LILLYWHITE, Frederick (editor).  The Young Cricketer’s Guide containing full directions for playing the noble and manly game … by William Lillywhite. London: F. Lillywhite, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Marylebone. 8°, 32p. Blue half morocco gilt (without wrappers). Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes Liverpool 7.10.1886 (inscription on title).
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LILLYWHITE, Frederick (editor). The Young Cricketer’s Guide containing full directions for playing the noble and manly game … by William Lillywhite. London: F. Lillywhite, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Marylebone. 8°, 32p. Blue half morocco gilt (without wrappers). Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes Liverpool 7.10.1886 (inscription on title).

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LILLYWHITE, Frederick (editor). The Young Cricketer’s Guide containing full directions for playing the noble and manly game … by William Lillywhite. London: F. Lillywhite, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Marylebone. 8°, 32p. Blue half morocco gilt (without wrappers). Provenance: Robert Stratten Holmes Liverpool 7.10.1886 (inscription on title).

THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. The guide itself, written by William Lillywhite, was followed by ‘Brief Remarks upon Fifty of the most eminent Gentlemen and Players in England’. Allen p.55; Britton p.27; Goldman p.126; Smith 1; Taylor p.65; Padwick 1086.
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