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De Witt's base-ball guide for 1877 : a complete manual of base-ball : containing full instructions in the points of the game, full statistics showing pitching, batting, and fielding averages, together with the records of the various championship contests of the season, professional and amateur : also, special instructions for scoring and reporting the game : the whole illustrated with cuts and diagrams, showing batting, pitching, and fielding positions under the new rules / by Henry Chadwick ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection GV877 .C43 1877
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chadwick, Henry, 1824-1908, author.
- Series:
- De Witt's hand books ; number 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball.
- Genre:
- Advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- 94, [6] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm
- Edition:
- Edition for 1877 / illustrated with cuts and diagrams.
- Distribution:
- Cheshire, Conn. : For sale by Henry W. Goodwin & Co., dealers in base ball goods.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Robert M. De Witt, publisher, no. 33 Rose Street (between Duane and Frankfort Streets), [1877]
- Notes:
- Advertisements for baseball gear: Pages [97]-[100].
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from B+B Rare Books.
- Kislak Center copy: wrappers damaged with minor loss of text on back wrapper.
- Kislak Center copy has bookseller's description of this copy laid in.
- OCLC:
- 10245930
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