Author Name:
Thayer, Ernest Lawrence
Title:
"Casey at the Bat" (in The Mocking Bards: A Collection of Parodies Burlesques and Imitations - Ralph A. Lyon)
Binding:
Paper Covered Boards
Book Condition:
Very Good
Jacket Condition:
No Jacket
Size:
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Publisher:
Evanston, Illinois
The Ridgeville Press
1905
Seller ID:
005292
Early publication of Thayer's classic baseball poem. As originally published in the San Francisco Examiner; correctly attributes the poem to Thayer and corrects a printer's error, changing Johnnie to Jimmy. Second appearance in an anthology; published after the Treasury of Humorous Poetry but before The Little Book of Sports and The Home Book of Verse. Not listed in Gardner's bibliography. 37 other humorous poems and parodies of poems. Tight binding. Clean. Some wear at spine ends.
GOLF, FISHING, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY, TENNIS
Price =
250.00 USD |
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