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Lot # 462: Huge Early Sports Book Collection (165)

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 3 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Steel17",
which ran from 2/15/2017 10:00 AM to
3/17/2017 9:00 PM



Here's a beautiful collection from all sports with mostly baseball and football. Most are quite early with many 19th century pieces. ILLUSTRATED COVERS (20+): Series of Victorian books with colorful-illustrated covers. Most 19th C & baseball. Highlights include outdoor Sports for Boys (1890) & 1884 Our Baseball Cub. Ones we have never seen as well. HIGHLIGHTS: "Touching Second" by Johnny Evers, Walter Camp "American Football," 1880-1956 World Tobacco Issues Index, 1892 American Cricket Annual, "Playing the Game" Bucky Harris, 1926 Walter Camp bio (author signed), BLBs with Joe Louis (5), Walter Camp Book of College Sports, 1931 TD by Stagg, 1934 Football by March (signed), nice early hobby books back to 1970s, nice tennis and golf with From Tee to Cup signed by GU Dahl, 1869-1934 Inter-Collegiate Football, several 19th century hardcover Ivy League yearbooks with sports images.

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