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[JAMES PYCROFT]
The Cricket Tutor
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862. 16mo., wood-engraved frontispiece of a batsman, three wood-engravings in text (block split near end), original green limp cloth, gilt title on front cover. Provenance: "To Capt. Altham with best wishes for 1924 from Edward Tolpee" (inscription on frotn free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, H.S. ALTHAM'S COPY. This was an important manual since Pycroft's tips were based on careful observations of the great players of his time. Allen 82; Padwick 395.
The Cricket Tutor
London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862. 16mo., wood-engraved frontispiece of a batsman, three wood-engravings in text (block split near end), original green limp cloth, gilt title on front cover. Provenance: "To Capt. Altham with best wishes for 1924 from Edward Tolpee" (inscription on frotn free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, H.S. ALTHAM'S COPY. This was an important manual since Pycroft's tips were based on careful observations of the great players of his time. Allen 82; Padwick 395.
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