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US Publisher Offers Books "More Pleasurable Than Bat and Ball"
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| Text | The last page of a US-printed reader encourages the reader to come to Thomas' book store, where "they may be suited with Something ore valuable than Cakes, prettier than Tops, handsomer than Kites, more pleasurable than Bat and Ball, more entertaining than either Scating or Sliding, and durable as marbles." |
| Sources | Thomas, Isaiah, publisher, The Royal Primer: or, An Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading [Worcester], per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 179. |
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1787.4 US Publisher Offers Books "More Pleasurable Than Bat and Ball""
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