FAIR CONDITION
This sale is for a VICTORIAN hardback edition entitled “Cricket,” by A. G. Steel and the Hon. R. H. Lyttelton, with contributions by A. Lang, W. G. Grace, R. A. H. Mitchell, and F. Gale, and illustrated with over 50 fine engravings and vintage photographs, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece.
It was published by Longmans, Green and Co., of London, in 1890 and is one of the wonderful vintage “The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes” series, edited by His Grace The Duke of Beaufort, K.G., assisted by Alfred E. T. Watson, and is the Fourth Edition.
The contents include:
· The History of Cricket, by Andrew Lang
· Batting, by Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
· Bowling, by A. G. Steel
· Captaincy, by A. G. Steel
· Umpires, by A. G. Steel
· Fielding, by Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
· Country Cricket, by F. Gale
· Border Cricket, by Andrew Lang
· How to Score, by W. G. Grace
· The Australians, by A. G. Steel
· The University Cricket Match, by Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
· Gentlemen and Players, by Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
· The Art of Training Young Cricketers, by R. A. H. Mitchell
· Single Wicket, by Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
· Outfit, by W. G. Grace
· Cricket Reform, by Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
The book measures 7.75 inches x 6 inches x 1.3 inches and has 429 pages (including illustrations), which are gilt edged to the tops and hand-cut to the top and side rims (some un-cut).
The book is in internally neat condition for its age, with heavy wear to the hardback cover, which is missing the leather spine (boards still secure at the hinges), with a little light foxing near the covers. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book. The internal binding is good with no loose or missing pages. There is no dust-jacket.
A wonderfully illustrated VICTORIAN edition.
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