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WILLIAM LAMBERT
Cricketer's Guide; or, Instructions and Rules for playing the Noble Game of Cricket
Lewes: Sussex Press, J. Baxter, London: Baldwin and Co. [and 2 others], Derby: Mozely, [1825?]. 12mo., folding engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title vignette (frontispiece slightly creased and with tears to fold lines, small tear to outer margin of title, corners clipped), original printed wrappers (restored). Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes (inscription on title dated Liverpool, 19.7. [18]88).
Tenth edition. The upper blank margin of the frontispiece has been trimmed off for binding in order to make the engraving fit the reduced page-size. However, a shorter title has allowed for the re-introduction of the title woodblock, slightly recut. Padwick 383.
Cricketer's Guide; or, Instructions and Rules for playing the Noble Game of Cricket
Lewes: Sussex Press, J. Baxter, London: Baldwin and Co. [and 2 others], Derby: Mozely, [1825?]. 12mo., folding engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title vignette (frontispiece slightly creased and with tears to fold lines, small tear to outer margin of title, corners clipped), original printed wrappers (restored). Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes (inscription on title dated Liverpool, 19.7. [18]88).
Tenth edition. The upper blank margin of the frontispiece has been trimmed off for binding in order to make the engraving fit the reduced page-size. However, a shorter title has allowed for the re-introduction of the title woodblock, slightly recut. Padwick 383.
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