The Fairport Nine

by Noah Brooks 

New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Brown cloth covers have illustration and titles in black and gilt. 
• Boards show some scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.  
• Spine has black text and gilt illustration and is clear with crushed, frayed ends.
• Binding is secure; at page 118-119 binding opens to stitches with loosening pages.  See photos.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some pencil notes. 
• Frontispiece is present and has intact tissue guard.
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some smudges.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges show some wear.  See photos. 
• PS2024.0807

188 pages. 4 5/8 x 7 inches

A very good copy, in the publisher's brown cloth covers with baseball themed illustration and title ornament, of this story for young readers by Noah Brooks (1830-1903).  Third or later printing of the 1880 trade edition, with illustrated plate "The Ghostly Visitor" at the frontis.  

Brooks, born in Castine, Maine, was a journalist, author and editor, and friend of Abraham Lincoln.  He wrote a series of stories for young readers that touched on themes including immigration and class.  He wrote some of the earliest fictional accounts of baseball; the Fairport Nine are a baseball team who play their rivals the White Bears for the pennant.

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