PARKER, Eric; LOWTHER, Hugh (Earl of Lonsdale) (editors)

The Game of Cricket

Name: The Game of Cricket
Brand: PARKER, Eric; LOWTHER, Hugh (Earl of Lonsdale) (editors)
SKU: 123911
Price: 185.00 GBP
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Stock Code 123911

London. The Lonsdale Library, 1930,

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An excellent, deluxe edition of The Game of Cricket from 1930, featuring 41 plates as well as contributions from cricketers such as Douglas (D.R.) Jardine, Evelyn (E.G.) Martin and Walter (W.B.) Franklin.

Deluxe edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); 41 plates, blue marbled endpapers, bookmark in blue ribbon; Bound in full blue rough-grained morocco with gilt Lonsdale crest to upper board and Lonsdale coronet corner-pieces, discolouration on spine with raised bands, 6 compartments with gilt lettering in the first and second, and gilt coronets in the other four, slight rubbing to corners, top edge gilt with pages uncut, partially unopened, a very good copy; 255 pp.

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