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WILLIAM LAMBERT
The Cricketers' Guide: or, A Concise Treatise on the Noble Game of Cricket
Lewes: Sussex Press, J. Baxter, Derby: Mozley, London: Langley and Co., [and 3 others], [1819?]. 12mo., folding engraved frontispiece, woodcut title vignette (quires B-C lightly browned), contemporary roan-backed boards (spine expertly restored). Provenance: the word "Club" inscribed in an early hand on front pastedown -- H.A. Cohen (sold Phillips, 26 January 1995, lot 430).
Fifth edition, [?]first issue, without the inserted slip noting "alterations" to the height of the stumps and width of the popping crease "since printing page 55". FINE COPY. Padwick 383, noting that this is one of two imprints for this edition.
The Cricketers' Guide: or, A Concise Treatise on the Noble Game of Cricket
Lewes: Sussex Press, J. Baxter, Derby: Mozley, London: Langley and Co., [and 3 others], [1819?]. 12mo., folding engraved frontispiece, woodcut title vignette (quires B-C lightly browned), contemporary roan-backed boards (spine expertly restored). Provenance: the word "Club" inscribed in an early hand on front pastedown -- H.A. Cohen (sold Phillips, 26 January 1995, lot 430).
Fifth edition, [?]first issue, without the inserted slip noting "alterations" to the height of the stumps and width of the popping crease "since printing page 55". FINE COPY. Padwick 383, noting that this is one of two imprints for this edition.
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