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[R. A. FITZGERALD]
Jerks in from Short-Leg by Quid
London: Harrison, 1866. 4to., wood-engraved illustrations by W.H. Du Bellew, original blue cloth with gilt caricature on front cover, yellow edges. Provenance: Thomas Best (bookplate) -- Christopher Heseltine (ownership signature). Allen 104; Goldman p. 113; Taylor p. 85; Padwick 6855.
[and FitzGerald's:]
Wickets in the West; or, The Twelve in America
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. 8vo., wood-engraved frontispiece of the team, portrait of the author (slight ink mark on portrait), original red cloth gilt, upper cover with vignette of W.G. Grace (spine torn at head, corners rubbed, front inner hinges split). Allen 117, treating this as the rarer of FitzGerald's two books; Britton p. 12; Goldman p. 204; Taylor p. 45; Padwick 4895. (2)
Jerks in from Short-Leg by Quid
London: Harrison, 1866. 4to., wood-engraved illustrations by W.H. Du Bellew, original blue cloth with gilt caricature on front cover, yellow edges. Provenance: Thomas Best (bookplate) -- Christopher Heseltine (ownership signature). Allen 104; Goldman p. 113; Taylor p. 85; Padwick 6855.
[and FitzGerald's:]
Wickets in the West; or, The Twelve in America
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. 8vo., wood-engraved frontispiece of the team, portrait of the author (slight ink mark on portrait), original red cloth gilt, upper cover with vignette of W.G. Grace (spine torn at head, corners rubbed, front inner hinges split). Allen 117, treating this as the rarer of FitzGerald's two books; Britton p. 12; Goldman p. 204; Taylor p. 45; Padwick 4895. (2)
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