Introduction 19th century collector

[baseballart]

Bruce

The Ward edition was 1901 with a new chapter (which I'll get copied for you)

For true 19th century titles, you might be able to pick up an 1860s title if there are any still left from this ad:

[Eric72]

"Base Ball as viewed by A. Muffer"

Either a funny coincidence, or an even funnier title.

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by Eric72

"Base Ball as viewed by A. Muffer"

Either a funny coincidence, or an even funnier title.

Actual title of the book is "muffin"

[barrysloate]

Welcome to the board, and great to see a rare book collector. There aren't too many left in the baseball world. And thanks for the kind words (and I've been away, I just saw this).

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Eric72

"Base Ball as viewed by A. Muffer"

Either a funny coincidence, or an even funnier title.

Originally Posted by baseballart

Actual title of the book is "muffin"

Max,

Understood...it is the title within the advertisement below which prompted my post.

Originally Posted by baseballart

Bruce

The Ward edition was 1901 with a new chapter (which I'll get copied for you)

For true 19th century titles, you might be able to pick up an 1860s title if there are any still left from this ad:

Best Regards,

Eric

[Eric72]

To open up a 19th Century Base Ball discussion, and to welcome a new member to Net54, I offer the following question.

Who were the first three men to accumulate 3,000 hits?

Hint: One was done playing before 1900. He was also influential in keeping fellows such as Fleetwood Walker out of the game. The other two were tours-de-force in the early Twentieth Century.

[Jason19th]

Welcome to the board. I echo Barry's post. Its always good to have a new book collector on the board. As user name suggests I collected 19th century item for a while specializing in "odd ball" items like school books and game books that reference early baseball. I have alter path a bit and now center on Negro league and Cuban items (hence the Ward book now on the way to Max) Here a scan of what a believe is the 1st baseball book printed in Cuba

[bgar3]

thank you for the additional welcomes. barry, thought you would especially like the need to correct the diagram, if i could scan i would post it as corrected by chadwick. there are lots of other corrections, but nothing really major, mostly punctuation, spelling and rephrasing. let me know it you would like me to check something.
eric, i think anson was the first with 3000 hits, not sure who followed him, but most likely cobb and speaker.
jason, great book, never saw one. have you checked the writing on the cover? i always find it useful to research whatever name is in the book, you would be surprised what you can find.