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SURREY AT THE WICKET: A COMPLETE RECORD OF ALL THE MATCHES PLAYED BY THE COUNTY ELEVEN SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CLUB ...

SURREY AT THE WICKET: A COMPLETE RECORD OF ALL THE MATCHES PLAYED BY THE COUNTY ELEVEN SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CLUB ...

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A statistical survey of Surrey cricket between 1844 and 1887, described by Gaston as "a splended compilation ... and most valuable". The author was a Spanish nobleman who bore the title Marquis de Santa Susana. He was a keen follower of Surrey cricket and privately produced both this volume and another one in Madrid.

8vo. [iii] + 160pp. Original red cloth, title in black lettering to the front cover & spine, both sl soiled with some minor wear to head & tail of spine. Contents clean, title-page browned, pages edges coloured red. Ex-lib Woodhouse (bookplate). A good copy of a scarce volume. 

Date
1888
Publisher
Madrid: privately, by the Author
Author
Anthony Benitez DE LUGO

£230.00 (Code: 76034)

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