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Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc. By Alfred Oldfellow by [Beach, Alfred] - 1865
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Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc. By Alfred Oldfellow
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New York: D. Appleton and Company 443 & 445 Broadway, 1865. First edition. Frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. 224 pp., + [4] pp. ads. 8vo. Brown pebbled, blind-stamped cloth, gilt fishing scene on upper board and spine, cloth frayed at spine ends, light foxing throughout. First edition. Frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. 224 pp., + [4] pp. ads. 8vo. Early Baseball Reference. 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.".
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- Format/Binding Frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. 224 pp., + [4] pp. ads. 8vo
- Book Condition Used - Brown pebbled, blind-stamped cloth, gilt fishing scene on upper board and spine, cloth frayed at spine ends, light foxing throug
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- Edition First edition
- Publisher D. Appleton and Company 443 & 445 Broadway
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1865
- Keywords Baseball
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Uncle Nat; Or, the Good Time Which George and Frank Had Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, Etc
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Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc.
by [BASEBALL FICTION] OLDFELLOW, Alfred
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New York:: D. Appleton and Company,, 1865.. First edition.. publisher's embossed cloth with gilt fishing vignette on front panel; preserved in a custom cloth folding box.. Neat contemporary gift inscription; a worn and used copy in the original cloth.. 12mo,. This novel for boys is the earliest known novel to contain substantial baseball content, preceding Changing Bases (1868).
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Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc.
by [BASEBALL] OLDFELLOW, Alfred
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New York:: D. Appleton and Company,, 1865.. First edition.. publisher's gilt- and blind-stamped cloth.. A beautiful unworn copy.. 12mo,. This novel contains the first fictional reference to baseball.
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