Bound Historic New York Clippers

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Lot 11.  Bound 1857 Volume of The New York Clipper in slipcase with incredible baseball woodcut. The September 12th, 1857 issue of the Spirit of The Times is long considered to have the first baseball illustration in a periodical. The woodcut shows the match between the Gotham and Eagle teams at the Elysian Fields. Not well known is that the September 19th issue of the New York Clipper had a different illustration of that same match on page 58 with an account of the game below. A box score of that match as well as others accompany the issue. The 1857 volume represents the fifth year of the Clipper and starts with issue 1 on April 25th and the pages are numbered consecutively to page 416 of the April 17th 1858 issue. Page 416 was a full page Index to Volume 5. Coverage of all the early teams including the Knickerbockers, Excelsiors, etc are all there. The volume is in excellent readable condition although many pages or groups of pages are loose.
Winning Bid $750.


Lot 11a.  Five New York Clipper Volumes from 1858, 1861 and 1863, 1864 and 1865. Volume 6 from 1858 is missing the first 4 issues and the last. There is another extraordinary baseball woodcut on the front page from July showing the great match between New York and Brooklyn at Fashion Course on July 20, 1858. A detailed story on the game with box score is in the issue. There are a few horse racing woodcuts on the covers of some early issues. The volume is not bound and the pages are loose but in excellent condition and there is a special leather cover matching the slipcase. Volume 9 from 1861 is complete from Issue 1 on April 20, 1861 to the last (Issue 52) on April 12, 1862. An index is on the last page. The baseball coverage is even more extensive than before including an account of the Grand Match for the Silver Ball, which included Jim Creighton and Dickey Pearce and foreshadowing the Dodger-Giant rivalry. Volume 11 from 1863 is bound within the slipcase. Starts with Issue 1 on April 18, 1863 and conclude with issue 52 on April 9, 1863. Once again the baseball coverage is extensive. Volume 12 from 1864, also bound within the slipcase starts with the first issue of April 16, 1864 which has a substantial woodcut of the 9 leading Billiard players of the year. It concludes with the 52nd issue of April 8, 1864. The August 12th issue has an extensive account of the Championship match between the Mutuals and the Atlantics, a game that would be immortalized in the Currier Ives Print “The American National Game of Baseball”. Finally, Volume 13 from 1865 is bound within the slipcase starts with the first issue of April 15, 1865 and concludes with the April 7, 1865. The early issues have much on the assassination of President Lincoln including a woodcut of John Wilkes Booth. The baseball narratives and box scores start to include familiar names such as Dickie McBride, Al Reach, Birdsall, the Rogers', Joe Start, etc. The volumes are in excellent readable condition although many pages or groups of pages are loose.
Minimum Bid $1,250.
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