134 Year Old Treasure Hunt Yields an Exciting Discovery!

[unamuzd1]

What a great write-up - thanks for sharing with all of us!

[oldjudge]

I just saw this—great job Tanner. Sometimes it just takes fresh eyes to make new observations and you provided that and made a great Cartophilic discovery.

[bgar3]

Tanner, that was a fun and informative read. If you are really going to look for a first edition of Casey, there are a few known appearances in books that actually predate the accepted 1901 edition, if that makes a difference. I have had 2 that I traded to a baseball book collector and I am aware of at least one other. There is a bibliography by Gardner that is a good book for information but may be a bit outdated.
I have seen very early appearances in books which list other authors for the work. A fun thing to look for are the appearances of the poem associated with Harvard reunions.
I have also seen the nice 1912 edition inscribed by Thayer as “Phin “, so be on the lookout.

[Harliduck]

Great write up, I really enjoyed that...THANKS...

[mouschi]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I just saw this—great job Tanner. Sometimes it just takes fresh eyes to make new observations and you provided that and made a great Cartophilic discovery.

Thanks for chiming in Jay! I was hoping you would and was looking forward to it

Originally Posted by bgar3

Tanner, that was a fun and informative read. If you are really going to look for a first edition of Casey, there are a few known appearances in books that actually predate the accepted 1901 edition, if that makes a difference. I have had 2 that I traded to a baseball book collector and I am aware of at least one other. There is a bibliography by Gardner that is a good book for information but may be a bit outdated.
I have seen very early appearances in books which list other authors for the work. A fun thing to look for are the appearances of the poem associated with Harvard reunions.
I have also seen the nice 1912 edition inscribed by Thayer as “Phin “, so be on the lookout.

Very cool, thanks for the info!

[Tasupi]

Loved every word of this.. thank you for posting

[ZenPop]

What a remarkable story!!

Thank you so much for sharing and for the sleuthing, as well!
I live pretty close to Stockton, and I had no idea about so much of this!

I'll be sharing this story with friends who would enjoy it.
(and as a die-hard Giants' fan, I'll add Kelly to the list of people I'll now read about!)

Cheers!