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The 1875 Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Guide is in exceptional shape, with beautiful pages and minimal edge wear, demonstrating its enduring quality. Its covers contain insights into baseball's early days, including freshly established regulations, an innovative scoring system, player instructions, club formation criteria, and precise base-ball averages from the previous season. These manuals, published annually from 1860 to 1881, bore the imprint of Henry Chadwick, often regarded as the "Father of Baseball." Chadwick's literary prowess resulted in important breakthroughs in baseball box scores and statistics, influencing our current understanding and appraisal of the sport. Collectors will find this book to be a rare opportunity to obtain a piece of baseball history while also providing an intriguing insight into the past.