![PYCROFT, James. The Cricket Field: or, The History and Science of Cricket. Boston: Mayhew and Baker, 1859. 12° (173 x 103mm). 238pp + 14pp. advertisements. Wood-engraved frontispiece of William Clarke, wood-engravings in text, end advertisements with 4 full-page illustrations of base ball players. Contemporary diapered cloth by C. Hill, Montreal, yellow endpapers (spine restored, corners rubbed). Provenance: Geo[rge] Murray (signature; ‘withdrawn’ stamp on verso of rear endpaper).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0038A_000(pycroft_james_the_cricket_field_or_the_history_and_science_of_cricket115856).jpg?w=1)
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PYCROFT, James. The Cricket Field: or, The History and Science of Cricket. Boston: Mayhew and Baker, 1859. 12° (173 x 103mm). 238pp + 14pp. advertisements. Wood-engraved frontispiece of William Clarke, wood-engravings in text, end advertisements with 4 full-page illustrations of base ball players. Contemporary diapered cloth by C. Hill, Montreal, yellow endpapers (spine restored, corners rubbed). Provenance: Geo[rge] Murray (signature; ‘withdrawn’ stamp on verso of rear endpaper).
THE RARE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The wood-engraving of Clarke differs from that used in the English editions, and there is no ‘batsman’ plate. The short ‘Preface to the American edition’ gives an account of Clarke’s career by William H. Bray. Padwick 394.
THE RARE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The wood-engraving of Clarke differs from that used in the English editions, and there is no ‘batsman’ plate. The short ‘Preface to the American edition’ gives an account of Clarke’s career by William H. Bray. Padwick 394.
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