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The Cricketer's Companion ... Season 1843
London: W. Clement Junior, and sold by Robert Dark, J.D. Mills, Oxford: H. Slatter, Brighton: W.H. Mason, [1844]. 12mo., facsimile wrappers, red speckled edges. Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes (signature on title, dated Liverpool 30.6.[18]86; pencil note in his hand on p. 53) -- [J.W. Rimington-Wilson] -- [E.D.R. Eagar] -- [John Arlott] (previously bound with lot 118).
FIRST EDITION, second issue with 62 rather than 54 pages. It was augmented by the laws, an advertisement for Robert Dark ("sole inventor and manufacturer of the tubular Indian rubber gloves and the improved leg guards"), and an index of matches. Allen 46; Padwick 1068.
The Cricketer's Companion ... Season 1843
London: W. Clement Junior, and sold by Robert Dark, J.D. Mills, Oxford: H. Slatter, Brighton: W.H. Mason, [1844]. 12mo., facsimile wrappers, red speckled edges. Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes (signature on title, dated Liverpool 30.6.[18]86; pencil note in his hand on p. 53) -- [J.W. Rimington-Wilson] -- [E.D.R. Eagar] -- [John Arlott] (previously bound with lot 118).
FIRST EDITION, second issue with 62 rather than 54 pages. It was augmented by the laws, an advertisement for Robert Dark ("sole inventor and manufacturer of the tubular Indian rubber gloves and the improved leg guards"), and an index of matches. Allen 46; Padwick 1068.
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