1899 SPALDINGS OFFICIAL BASEBALL GUIDE

1899 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide. An awesome looking guide thats a 117 years old. There's some paper loss on the spine and its in good condition.

The "Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide" was published by A.G. Spalding from 1877 to 1893, and from 1894-1941 by the American Sports Publishing Company, a publishing house founded by A.G. Spalding & Bros. The Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide featured Rules of the game, editorials from baseball writers on the state of the game, statistics, photographs, and analysis of the previous season for all the Major League teams, and many of the minor leagues across the nation. The guides were also used to promote Spalding's line of sporting goods, that included baseball equipment such as balls, uniforms, Baseball gloves, and Bats, making the guides very popular with collectors today.