With contributions by A. Lang, W. G. Grace, R. A. G. Mitchell and F. Gale. With numerous engravings after Lucien Davis and from photographs.
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888
Every aspect of cricket is covered including the history, batting, bowling, captaincy, umpires, fielding, 'The Australians', a chapter by W. G. Grace titled 'Outfit' and much more.
First Trade edition, thick 8vo (200 x 155 mm), pictorial frontispiece and 10 further plates, numerous vignettes within the text, some minor spotting, mostly to preliminary and terminal pages, toning to extreme edges of some plates, not affecting the illustrations, else very good; modern half morocco, gilt cricketing devices to spine, in excellent order; xiii, [2], frontispiece, 429, [1] pp, 2 pages of advertisements.
First Trade edition, thick 8vo (200 x 155 mm), pictorial frontispiece and 10 further plates, numerous vignettes within the text, some minor spotting, mostly to preliminary and terminal pages, toning to extreme edges of some plates, not affecting the illustrations, else very good; modern half morocco, gilt cricketing devices to spine, in excellent order; xiii, [2], frontispiece, 429, [1] pp, 2 pages of advertisements.
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