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711 pp. Numerous illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs (including many group shots of various baseball teams); 4 color plates (3 baseball and 1 cricket related) from lithographs including frontispiece showing a baseball game (audience on ground with no bleachers), with tissue-guard. (8vo) 9x6¾, original full sheep, morocco spine labels, all edges marbled. Housed in a custom clamshell box. First Edition.

Primarily focuses on American baseball, including a thorough account of the 1888 Baseball World Tour. Other sports covered include: cricket, American football, la crosse, tennis, rowing and cycling.