1858 Mass Association of Base Ball Players Ad

[bgar3]

Barry, that is interesting. Mine does not have that errata slip and both sets of rules say they updated to all changes from the 1860 meetings.
My title page is dated 1860, but is described as the third revised edition. Perhaps there was an earlier 1860 edition with the slip? I know there are copies dated 1859 and 1861 also, but that doesn’t explain third revised edition.

[barrysloate]

Bruce, I just read the description of the 1860 book in REA and it states that the amended rule is missing, and there was a tiny residue left which identified it as excised. It's difficult to know whether there was a first printing in 1860 without the amendment, or due to its fragile nature if it's missing it has fallen out. I just don't know. How could we tell if all the printings were otherwise identical?

[bgar3]

Barry, not sure how to find out other than just compare pages. To add to the mystery, probably only of interest to a very few of us, is that there is a copy on ABE, with a New York, title page from 1860, mine is Boston. Interesting.

[bgar3]

Barry, I should have asked what the amended rule is. If it is in mine in print then mine is a little later.

[barrysloate]

You know Bruce, I just looked and it's not an amendment at all, it's a correction:

ERRATA
Page 13, Rule 17, for seventy tallies read seventy-five tallies.

And the title page reads "third revised edition", so if yours or anyone else's doesn't say that, we can confirm two 1860 printings. If 1859 was the first, and this was the third, two printings for 1860 is likely.

REA's reads "third revised edition."

[bgar3]

Mine says Third revised edition also, but it reads seventy in italics and there is no evidence that I can see if any slip. What do you make of the Boston and New York title pages. Not a major deal, but interesting. I wonder if the 1861 says fourth edition. REA also says the binding is leather, but it pretty clearly is not, just soft cloth.
All this time I thought 70 tallies were enough, now I have to root for my favorite teams to get 75, damn.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by bgar3

Mine says Third revised edition also, but it reads seventy in italics and there is no evidence that I can see if any slip. What do you make of the Boston and New York title pages. Not a major deal, but interesting. I wonder if the 1861 says fourth edition. REA also says the binding is leather, but it pretty clearly is not, just soft cloth.
All this time I thought 70 tallies were enough, now I have to root for my favorite teams to get 75, damn.

I'm not sure what you mean by what do I think of the NY-Bost title page, other than it referring to the transition between the Mass and New York style of play. And all editions have cloth binding, so REA perhaps made a small error in the description.