Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 2,750
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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(BASEBALL.) Group of 17 early Beadle and De Witt annual guides. 12mo, publisher's pictorial wrappers, moderate to heavy wear, some with modern notes cello-taped to front wrappers; some missing pages; early owners' signatures. New York, 1867-83
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Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player was the first annual baseball guide when founded in 1860. It was followed in 1868 by the De Witt's Base-Ball Guide, which for much of its existence was edited by the first great baseball journalist, Henry Chadwick. This lot includes Beadle's guides for 1867, 1872-73, and 1877-78, and De Witt's guides for 1870-71, 1873-81, and 1883. Collation notes available upon request. with--37 bound photocopies of Beadle and De Witt guides.