6/9/2023 0 Comments Fairy ABC by John McLoughlinFront board states in fine print: "Copyright 1905, McLoughlin Bros, New York" and simply the number "747". Only four copies located on OCLC/WorldCat. The book is housed in a custom collector's box. gloves or mitts! This title is one of the most coveted but most illusive baseball books ever published and the condition of this particular copy would make this the ultimate copy in any serious collection. Wonderful chromolithographs on every bright and fresh page show how baseball was played long ago before modern era innovations, e.g. 19th century baseball, literally from A to Z, as told by a children's ABC book. String-bound color pictorial paper wrappers with the slightest touches of wear along the spine, a short closed tear on the bottom edge of the front wrapper and some light spotting on the back wrapper for what is as close to a pristine copy of this book that one is ever likely to encounter.
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