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ROBERT TYAS, publisher
The Cricketer's Hand-Book: containing the origin of the game, remarks ... directions ... with a view of Lord's cricket ground
London: Robert Tyas and Edinburgh: J. Menzies, 1838. 16mo., [vi], 37, [1]p. + one advertisement leaf, engraved frontispiece (frontispiece creased and waterstained at inner margin, offsetting to title, first few leaves becoming detached, light creasemarks), original blue limp cloth with gilt vignette (extremities rubbed, covers crease-marked), boxed. Provenance: Alfred D. Taylor (booklabel; signature on rear pastedown) -- C.J. Britton (signature on rear pastedown) -- H.A. Cohen (sold Phillips, London, 26 January 1995, lot 586).
Second edition. Allen 34; Padwick 377.
The Cricketer's Hand-Book: containing the origin of the game, remarks ... directions ... with a view of Lord's cricket ground
London: Robert Tyas and Edinburgh: J. Menzies, 1838. 16mo., [vi], 37, [1]p. + one advertisement leaf, engraved frontispiece (frontispiece creased and waterstained at inner margin, offsetting to title, first few leaves becoming detached, light creasemarks), original blue limp cloth with gilt vignette (extremities rubbed, covers crease-marked), boxed. Provenance: Alfred D. Taylor (booklabel; signature on rear pastedown) -- C.J. Britton (signature on rear pastedown) -- H.A. Cohen (sold Phillips, London, 26 January 1995, lot 586).
Second edition. Allen 34; Padwick 377.
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