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MY CRICKET COLLECTION AND CRICKET LITERATURE

MY CRICKET COLLECTION AND CRICKET LITERATURE
MY CRICKET COLLECTION AND CRICKET LITERATURE

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The original 1929 publication comprised two issues, the first of 12 copies, the second of 6, all signed and numbered 1-18. So, although this is edition is called the 'third' it is actually the second. Irving Rosenwater supplies the Introduction. G. Neville Weston was a significant cricket (and boxing) collector who also wrote a number of limited edition cricket books and bibliographies.

Second Edition. 8vo. [v] + viii + [2] + 52pp. 1 illustration. Stiffened card covers with title in black lettering to upper board. Very good condition. No.3 of a Limited Edition of 50 copies each numbered and signed by the author. This copy was presented to Irving Rosenwater with a short hand-written dedication to front pastedown. Also slipped in is a note from the well-known cricket book dealer E.K. Brown stating that "I am more than pleased for the kind dedication" - this edition was dedicated by Weston to Brown. [Padwick, 41]. From the collection of Irving Rosenwater.

Date
[1974]
Publisher
Kidderminster: Priv., by the Author
Author
George Neville WESTON

£150.00 (Code: 100321)

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