TOUR BOOKS AND HISTORIES -- LILLYWHITE, Frederick. The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States. London: F. Lillywhite, 1860. 8° (176 x 107mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title and 21 (of 22) wood-engraved plates only. (Some severe dampstains.) Original limp green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Provenance: George Henry Wood (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Padwick 4893. FITZGERALD, R.A. Wickets in the West; or The Twelve in America. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. 8°. Wood-engraved frontispiece and portrait. Original red cloth gilt, uncut (spine worn at head and foot). FIRST EDITION. Padwick 4895.ASHLEY-COOPER, Frederick Samuel. Cricket and Cricketers, introduction by George M. Newhall. Philadelphia: Office of the American Cricketer, 1907. 8°. (Some soiling.) Original red cloth lettered in black and with vignette on upper cover (covers a little soiled at edges, spine faded, bookplate over front advertisement). Provenance: purchased at Christie’s South Kensington, Traditional Sports, 22 September 1995, lot 3. FIRST EDITION. Padwick 59; and 12 other volumes.

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TOUR BOOKS AND HISTORIES -- LILLYWHITE, Frederick. The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States. London: F. Lillywhite, 1860. 8° (176 x 107mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title and 21 (of 22) wood-engraved plates only. (Some severe dampstains.) Original limp green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Provenance: George Henry Wood (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Padwick 4893. FITZGERALD, R.A. Wickets in the West; or The Twelve in America. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. 8°. Wood-engraved frontispiece and portrait. Original red cloth gilt, uncut (spine worn at head and foot). FIRST EDITION. Padwick 4895. ASHLEY-COOPER, Frederick Samuel. Cricket and Cricketers, introduction by George M. Newhall. Philadelphia: Office of the American Cricketer, 1907. 8°. (Some soiling.) Original red cloth lettered in black and with vignette on upper cover (covers a little soiled at edges, spine faded, bookplate over front advertisement). Provenance: purchased at Christie’s South Kensington, Traditional Sports, 22 September 1995, lot 3. FIRST EDITION. Padwick 59; and 12 other volumes.

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TOUR BOOKS AND HISTORIES -- LILLYWHITE, Frederick. The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States. London: F. Lillywhite, 1860. 8° (176 x 107mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title and 21 (of 22) wood-engraved plates only. (Some severe dampstains.) Original limp green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Provenance: George Henry Wood (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Padwick 4893.

FITZGERALD, R.A. Wickets in the West; or The Twelve in America. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. 8°. Wood-engraved frontispiece and portrait. Original red cloth gilt, uncut (spine worn at head and foot). FIRST EDITION. Padwick 4895.

ASHLEY-COOPER, Frederick Samuel. Cricket and Cricketers, introduction by George M. Newhall. Philadelphia: Office of the American Cricketer, 1907. 8°. (Some soiling.) Original red cloth lettered in black and with vignette on upper cover (covers a little soiled at edges, spine faded, bookplate over front advertisement). Provenance: purchased at Christie’s South Kensington, Traditional Sports, 22 September 1995, lot 3. FIRST EDITION. Padwick 59; and 12 other volumes.

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