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Casey at the Bat
by (Phineas) Ernest Thayer
1st Edition ~ Illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
Extremely Rare and Fragile book that is unrestored and in Amazing condition compared to others
A.C. McClurg, 1912. VG+ for age. Interior clean, lightly toned endpapers. Thin book. Boards have edge corner wear, rubbing, scuffs, surface flaws, chips. 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. A solid collectible book.
