A Yankee Looks at Cricket by Henry Sayen (10 results)

Condition: Fair. 1956. First Edition. 120 pages. Dust jacket in clear protective sleeve over blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Water staining to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning and tanning to edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 120 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers, pastedowns and top edges textblock. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Jacket is in removable plastic cover.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Sayen was a fast bowler for Philadelphia in his youth; he came to London in the summer of 1953 and was hooked by cricket. Includes an excellent chapter on the rise of the game in the United States. 8vo. viii + 120pp. Frontispiece (the author), 12 pages of photographs, text line drawings. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed with a couple of closed tears. Original owner's name to front endpaper - Sir Cyril Hawker (President of MCC).

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes. First. First printing. Spring green cloth with spine lettered in silver. INSCRIBED BY SAYEN ON THE VERSO OF HIS FRONTIS PORTRAIT: "To Cousin Dora/ A beloved personality whose every thought is that of kindness/ Harry Sayen/ July 1956". 120 pps. Illustrated with photographs. The American nicknamed "England's Good Mascot" offers his memoirs of the game as well as his thoughts about the cricket in America. William Henry Sayen (1883-1965) was the only American to play for a Gentlemen of England XI (in 1908) and came to be recognized as an ambassador for cricket, especially in the United States, where he was born at St. Davids, Pennsylvania, close by the famed Germantown Cricket Club. Very good. In price clipped dust jacket with light egde wear and a short closed tear top outer front panel tip.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 156.

Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 156.