Hi-
I have 25 issues of Oliver Optics Magazine from the early 1870s for sale. Each issue's cover has an illustration of baseball being played in the background and a boy with a bat in the foreground. Every issue has the same cover except for 2 1871 issues with orange covers (same image though). There are some fascinating articles but none of these issues contain baseball articles (for some reason, I have yet to find a baseball article in any issue post 1869). This series began in 1867 and ceased publication around 1875 (I think).
The condition varies as can be seen in the example scans below. All issues have some tearing, possible staining, and the original owner's name at the top. 23 magazines are from 1870, and the two orange covers are double issues from 1871. I am looking to get 5.00 each shipped, or 3 for 10.00 shipped. Or, 10 for 25.00 shipped, and I could do the whole lot for 45.00 shipped. The orange issues alone are 6.00 each shipped, but I will include them in the 45.00 whole lot price. I hope this is not too confusing, but I am really hoping to move the whole lot.
Thanks,
Alan Elefson
aelefson@hotmail.com