Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc.

by Alfred Oldfellow by Alfred Beach

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

First edition. Frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. 224 pp., + 4 pp. ads. 8vo. Brown pebbled, blind-stamped cloth, gilt fishing scene on upper board and spine, cloth frayed at spine ends, light foxing throughout. Item #376575 Chapter five pp. 48-55 contains the earliest fictional reference to the game of baseball, including choicing up sides by grabbing the bat. Precedes Everett’s CHANGING BASE, 1868,

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.