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PENNY CRICKET CARDS -- Dr. W.G. Grace ... Price 1d. London: Wright & Co., [1887]. Printed card (5 x 3¼in; 12.7 x 8.1 cm.), 4pp., folded, with xylographic portrait of Grace and advertisement for Cricket. A weekly Record of the Game on front cover, 2pp. biography of the player, and further advertisement for F.H. Ayres "Sports and Games" on verso (light spotting) -- Dr. W.G Grace ... one penny. London: [1895]. Printed on blue card (5 x 3.14in; 12.7 x 8.1cm.), 4pp., folded, with half tone cover portrait of Grace and advertisement for Laws of Cricket, 2pp. biography, further advertisement for Duke & Son cricket balls on verso; and 10 other penny cards, including a third Grace card published in 1898, and others depicting G.A. Lohmann, W.W. Read, R. Abel, A.E. Stoddart, K.S. Ranjitsinhji, T. Richardson, W.H. Lockwood, C.B. Fry and C. Bland; together with 4 small booklets, including the Evening News Cricket Annual, 1897 and 1898, with sketches by "Rip." (16)
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