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Posted By: barrysloate

Hal- you may be right about that bat too. Personally, I don't think the Wood engraving pictures baseball, though it could be, it's just not crystal clear. But the book has other salient features- it is the finest children's book of sports from the 1820's (and the 1822 is a second edition, with the original printed in 1820), is much larger than chapbooks typically found in the 1830's, and the copy REA sold may be unique. But that still skirts the main issue- does the woodcut picture children playing baseball, or some related game? My answer- I don't know.