uncle nat good time (11 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback / softback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

unknown_binding. Zustand: Very Good. 1889 Worthington hardcover; no writing or tears; jh.

Zustand: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG-. 1st Edition. Thomas R. Knox 1879. Very early edition, Red cloth hardcover with gilt decoration. Area of rubbing to rear cover, otherwise very good. Binding firm. This book contains the first fictional use of the words "base ball" to describe the game, and contains historical references to the difference between the "New York" game rules versus the "Massachusetts" game rules. Scarce. Book.

224 [4, ads] pp. 12mo, publisher's embossed cloth with gilt fishing vignette on front panel; preserved in a custom cloth folding box. First edition. Neat contemporary gift inscription; a worn and used copy in the original cloth. This novel for boys is the earliest known novel to contain substantial baseball content, preceding Changing Bases (1868).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, D. Appleton 1865. This book contains the first fictional use of the words "base ball" to describe the game, and contains historical references to the difference between the "New York" game rules versus the "Massachusetts" game rules. Very good green pebbled blind stamped cloth with bright gilt fishing scene. Minor wear to spine ends and gutter. Vintage penciled inscription to flyleaf. 224 pages plus 4 pages of ads. A wonderful copy of this scarce title. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. RARE copy of this 19th century work of fiction, which contains what is thought to be the first known use in a work of fiction of the term "base ball" to describe the game. 224 pages (plus an additional 4 pages of advertisements from the publisher); illustrated with a few drawings. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt pictorial stamping, blind-stamped borders and decorations - has some wear on the corners and spine edges, light rub marks, front inner hinge cracked, penciled inscription on flyleaf, light age-toning of pages; title page has rough interior edge. Book.

224 + 4, ads pp. 12mo, publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped cloth. First edition. A beautiful unworn copy. This novel contains the first fictional reference to baseball.

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. 224 pp., + [4] pp. ads. 8vo. Chapter five (pp. 48-55) contains the earliest fictional reference to the game of baseball, including choicing up sides by grabbing the bat. Precedes Everett's CHANGING BASE, 1868, which Grobani labels the first novel to incorporate baseball into its plot. INSCRIBED, "Presented to Mrs. J.M. Casey By the Rector for their little and much loved daughter May M. Casey. Through thye auspices of his son. Alfred B. Beach.". Brown pebbled, blind-stamped cloth, gilt fishing scene on upper board and spine, cloth frayed at spine ends, light foxing throughout Frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. 224 pp., + [4] pp. ads. 8vo. Signed.