CRICKET (the Badminton Library of Sports and pastimes): With Numerous Engravings After Lucien Davis and from Photographs. Third Edition

Steel, A. G. & Lyttleton, Hon. R.H.

Published by Longans, Green, and Co, London, 1889

About this Item

From "the BAdminton Library of Sports and Pastimes", Edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort. With Contributions by A. Lang (History of Cricket, and Border Cricket); W.G. Grace (How to Score, and Outfit); R.A.H. Mitchell (the Art of Training Young Cricketers) and F. Gale (Country Cricket). Other Chapters by Steel or Lyttleton. Frontispiece has a Monochrome Plate Illustrated with a Bowler making a catch "Caught and Bowled", protected by tissue guard. Title Page illustrated with a seated Batsman in a pavilion. Other Illustrations are Full Page Plates or In Text Illustrations, mostly showing Cricketers in action. Brown cloth cover Illustrated with Hunting & Sporting equipment on the front, with Black & White Title. Spine Illustrated with a Gilt Bowler. Black & White Title and Gilt Lettering. Endpapers decorated with Swans & ships. 429 Pages, 940g, 7 1/2" Tall. Slight edge wear, Gilt on spine a little faded. Some fine spots of foxing throughout, mostly marginal. Binding a little fragile in a few places. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 009181

Bibliographic Details

Title: CRICKET (the Badminton Library of Sports and...

Publisher: Longans, Green, and Co, London

Publication Date: 1889

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Illustrator: Davis, Lucien

Condition: Good+