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"BAT, BALL, AND DIAMOND" by Walter Camp. Illustrated by Hal Ogden. VOL. XVVII (17) Part II., May, 1890, TO October,1890. As Follows in 6 Parts: Pages 555-562, "FIRST PAPER: THE GROUND AND THE OUTFIT", Pages 667-673, SECOND PAPER: "FIELDING, THROWING, AND GENERAL PRACTICE"", Pages 752-758, THIRD PAPER: "THE BASEMAN AND THE SHORTSTOP". Pages 825-832, FOURTH PAPER: "THE BATTERY" (NOTE: THIS PAPER IS MISLABELED "FIFTH PAPER" but is really the fourth), Pages 945-949, FIFTH PAPER: "BATTING AND BASE-RUNNING", Pages 1017-1021, SIXTH PAPER: "REMINISCENCES TYING THE SCORE YALE AND HARVARD 1881" . Also on page 943-945 is a story written by Thomas Worthington King titled "MY TRIPLE PLAY" WHICH INCLUDES A WONDERFUL 1/2 PAGE ILLUSTRATION BY HAL OGDEN showing the view from second base back to home plate with the bases being loaded. Other illustrations include 1/2 page illustrating the baseball field and positions played, laying out an amateur field, articles of a base-ball outfit, body protection and catchers mask, pitching practice in the "Cage", practicing throwing with a spool on a rope, batting for the fielder's practice, short-stop taking a grounder, first-base man throwing to second for a double-play, illustrations of the short-arm throw, making sure of a catch with left-fielder catching and center fielder backing him up, on the alert, a wild throw and a safe s, lide to second, out!, jump in front of the ball!, third-base man intercepting the slide of a runner from second, playing a trick on the base-runner. The ball is purposely thrown by the catcher over the third-baseman's head into the short-stop's hands, a runner caught betwen third base and home plate, and numerous other illustrations by Hal OGDEN. These are two volumes of the ST. Nicholas Magazine (Hardbound) that introduce HELEN KELLER in 1889 as a 9 year old (Along w/pictures of her and Annie Sullivan pps. 834-843) which also includes a facsimile letter written by Helen Keller and an example of the Braille system. An 1890 volume includes a short story written by Helen Keller (SISTER MABEL) . These two volumes are in different bindings which is common as many subscribers had the volumes bound or rebound in a binding of their own choosing. These volumes are also filled with numerous other stories by well-known authors and illustrators. The first volumes is: Volume XVI (16) Part II., May, 1889, To October 1889 (Pages I-VIII, and 483-960(477pp.) . Authors include: Celia Thaxter, George Wharton Edwards, Sarah Orne Jewitt, Palmer Cox (Brownies), Joaquin Miller, Joel Chandler Harris (Creature With No Claws and Daddy Jake, The Runaway). Illustrators include: Henry Sandham, Palmer Cox, R.B. Birch, W. Taber, T. Moran (Thomas), E.W. Kemble, George Wharton Edwards, H.A. Ogden, Katherine Pyle, H.L. Bridwell, James C. Beard, and C.D. Gibson. The second volumes is: Volume XVII (17) Part II., May, 1890, To October 1890 (Pages I-VII, and 547-1072 (525 pp.) . Authors include: HELLEN KELLER ("SISTER MABEL"), Katherine Pyle, WALTER CAMP "Bat, Ball, and DIAMOND", Palmer Cox, William O. Stoddard, "CYCLING" by Elizabeth Pennell and Illustrated by Joseph Pennell and H.C. Edwards, Laura E. Richards, Tudor Jenks, Richard Harding Davis (Tennis Tournament), Celia Thaxter, James Whitcomb Riley, Walter Camp ("Remarkable Boat Race"), Ernest E. Thompson.Illlustrated by (Ernest Thompson Seton?). ILLUSTRATORS INCLUDE: G.W. Edwards, Katherine Pyle, R.B. Birch, H.A. Ogden, Maud Humphreys, Palmer Cox (Brownies), Joseph Pennell, G.W. Edwards, F.T. Merrill, W. Taber, JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (A whole page of pictures drawn by FLAGG being only 12 at the time!!), BOZ (Dickens illustrator!), and others.
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