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AYRES' CRICKET COMPANION 1918

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Seventeenth year of issue. This annual ran to thirty volumes, from 1902 to 1931. The editor until 1927 was W.R. "Weir", who was actually W.R. Wright. J.N. Pentelow edited between 1928 and 1931, and J. Slee handled the last edition only (1931). The major contributors were Pentelow himself and F.S. Ashley-Cooper.

Small 8vo. 172pp. portraits and photographs in the text. Original paper-covered boards. Cloth spine. A very good copy of this rare War issue.  [Padwick, 1035]

Date
1918
Publisher
F.H. Ayres
Author
W.R. WEIR (Ed)

£50.00 (Code: 99566)

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