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The Sporting Magazine
London: for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wheble [and others], 1792-1797. 29 monthly issues or part issues only in 3 vols., including several duplicates, 8vo. (8¾ x 5½in; 227 x 133mm. and slightly smaller), engraved plates (some plates lacking, occasional tears), uniform early 20th-century green cloth, spines gilt lettered, two vols. uncut. Provenance: J.W. Goldman (bookplate).
Dated as follows: I. November-December 1792; May-September 1794; October 1795. II. May-October 1793; May-September 1794. III. June-October 1796; May-June, August-October 1797. The June 1793 issue includes: "The Laws of cricket as revised by the Cricket Club at St. Mary-le-Bone" (pp. 134-136). All the issues contain scores of grand matches, and an engraving of the "Grand Cricket Match played in Lord's Ground ... June 20th and following day" (detached, soiled, heavily stained at corners) is in the July 1793 issue. R.S. Rait Kerr Laws of Cricket p. 121; Padwick 160 & 1210; cf. Goldman 181. (3)
London: for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wheble [and others], 1792-1797. 29 monthly issues or part issues only in 3 vols., including several duplicates, 8vo. (8¾ x 5½in; 227 x 133mm. and slightly smaller), engraved plates (some plates lacking, occasional tears), uniform early 20th-century green cloth, spines gilt lettered, two vols. uncut. Provenance: J.W. Goldman (bookplate).
Dated as follows: I. November-December 1792; May-September 1794; October 1795. II. May-October 1793; May-September 1794. III. June-October 1796; May-June, August-October 1797. The June 1793 issue includes: "The Laws of cricket as revised by the Cricket Club at St. Mary-le-Bone" (pp. 134-136). All the issues contain scores of grand matches, and an engraving of the "Grand Cricket Match played in Lord's Ground ... June 20th and following day" (detached, soiled, heavily stained at corners) is in the July 1793 issue. R.S. Rait Kerr Laws of Cricket p. 121; Padwick 160 & 1210; cf. Goldman 181. (3)
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