Sep 28, 2017 - Sale 2455

Sale 2455 - Lot 251

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(SPORTS--BASEBALL.) Ellard, Harry. Base Ball in Cincinnati: A History. 52 plates and 6 full-page illustrations, all counted in pagination. 249 pages. 4to, gilt pictorial cloth, minor wear and soiling; minimal finger-soiling; one of 500 copies (unnumbered); early owner's signature on front free endpaper. Cincinnati, OH, 1907
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Most of the book is dedicated to the original Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1866-1870, often cited as the first professional club, which went undefeated for 1869 and much of 1870. The author drew on the original records of the club, as his father had been a founding member.