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PIERCE EGAN'S BOOK OF SPORTS 1832 - THE CRICKETERS (DISBOUND CHAPTER)

PIERCE EGAN

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Extract forming accounts of various matches, literary tributes, the laws of the game and other features giving a flavour of cricket in 1832. Includes references to early cricket matches in France and a women's cricket match in Sussex.

22 x 14cm. 15pp (pages 337 to 352 from the original book). Paperback. Good condition.

 

Date
1832
Publisher
Thomas Tegg and Son
Author
Pierce EGAN

£20.00 (Code: 76527)

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