Lot 10.  1867 The Ballplayers Chronicle and the 1868 American Chronicle of Sports and Pastimes. Written and Edited by Henry Chadwick ("The Father of Baseball"), the Chronicle was baseball’s first weekly devoted (nearly) completely to baseball. The Chronicle covered every important team of the late 1860’s. The offered first volume, while not bound or with boards is in excellent condition and can be read easily. Includes every issue in 1867 from the first dated June 6, 1867 to the last in 1867 dated December 26, 1867. It also includes a title sheet and a two page summary of contents detailing what is in the 30 issues of 1867. The last issue of 1867 states "The American Chronicle of Sports and Pastimes" " The above is the title of our paper, with which we commence our second volume.......", "The change of name has been made in accordance with our original programme ....to publish a family journal of outdoor sports and home amusements of which the American game of baseball would be the leading specialty." The offered volume is complete to July 23, 1868 and is missing the last issue of July 30th. The Ballplayers Chronicle is a historic paper. We know of only two sales, both of only the first volume. One was an ebay sale in March of 2006 for $12,988 and the other in an obscure golf book auction which went for only $6,600. I’ve never seen the 1868 volume offered. Minimum Bid $5,000.

Lot 11.  1868 New England Baseballist- A Weekly Journal, an Advocate of the National Game, Field Sports and the Drama. So reads the Masthead surrounding a small baseball wood cut. The New England Baseballist is very rarely offered, rarer even than the The Ballplayers Chronicle (lot 10). The first issue of the Baseballist was August 6, 1868. Box scores and accounts from the first issue included those for the Union Club, Mutuals, Tri-Mountain, Atlantics, Eckford and others. The Baseballist continued for 22 issues to December 31, 1868, each of 4 pages. Nine of the first 11 issues and 2 afterward had a 4" square woodcut on the front page of a baseball player. (list on request). On January 9, 1869 The National Chronicle succeeded the Baseballist with a more diversified look at American Sports and Amusements. The publication continued with 4 pages (expanded later on), the box scores continued in season as well as many articles including several on the 1869 Red Stockings, until June 18, 1870 when the publication ceased. The National Chronicle also provided 8 additional woodcuts on their front page including John Rogers, John Chapman James D’W Lovett and the great James Creighton. A list of all the woodcuts is available on request. The pages are all loose, but in excellent condition and very readable. The pages are housed in a 9" x 14 1/2" blue slipcase from the Cleveland Public Library where the collection was de-accessed from the Mears Collection. Minimum Bid $5,000.

Lot 12.  Bound editions of 1883 and 1884 New York Clippers with 39 woodcuts. The 1883 volume starts with the March 24th issue and continues to March 15th of 1884. 32 of the issues contains woodcuts of ballplayers and is highlighted by Full page cover woodcuts of the Champion Athletics and Champion Boston club on consecutive issues in October. There are no Hall of Famers but there are several well known ballplayers. The 1884 volume starts with the July 26th issue and continues to the March 15, 1884 issue. Seven issues have woodcuts of ballplayers. There’s a total of 39 woodcuts in the two volumes. Overall in excellent condition. A detailed list of all the issues with ballplayer woodcuts is available on request. Winning Bid $646.

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