Henry Chadwick

John Buckingham Foster

Albert Goodwill Spalding

Lewis B. Meacham

Volumes for 1878-1879 include a separately paged section: Reprint of league book; 1920-1922 and 1924-1939 include a separately paged section: Official base ball rules.

Spalding's Base Ball Guide and Official League Book

This book is Albert Spaldings work of "historic facts concerning the beginning, evolution, development and popularity of base ball, with personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories and its votaries." It is one of the defining books in the early formative years of modern baseball.

Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning, Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball, with Personal Reminiscences of Its Vicissitudes, Its Victories and Its Votaries

Albert Goodwill Spalding

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