They range in years. They were books meant for kids. Some people date the Babcock books to the 1840s but I believe a lot are from the 1850s or 1860s. On the larger ones, they have a small woodcut on the cover showing a kid with a bat. On the smaller ones I scanned, they have a page in the middle talking about a bat and ball. There are a lot of options out there (I have another 10 or so).
Alan
Edited to add that there are some that date to the 1830s but without a copyright/date page (which they almost never have) you have to go by old advertisements. Also, there was a find of one of the Babcock books in the early 2000s that was actually sold on this forum (I think something like 75.00 each book). I have paid anywhere from 2.00 to 100.00 for these. At one time hobby auctions had them for a lot more.
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