DescriptionThe Jersey Game. The History of Modern Baseball from its Birth to the Big Leagues in the Garden State. By James M. DiClerico & Barry J. Pavelec. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1991]. 8vo boards, dustjacket. pp. 279, illustrated. Illustration on page [9] captioned: Bird's-eye view of New York City and environs by John Bachman show the location of Hoboken and its appealing rustic setting. A baseball game is in progress a the lower left in this 1866 drawing. (I.N. Phelphs Stokes Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.) 8vo softcover