Lot # 19: 1889 "Athletic Sports Illustrated" Book w/Significant Baseball Content

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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2017 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2017 4:00 AM to
4/2/2017 10:16 AM



Published in 1889 this exceptional hardcover book contains hundreds of pages of baseball-related content lithographic artwork and photographs. Notable are the written (and photographed) accounts of the "Around the World" tour of players including Cap Anson Ned Williamson George Van Haltren Tom Daly Jimmy Ryan Silver Flint Ned Hanlon Al Spalding (and his mom) John Ward George Wright and more. Hundreds of pages chronicling individual games and sights around the world an extraordinary read and a fantastic historical document the majority of its 711 pages relating to baseball.