Between the Covers

Unbound. Broadside or poster advertising the 1895 book. 12½" x 18". Illustrated by F. Richard Anderson. Printed in black with a whimsical football illustration on pale green paper. Very good with small chips at the extremities affecting no printing, and a small piece of tape on the reverse (to no purpose). The illustration depicts a man in a fleur-de-lys uniform with a leather nose guard, opposed in the distance by some rather goofy looking football players (some with "Y," "H," "C," and "P" – presumably for Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton or Penn). Anderson was a successful Broadway costume designer, which probably explains the *très sportif* uniform. A poster advertising a very early football book, following Walter Camp's *American Football* (considered the first book on the sport) by four years. Rare. *OCLC* locates one copy of the 36-page book at the University Club in New York City, and no copies of this poster.

Item #365957