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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

A. G. Steel, Hon. R. H. Lyttelton & C. B. Fry

Cricket & The Book of Cricket

The Badminton Library Series "Cricket" & The Book of Cricket, A New Gallery of Famous Players

Published: Longmans & Newnes, London, 1888/1898

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2 Books.

Book 1. Volume size 19.5 x 14 cm.

A. G. Steel and the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton

with contributions by A. Lang, W. G. Grace , R. A. H. Mitchell, and F. Gale. 

CRICKET; with numerous engravings after Lucien Davis and

from photographs. Badminton Library Series.

Longmans, Green, and Co. London, 1888, Second edition.

Publishers pictorial cover with title.

Title with vignette on spine.

xiii, 429 pages + title vignette.

Frontispiece with tissue-guard + 10 full-page plates.

Book 2. Volume size 36.5 x 25 cm. [Folio size]

C. B. Fry [editor]. The Book of Cricket; A New Gallery of Famous Players. 

George Newnes, London , ca.1898 First edition.

Publishers green pictorial cover with gilt title.

Gilt titles and gilt vignette on spine.

[2], 256 pages + full-page photo-plates + in-text photographs.

Some plates contain facsimile of the players autographs.

Lovely photos of players accompanied by a bibliography.

Recorded shipping weight 4000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
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