- 1889 Al Spalding "Athletic Sports in America, England and Australia Including Baseball" vintage hardcover book
- From Al Spalding's 1889 baseball good will tour crossing 4 continents, this 712 page book cotains more than 500 pages of baseball history, including 300 pages by Chicago journalist Henry Clay Palmer on the tour itself
- Also has a 3 page preface by Henry Chadwick, generally regarded as the "father of baseball"
- Hundreds of antique illustrations, dozens of full page black and white photos of 1880's era baseball teams
- Frontispiece is an amazing full page chromolithograph of the Chicago and All American Team Exhibition Game at The Crystal Palace Grounds in London
- Published by Hubbard Brothers 1889
- Covers and spine are completely detached. Few pages are missing. Interior pages are largely well preserved in spite of this, with some material loss on the very first page in the bottom right corner and a tear at the top, but otherwise pages are clean throughout with little to no visible handling wear
- 712 pages
- 9.5" x 7"
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- Please see photos, listed condition is not professionally graded
Item ID# B2