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Title: Base-Ball. How to Become a Player, with the Origin, History, and Explanation of the Game Author: Ward, John Montgomery Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Athletic Publishing Company Date: 1888 Description: 149 pp. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece and several smaller woodcut illustrations in text. (8vo) 18.5x12 cm (7¼x4¾") original printed yellow wrappers. First Edition. Ward played for the New York Gothams / Giants as a pitcher and later a short-stop. He served as the first president of the first player's union, the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players. Ward was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. Lot Amendments Condition: Some restorations to the spine, wrapper edges, and the fore edges of a few leaves at front; very good. Item number: 281347a