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W.G. GRACE
Cricket. Bristol: J.R. Arrrowsmith & London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1891. 4to, portrait frontispiece and 44 illustrations, some full-page, all on India paper, mounted. (Frontispiece slightly spotted and soiled, occasional dust-soiling elsewhere.) Contemporary black half morocco with gilt title and facsimile signature on upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut (rebacked, preserving most of old spine, lightly rubbed on spine and at extremities).
NO 182 OF 652 COPIES (and 10 presentation copies) in the edition de luxe, signed by the author on limitation leaf. On the 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.
Cricket. Bristol: J.R. Arrrowsmith & London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1891. 4to, portrait frontispiece and 44 illustrations, some full-page, all on India paper, mounted. (Frontispiece slightly spotted and soiled, occasional dust-soiling elsewhere.) Contemporary black half morocco with gilt title and facsimile signature on upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut (rebacked, preserving most of old spine, lightly rubbed on spine and at extremities).
NO 182 OF 652 COPIES (and 10 presentation copies) in the edition de luxe, signed by the author on limitation leaf. On the 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.