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CASEY AT THE BAT
by [BASEBALL] THAYER, Phineas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Previous owner's name on half-title page in a child's hand; faint ink marks on endpapers; front hinge partly split but covers ti
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1912. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on half-title page in a child's hand; faint ink marks on endpapers; front hinge partly split but covers tight. Boards quite nice with a 2-1/2" split along front spine edge and the bottom inch of the spine chipped with loss. Still Very Good for this fragile piece. Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Small octavo (5-1/4" x 6-7/8") in original decorated green rough paper boards with gilt lettering and a yellow bat with a thick black ribbon tied around it; [31] pages. First Illustrated and First Separate Hardcover Edition of this classic piece of Americana, the most famous poem about baseball. Illustrated in orange and black by Dan Sayre Groesbeck with full-page cartoons in orange and black facing a stanza of the poem with a black-and-white cartoon figure below. Casey first appeared in a San Francisco newspaper in 1888 as a featured piece of humorous doggerel. Its ascension to immortal status was due primarily to actor and toastmaster DeWolf Hopper, who began reciting it at dinners and other functions, as well as on the vaudeville stage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021293
- Title
- CASEY AT THE BAT
- Author
- [BASEBALL] THAYER, Phineas
- Illustrator
- Dan Sayre Groesbeck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Previous owner's name on half-title page in a child's hand; faint ink marks on endpapers; front hinge partly split but covers ti
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Americana, Illustrated Books, Poetry, Baseball, Sports, Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports; Americana; Baseball;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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