![LAMBERT, William. Instructions and Rules for playing the Noble Game of Cricket as practised by the most eminent players. Lewes: Sussex Press, printed and published by J. Baxter and sold in London by Baldwin & Co., [1816]. 12° (160 x 100mm). 55p., folding engraved frontispiece. Original buff wrappers with pink title label affixed (rebacked, label a little rubbed). Provenance: John R. Batten (recent signature on front pastedown) -- purchased from Graves Son and Pilcher in 1985.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0065_000(lambert_william_instructions_and_rules_for_playing_the_noble_game_of_c120520).jpg?w=1)
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LAMBERT, William. Instructions and Rules for playing the Noble Game of Cricket as practised by the most eminent players. Lewes: Sussex Press, printed and published by J. Baxter and sold in London by Baldwin & Co., [1816]. 12° (160 x 100mm). 55p., folding engraved frontispiece. Original buff wrappers with pink title label affixed (rebacked, label a little rubbed). Provenance: John R. Batten (recent signature on front pastedown) -- purchased from Graves Son and Pilcher in 1985.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of this well known, long surviving but rare and much sought after successor to Boxall’s Guide, nominally by William Lambert. The folding frontispiece shows a game in progress in the Paddock, a field below Lewes castle in Sussex with a key to positions in the field similar to Boxall’s. The same plate was used without alteration through the first six editions. FINE UNTRIMMED COPY in its original state. Allen 17; Goldman p.119; Taylor p.61; Hancock Handbook Edition 1st (illustrates cover of this copy); Padwick 383. Sold with Roger Hancock, A Handbook for William Lambert’s Cricketer’s Guide (Brighton, 2006).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of this well known, long surviving but rare and much sought after successor to Boxall’s Guide, nominally by William Lambert. The folding frontispiece shows a game in progress in the Paddock, a field below Lewes castle in Sussex with a key to positions in the field similar to Boxall’s. The same plate was used without alteration through the first six editions. FINE UNTRIMMED COPY in its original state. Allen 17; Goldman p.119; Taylor p.61; Hancock Handbook Edition 1st (illustrates cover of this copy); Padwick 383. Sold with Roger Hancock, A Handbook for William Lambert’s Cricketer’s Guide (Brighton, 2006).
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