Earliest Cuban baseball book?

[Jason19th]

Thanks to a gift of a new scanner I can again post on the board. Here's a pick up a got a couple of months ago and I think that it may be the earliest book printed in Cuba about baseball. Printed in 1886 it is basically a sports instructional that has a 20+ plus section on baseball that appear to be a translation of William Woods 1880 book on sports. It also has a great woodcut of a game in progress (which is also a copy of an earlier American cut) I cannot find any reference to any earlier books printed in Cuba which reference baseball (though I will be surprised if somehow Max proves me wrong) The book also has a great section that tell of the evils of tobacco use and how athletes should not use it-- a big difference then latter Cuban items which seem to all be funded by the tobacco industry


PS - sorry about the size of the scan still trying to figure out new printer

[barrysloate]

That's the earliest Cuban baseball book I've ever heard of. Nice pick up Jason.

[baseballart]

Jason

I haven't seen anything earlier. Here's a link to an 1889 book that recently sold (I didn't win it)

Max



http://www.ebay.com/itm/CUBA-UNIQUE-...p2047675.l2557

[bcbgcbrcb]

Nice pick-up, Jason. I believe that is the earliest book as well.

[643DP]

Nice book. Will you be posting some scans of the interior pages of the book?

[CarltonHendricks]

Quite a find Jason, congrats.....looks fantastic