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THE PICTORIAL BASEBALL ALBUM. 5" x 6 3/4" soft cover book is the finest yearbook style publication of the 19th Century.
Lot 2. THE PICTORIAL BASEBALL ALBUM. 5" x 6 3/4" soft cover book is the finest yearbook style publication of the 19th Century. Published by Mussey & Harper in 1888, the 62 page book is filled with woodcuts of baseball notables and players. There are full page portrait, most with bios, of Henry Chadwick, Albert Spalding, George Wright, Cap Anson, Harry Wright, Fred Pfeffer, John Ward, James O'Rourke, Roger O'Conner, Arthur Irwin, Fred Dunlap, Al Reach, Chris Von Der Ahe, Mike Kelly, John Clarkson, Charles Comiskey, Top O'Neil, Bob Caruthers, Dan Brouthers, Deacon White and many other stars arranged four to a page. There are team woodcuts of the 1869 Reds and the 1887 Detroit Wolverines, There is a complete review of the 1887 World Series with box scores, schedules for 1888, a story of "Old Baseball" and much more. I have seen only two offered at auction in the last 15 years, one of which was sold in the Copeland Collection in 1990 for over $6,000. The book has a light crease down the middle and is otherwise in remarkable condition.
Winning Bid $5,900.
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