Ernest Thayer

Casey at the Bat First Edition

New Amsterdam Book Co.

1901

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A first edition of Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer.

  • Ernest Thayer (American).
  • New York: New Amsterdam Book Co, [1901].
  • Octavo.
  • Illustrations printed in sepia.
  • Bound in the original publisher's illustrated wrappers, enclosed in a quarter-leather slipcase.


The famous baseball poem, one of the most celebrated of all American popular poems, was first published in The San Francisco Examiner in June 1888. This is its first appearance in book form, which is now extremely scarce, especially in its fragile original wrappers.

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Some archival mending.

Some water staining.

Slight offsetting from an old clipping, especially to copyright and dedication pages.

 

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First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Modern first editions, Poetry, Childrens, Illustrated, Literature, American Literature, Sport and Leisure

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