100 Short Stories (for Children). de BOYS AT PLAY - BASEBALL) Lowe, Viola Ruth. Haywood, Carolyn (illus) - 1937.

Racine, WI.: Whitman Publishing Company.. 1937.. Illustrated with six color plates and numerous b/w text illustrations, 124pp, 13 1/2 X 10 1/2 inches, color pictorial paper-covered boards with a cloth covered spine (hardbound). Good condition: light surface soiling and wear to covers, shelf wear, lower right corner of front cover has been creased, hinges starting to crack, light age toning to edge of pages. Most of the large color pictures depict a boy in an 'action' situation, such as working on a skyscraper, in a race car or playing baseball: "At bat, ready to make a hard swing" There is even an image of a young boy "Working on the steel framework of a skyscraper." .