![GRACE, W[illiam] G[ilbert]. Cricket. Bristol: J.R. Arrrowsmith & London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1891. 4° (245 x 180mm). Wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, 44 illustrations, either wood-engraved or half tone, some full page, all on India paper, mounted. (Frontispiece spotted, occasional light spotting and soiling elsewhere.) Contemporary black half morocco with gilt title and facsimile signature on upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine worn, joints cracked, corners worn and bumped).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0061_000(grace_william_gilbert_cricket_bristol_jr_arrrowsmith_london_simpkin_ma120406).jpg?w=1)
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GRACE, W[illiam] G[ilbert]. Cricket. Bristol: J.R. Arrrowsmith & London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1891. 4° (245 x 180mm). Wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, 44 illustrations, either wood-engraved or half tone, some full page, all on India paper, mounted. (Frontispiece spotted, occasional light spotting and soiling elsewhere.) Contemporary black half morocco with gilt title and facsimile signature on upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine worn, joints cracked, corners worn and bumped).
NO 444 OF 652 COPIES (and 10 presentation copies) in the edition de luxe, signed by the author on limitation leaf. On the printed leaf following the title, Grace generously acknowledges 'that I have been much aided in the preparation of this book by my friend, W. Methven Brownlee, who has worked with me over every page'. Allen 141; Padwick 433.
NO 444 OF 652 COPIES (and 10 presentation copies) in the edition de luxe, signed by the author on limitation leaf. On the printed leaf following the title, Grace generously acknowledges 'that I have been much aided in the preparation of this book by my friend, W. Methven Brownlee, who has worked with me over every page'. Allen 141; Padwick 433.
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