Our National Game 1880s Scrapbook

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albums and there was blank paper between the prints on one of them - some with "ghosting" from laying on the inked images over time - can't remember much more than that (or if pants on before going out). I framed a set - although very inexpensively and the laminating on the outside of two of the frames is peeling :-) With no wall space and no desire to properly reframe - they're languishing on the floor in a corner of my room. They were hanging in my hallway but after 10+ years they were displaced by more recent interests. I bought it without the covers from Ron Vitro in my only negotiation where I had to RAISE my offer above his asking price as he became "reluctant" to sell them. I'll see if my friend still has his as I remember the prints were still attached in the album with cover. Barring that someone here must have a complete album.
Although there would be a few contrary opinions - the condition the book is typically found in and the visual qualities of the litho's - render them most often encountered and sold by themselves as a practical matter - and people in general gravitate to something that can be displayed as opposed to owning what amounts to a "book". I think the minority (by numbers not their significance) appreciate the medium and the form of books - even those graphic in nature as opposed to print.

edited to add: yes, there are only the six pages and ? number of blank pages. What I found interesting was in the ones I've seen that have blank pages - they weren't utilized. I find that kind of facinating as use was not only the intent - but kids whether contemporaneously or now - like to draw, paint, glue, cut, and whatever on any blank paper they encounter. Teens and adults liked to glue trade cards, die-cuts, newspaper items, genealogies, and more into albums.