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WILLIAM WHITTAM
Wm. Whittam's Modern Cricket and Other Sports, edited by G. T. Groves
Sheffield: Leader and Sons [later Groves and Son], 1883-86. 4 vols., 16mo. (occasional browning to end advertisements), original printed boards in contrasting colours, all but the first issue with differing wood-engraved vignette of a match (spines rubbed or worn). Provenance: J.W. Goldman (bookplates).
ALL PUBLISHED. Whittam's name was dropped after the appearance of the first two issues. At this point the publisher also also changed from Leader to Groves, Groves himself remaining editor throughout. However, Whittam made a come back in 1886, when the annual was continued as Cricket! W. Whittam's List of Matches, lasting until 1898. Goldman p. 138; Padwick 1129. (4)
Wm. Whittam's Modern Cricket and Other Sports, edited by G. T. Groves
Sheffield: Leader and Sons [later Groves and Son], 1883-86. 4 vols., 16mo. (occasional browning to end advertisements), original printed boards in contrasting colours, all but the first issue with differing wood-engraved vignette of a match (spines rubbed or worn). Provenance: J.W. Goldman (bookplates).
ALL PUBLISHED. Whittam's name was dropped after the appearance of the first two issues. At this point the publisher also also changed from Leader to Groves, Groves himself remaining editor throughout. However, Whittam made a come back in 1886, when the annual was continued as Cricket! W. Whittam's List of Matches, lasting until 1898. Goldman p. 138; Padwick 1129. (4)
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