition to his pitching career (which began in 1865), Spalding helped organize the National League, cofounded the Spalding sporting goods company, and published the first official rules guide for the game. This book was published four years prior to his death. Bright blue ribbed cloth, lettered in gilt, and with gilt depiction of Uncle Sam at bat on the upper cover. Portrait, frontis, illustrations, photographs and plates (some folding). Bookplate on front pastedown, very slight tanning to edges of text block, as usual, early ink name neatly erased from front free endsheet, trivial tiny crack at crown of rear inner hinge - all relatively minor detractions for an unusually bright, tight copy of a book most often seen in dodgy condition Cartoons by Homer C. Davenport. xix,[1],[1]-542pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (Baseball) AMERICA'S NATIONAL GAME: HISTORIC FACTS CONCERNING THE BEGINNING, EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT AND POPULARITY OF BASE BALL WITH PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF ITS VICISSITUDES, ITS VICTORIES AND ITS VOTARIES by Albert G. Spalding; cartoons by Homer C. Davenport. New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1911. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 8" x 5-3/8". Blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titles and decoration of Uncle Sam holding a baseball bat to front cover and gilt titles to spine with light rubbing to the head of spine and corners, and minor wear to the tail of spine for what is a lovely copy of the book. Plain endpapers. xix, [1], 542 pp., plus [5] folded plates. This is an essential early text from one of the key pioneers of our national pastime. "America's National Game" traces the sport of baseball from its birth, to its growth in the military camps of the American Civil War, to the first professional teams, and forward through the first decade of the twentieth century; illustrated with a total of 114 black and white drawings and photographs including 5 wonderful fold-out plates. This copy is extra special, being inscribed by the author in black fountain pen ink, "To Mr. E. A. Steininger / with my compliments / A. G. Spalding / New York / Oct. 10 1911" on a blank preliminary page; a light bump to the front upper fore edge of the text block effects the first five leaves, i.e., inscription page, half-title, tissue-guarded portrait, frontispiece and title page. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. A "Letter of Authenticity" issued by PSA/DNA Authentication Services is included with the book. RARE inscribed and in such nice condition.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
SPALDING Albert G.. America's National Game. , 1911.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: "SPALDING, Albert G. America's National Game. Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball. New York: American Sports Publishing, 1911. Thick octavo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $8500.First edition, presentation copy, of this essential baseball history, warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To Mr. H.E. Doolittle with my compliments and Christmas Greetings. A.G. Spalding. Point Loma Calif., Dec. 25, 1911." With over 100 full-page illustrations and four fold-out plates (two printed on both sides), including frontispiece and panoramic views of the Polo Grounds, Shibe Park, Comiskey Park and Forbes Field."History of the game by one of the pioneer giants" (Grobani 6:9). Spalding transformed baseball "from its dual origins as either a gentlemen's club or a rowdy working-class pastime into a popular, commercial, and professional sport [His] newspaper obituaries across the nation recognized Spalding, who had been a part of nearly every major event in baseball's history, as the father of what was now considered to be 'America's game" (ANB). During his career, Spalding also established a worldwide sporting goods empire and founded Spalding's Official National League Base Ball Guide. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. Illustrated with historic photographs and numerous sketches by noted cartoonist Homer C. Davenport. Without rare original dust jacket. Smith 691; 19585. Howes S804. The recipient of this copy was a prominent San Diego attorney and alderman.Very fine condition, with folding plates completely intact (often either split or separated). Gilt cover illustration of Uncle Sam with bat in hand very bright. An unusually fine inscribed copy of a baseball landmark."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Spalding, A.G.. AMERICA'S NATIONAL GAME.BASEBALL. New York, American Sports Publishing, 1911, 1911.
Price: US$50000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, blue cloth with embossed Uncle Sam with Bat.hinges cracked o/w fine with clear and very bright images and lettering.1st Edition.INSCRIBED."To William T. Brown who made the bats that smote the balls that won the games.with the compliments of A.G. Spalding.New York, October 10th, 1911".ticketed for Cooperstown.no scans
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.