The First Boys of Summer

The 1896-1870 Cincinnati Red Stockings: Baseball's First Professional Team. Fair Book. Illustrations by Jerry Dowling. Inscribed by John Erardi in ink directly to the title page: "To Peggy Day, a great Reds fan - Like the 1869 Red Stockings, you've got the 'Wright stuff', Peggy! Good reading and Go Reds! John Erardi, July 1994." Trade Paperback with glossy wrappers. Covers show age tanning, creases, edgewear, indentations, marks, rubbing, scratches, shelfwear, and smudges to all extremities. Front cover shows 3" crease near fore edge. Inside front cover shows black scuff marks. Back cover shows vertical crease from top to bottom edge. Inside back cover shows stray ink mark. Spine uncracked. Spine ends heavily bumped. Soiling to tail end of spine. Corners show some wear. Upper corner of front cover lightly bumped. Lower corner of front cover shows large crease. All edges of textblock show age tanning, light scratches, shelfwear, and smudges. Fore edge shows stray ink mark. Tail edge shows small indentations and soiling. Binding tight and square. Light vertical crease to last three pages. Last page shows spot of foxing to fore edge. Pages show age tanning but are otherwise clean and unmarked. 144 pages. 8-1/2 X 11.…