New York: Robert M. De Witt, (1874). First edition. 12mo. 99, (1) pp; pp. 63/64 misbound after p. 42. Illustrated with frontispiece, as well as charts and tables. Publisher's limp pictorial wrappers, printed in black, wear and small losses along spine and extremities, old faint pencil notations on front and rear wrappers; all edges trimmed; old pencil scrawl on verso of frontispiece; ownership signature in pencil on final text leaf.

A very scarce and early guide to baseball, by the "Father of Baseball", Henry Chadwick (1824-1908). Published annually from 1868 to 1885, De Witt's baseball guides were the official publication of both the Professional and Amateur National Associations, and contain a flurry of information on the game's rules, scoring, player statistics, advice on pitching and hitting, game records, and more.