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Historic Baseball Books

Public domain baseball books from the Sporting News Collection, which are not found elsewhere on the internet.

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Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide for 1878

A.G Spalding& Bro.
Spalding 1877 Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League

A.G. Spalding & Bro.
De Witt's Base-Ball Guide for 1874

Henry Chadwick
The Game of Base Ball (1868)

Henry Chadwick
The Base Ball Player's Book of Reference (1867)

Henry Chadwick