BASEBALL FOR BOYS AND BEGINNERS c1930s National Baseball Association & J & C Moores Ltd

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Issued by The National Baseball Association, book undated, with no copies located in any of the main institutional library collections, most likely published circa 1930s this is a very scarce Liverpool printed book on Baseball for Beginners, 92 pages with photographs and drawings, a small format measuring 6 inches by 4 inches approx. the contents page is printed on the reverse of the title page, there is no further publishing information other than what is printed on the title page, and the back cover of the book, (pictured) the first page of the book carries a portrait of Sir John Moores CBE (25 January 1896 ? 25 September 1993) John Moores was a keen baseball fan and created a league for Liverpool-based teams in 1933. He later enticed Everton players such as Dixie Dean to the game. In 1938 he donated the John Moores trophy to Great Britain national team for beating the United States Olympic team four games to one in a five-game series. The Great Britain team consisted largely of Canadians from the Yorkshire-Lancashire league. For his efforts, he was posthumously inducted into the British Baseball Hall of Fame in October 2009. the card covers have some marking, internally contents generally in very good condition A VERY SCARCE EARLY BRITISH BOOK ON BASEBALL. N° de ref. del artículo 002602

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