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Cricket » Cricket Books » Cricket Instructional » THE YOUNG CRICKETER'S TUTOR ... ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1833 AND NOW REPRINTED ...

THE YOUNG CRICKETER'S TUTOR ... ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1833 AND NOW REPRINTED ...

THE YOUNG CRICKETER

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Originally published in 1833, this edition is enhanced by 15 wood engravings of rustic cricket scenes by John O'Connor, and a foreword by Neville Cardus.

8vo. [3] + xii + 94pp. Hand-printed on paper hand-made by Millbourn, some pps uncut with ragged edges, top edges gilt. Dust-wrapper in very good condition with just slight browning to the spine. No.21 of only 50 copies (out of a total limitation of 750) specially bound in green cloth with gilt vignette to front cover of a stylized set of wickets, stumps and bails. A fine copy of this charmingly produced book. [Padwick, 390-5]

Date
1948
Publisher
Dropmore Press
Author
John NYREN

£130.00 (Code: 100274)

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