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Cricket » Cricket Books » Cricket County History » THE CANTERBURY CRICKET WEEK: ITS ORIGIN, CAREER, AND JUBILEE, 1842-1891

THE CANTERBURY CRICKET WEEK: ITS ORIGIN, CAREER, AND JUBILEE, 1842-1891

THE CANTERBURY CRICKET WEEK: ITS ORIGIN, CAREER, AND JUBILEE, 1842-1891

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An account of the occurrences in Canterbury during successive Cricket Weeks from 1842 to 1891.

First Edition, second issue - this having 3 additional pages with the scores from the 1891 matches (pp152-154). The sheets from the previous issue have been used, so page 152 is stuck on top of a page of adverts. The other difference from the first issue is the addition of a page of head and shoulders portraits of eleven cricketers inserted after the title-page. 8vo. viii + 154pp + [10] adverts. Original wrappers, lacking paper spine. The front cover has been supplied from another copy of the book and has been taped to the spine and back cover. Good condition.

Date
1891
Publisher
Canterbury: printed by Jennings, for the Author
Author
Milton SMALL

£60.00 (Code: 102716)

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