Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Spring 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2014
What a cool treasure this is. A tremendously rare 1898 Spalding's Ice Hockey and Ice Polo Guide, with 96 pages of facts, figures, rules and photos from the world of hockey much more than a century ago, complete with back pages of ads (hockey stick 75 cents, skates $5.00). Tons of team photos, including the Victoria teams from Montreal and Winnipeg, U.S. college teams like Princeton, Yale, and so much more, all within the pages of this 5" x 7" gem, including summaries of the 1896-'97 season in various Canadian leagues like the A.H.A. and U.S. college leagues. There's even a Stanley Cup section and teams of the era involved. You just don't see these Spalding books. Until now. Condition-wise, the cover is battered and bruised with the spine taped and edges worn, but the inside pages have been nicely preserved, with a sprinkling of words underlined in pencil in a few places. The whole thing is held together just fine.
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