[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce History of BASE BALL IN CINCINNATI, 1907, special price in April

[Charles Agvent]

Special price for April, the first month of baseball:  $2000 NET

ELLARD, Harry. BASE BALL IN CINCINNATI. A HISTORY. Cincinnati: (Johnson 
& Hardin), 1907. First Edition. Subscription Edition. Handsome 
gilt-decorated white cloth. Illustrated with full-page reproductions of 
photographs and line drawings. One of 500 copies printed, this 
unnumbered.  While this book is occasionally seen in later editions, 
this First Edition is very scarce. The history of Queen City baseball 
goes back to the Cincinnati Red Stockings who in 1869 won the first game 
ever played by a professional baseball team. In 1935 the Cincinnati Reds 
won the first night game played in the major leagues at Crosley Field. 
Minor soiling to the spine; elaborate owner name of Richard Phillips on 
the front endpaper. Near Fine, bright copy and scarce, especially in 
this condition. (#013651)        $3,000.00

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