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CHARLES BOX
The English Game of Cricket
London: "The Field" Office, 1877. 4to., 3 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, original red cloth gilt, gilt edges (extremities a little rubbed).
ONLY EDITION of this "scholarly and comprehensive work" (Diana Rait Kerr) by the cricket editor of The Times. EXCELLENT COPY. Allen 120; Britton p. 8; Goldman p. 82; Taylor: "one of the finest books ever published in connection with the game"; Padwick 799.
The English Game of Cricket
London: "The Field" Office, 1877. 4to., 3 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, original red cloth gilt, gilt edges (extremities a little rubbed).
ONLY EDITION of this "scholarly and comprehensive work" (Diana Rait Kerr) by the cricket editor of The Times. EXCELLENT COPY. Allen 120; Britton p. 8; Goldman p. 82; Taylor: "one of the finest books ever published in connection with the game"; Padwick 799.
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