[Rarebooks] For Sale: Scarce early American sport juvenile

[Norman Kane]

We are pleased to offer:

YOUTHFUL SPORTS.   N. Y.: Mahlon Day, at the New Juvenile Book-Store, 
No. 376, Pearl-Street; Stereotyped by Jas. Conner, N.Y., 
[ca.1831.]  Small book, approx. 3 1/4 X 2 inches, original pictorial 
wrappers (often lacking) plus 16  pages of text.  Vignettes 
throughout, including on the title page.  Docketed inside the front 
wrapper: "Mr. Samuel Porters Primer 1832."  Sewn, as issued, covers 
moderately darkened.  Sports that are illustrated including bat and 
ball, shuttlecock, jumping rope, marbles, hoops, swings, football, 
archery, &c.  Only a handful of copies located, with various dates 
assigned.  SCARCE early American sport juvenile.   $550.00

THE AMERICANIST (ABAA), 1525 Shenkel Road, Pottstown, Pa, USA, 
19465-7221.Telephone: 610 323 5289. email: nkane at kanebooks.com.
Fax (When in Office) 610 323 0885
Proprietor: Norman Kane (50 years as an antiquarian bookseller.)
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10% trade discount