[Rarebooks] FS: First Illustrated Edition of CASEY AT THE BAT, 1912

[Charles Agvent]

[BASEBALL] THAYER, Phineas. CASEY AT THE BAT. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & 
Co., 1912. First Illustrated Edition. Small octavo (5-1/4" x 6-7/8") in 
original decorated green rough paper boards with gilt lettering and a 
yellow bat with a thick black ribbon tied around it; [31] pages. First 
Illustrated and First Separate Hardcover Edition of this classic piece 
of Americana, the most famous poem about baseball. Illustrated in orange 
and black by Dan Sayre Groesbeck with full-page cartoons in orange and 
black facing a stanza of the poem with a black-and-white cartoon figure 
below. “Casey” first appeared in a San Francisco newspaper in 1888 as a 
featured piece of humorous doggerel. Its ascension to immortal status 
was due primarily to actor and toastmaster DeWolf Hopper, who began 
reciting it at dinners and other functions, as well as on the vaudeville 
stage. Previous owner's name on half-title page in a child's hand; faint 
ink marks on endpapers; front hinge partly split but covers tight. 
Boards quite nice with a 2-1/2" split along front spine edge and the 
bottom inch of the spine chipped with loss. Still Very Good for this 
fragile piece. (#021293)        $850

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