Casey at Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 (SIGNED COPY) by: Thayer, Ernest Lawrence and Christopher Bing
Hardcover. Brooklyn, NY, Handprint Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Written in 1888 by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Casey at the Bat is probably the best known baseball poem ever penned. In this classic piece, the Mudville nine trail entering the bottom of the ninth inning, and mighty Casey heads to the plate with a chance to tie the game. Clean, tight copy. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR BING on front fly leaf.