![LAMBERT, William. Instructions and Rules for playing the Noble Game of Cricket as practised by the most eminent players. Lewes: Sussex Press, printed and sold by J. Baxter, London: R.Harrild, Langley and Co., Baldwin and Co. and Sherwood and Co., Derby: Mozley, [1817]. 12° (160 x 95mm). 62p., folding engraved frontispiece, woodcut title vignette. (Waterstaining around plate margins, browning to title page which is slightly loose.) Contemporary grey boards (rebacked, covers waterstained). Provenance: P.O. Papillon, August 1835 (inscription on front pastedown) -- A.E. Winder (bookplate) -- purchased from J.W. McKenzie in 1987.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_10766_0068_000(lambert_william_instructions_and_rules_for_playing_the_noble_game_of_c120555).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 sold by J. Baxter, London: R.Harrild, Langley and Co., Baldwin and Co. and Sherwood and Co., Derby: Mozley, [1817]. 12° (160 x 95mm). 62p., folding engraved frontispiece, woodcut title vignette. (Waterstaining around plate margins, browning to title page which is slightly loose.) Contemporary grey boards (rebacked, covers waterstained). Provenance: P.O. Papillon, August 1835 (inscription on front pastedown) -- A.E. Winder (bookplate) -- purchased from J.W. McKenzie in 1987.
THIRD EDITION. The title refers to 'a Plan of a New Single Wicket Game' and is embellished for the first time by a woodcut vignette. This copy has no advertisement for Baxter’s Farmer’s Account Book. Allen 17; Goldman p.119; Taylor p.61; Hancock Handbook Edition 3rd; Padwick 383. Sold with Roger Hancock, A Handbook for William Lambert’s Cricketer’s Guide (Brighton, 2006).
THIRD EDITION. The title refers to 'a Plan of a New Single Wicket Game' and is embellished for the first time by a woodcut vignette. This copy has no advertisement for Baxter’s Farmer’s Account Book. Allen 17; Goldman p.119; Taylor p.61; Hancock Handbook Edition 3rd; Padwick 383. Sold with Roger Hancock, A Handbook for William Lambert’s Cricketer’s Guide (Brighton, 2006).
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