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Ernest Thayer's celebrated "Casey at the Bat" in word and image
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1 / 9This edition of “Casey at the bat: the authentic, famous baseball saga,” published in 1986 by the Library of Congress, was adapted from a 1904 pamphlet illustrated by Edgar Keller. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
2 / 9The publication includes a sound recording of DeWolf Hopper reciting the poem in June 1909. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
3 / 9A 1946 issue of Coronet magazine presented “these drawings from Walt Disney Productions’ new feature picture, ‘Make Mine Music,’” including a condensed version of “Casey at the Bat.” Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
4 / 9Illustrator Walter Tripp added his own dimension to “Casey” in 1978 by drawing the cast of characters as members of the animal kingdom. Published by Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
5 / 9A 1901 edition of “Casey at the Bat,” by Ernest Thayer, published by New Amsterdam Book Co. in New York City. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
6 / 9This edition is No. 20 of 525 printed at the Stamperiea Valdonega in Verona, Italy. The etchings are by LeRoy Neiman, who signed the book, which was published in 2000 by Deuce II Editions in New York City. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
7 / 9Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
8 / 9Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. -
9 / 9Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
