[ Books ] THAYER, PHINEAS (ERNEST L.) Casey at The Bat. Three-color woodcut illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Small 8vo, gilt- pictorial green boards, very lightly rubbed; 7 leaves slightly bumpedalong fore edge leaving creases and a few short

[ Books ] THAYER, PHINEAS (ERNEST L.) Casey at The Bat. Three-color woodcut illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Small 8vo, gilt- pictorial green boards, very lightly rubbed; 7 leaves slightly bumpedalong fore edge leaving creases and a few short clean tears; owner's signature across front free endpaper. Chicago: McClurg, 1912 E1,000/1500 FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION of the famous baseball poem, which followed the 1901 Amsterdam Book Company edition. [SEE ILLUSTRATION]