THE FAIRPORT NINE
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1880. First Trade Edition. 12mo, viii, [2], 188, [6] pages, plus frontispiece. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full blue cloth with black and gilt lettering and decoration; spine with black titling on a gilt title block. Moderate wear to boards, with scuffing to covers and rubbing to all edges. Fore corners lightly bumped. Head and tail of spine are crinkled, with some fraying to head. Text block shows moderate wear and toning along edges, with dust soiling to top edge. Light penciling and smudging present on front free endpapers. Interior otherwise clean. Shelved in Room A.
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Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $750
NOTES
This is the first trade edition of The Fairport Nine, which was first published in serialized form. Additionally, per McCue, this is the fifth work of fiction published to feature baseball, and one of the first to very heavily feature the sport. Additionally, this book is notable for its inclusion of a racially integrated baseball team and for its sympathetic portrayal of a Black player, Sam Black, as the star left fielder.