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The great cricketer's survey of the game's history and the progress of county cricket. It includes his own early playing days, chapters on batting, bowling and fielding, views on the contemporary cricket scene, and "Cricketers I Have Met".

Crown 4to. xii + 512pp. Frontispiece, 44 plates. Original dark green/black half morocco, gilt, minor wear to boards. The spine has been professionally replaced with gilt title and new endpapers. A very good copy. No.207 of a Limited de Luxe Edition of 652 copies signed by Grace.

Date
1891
Publisher
Simpkin, Marshall / Bristol: Arrowsmith
Author
William Gilbert GRACE

£450.00 (Code: 87777)

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