America's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball With Personal Reminiscences ... Elephants Publishing formats during the "Platinum

Publishing formats during the "Platinum Age" of comic books (roughly 1897–1937) were highly experimental

black and white illustrations throughout

THIS EXTRAORDINARY FIRST EDITION COMPONENT PACKAGE

Black cloth backed gray pictorial paper covered boards with edge rubbing and wear to the fore edge corners for what is a very lovely copy of the book

a title-page woodcut vignette of a rooster brings the total number of woodcuts in the book to nine

America's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball With Personal Reminiscences ... Elephants Publishing formats during the "Platinum(Baseball American Sports History) SPALDING, Albert G. America's National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball With Personal Reminiscences of Its Vicissitudes, Its Victories and Its Votaries. New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1911. FIRST EDITION. 8vo 8" x 5 3 8". Original blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt stamped titles and a decorative vignette of Uncle Sam holding a