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TAYLER, Albert Chevallier (illustrator). The Empire’s Cricketers. London: Fine Art Society, 1905. 2° (374 x 244mm). 48 chromolithographed plates after Chevallier Tayler, with descriptive biographies by George W. Beldam. (Occasional spotting and minor creasing to text pages, title and plate list not bound in.) Original red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt (spine rubbed, covers soiled, ties lacking). THE HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET PORTRAITURE IN BOOK FORM with the English and the Australian stars of the Golden Age cleverly portrayed in rippling white against a monotone background. Chevallier Tayler is acknowledged, along with G.F. Watts, as one of cricket’s finest artists. Beldam was the leading cricket photographer of the time and the biographies reflect his eye for detail. Padwick 6997.
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TAYLER, Albert Chevallier (illustrator). The Empire’s Cricketers. London: Fine Art Society, 1905. 2° (374 x 244mm). 48 chromolithographed plates after Chevallier Tayler, with descriptive biographies by George W. Beldam. (Occasional spotting and minor creasing to text pages, title and plate list not bound in.) Original red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt (spine rubbed, covers soiled, ties lacking). THE HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET PORTRAITURE IN BOOK FORM with the English and the Australian stars of the Golden Age cleverly portrayed in rippling white against a monotone background. Chevallier Tayler is acknowledged, along with G.F. Watts, as one of cricket’s finest artists. Beldam was the leading cricket photographer of the time and the biographies reflect his eye for detail. Padwick 6997.

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TAYLER, Albert Chevallier (illustrator). The Empire’s Cricketers. London: Fine Art Society, 1905. 2° (374 x 244mm). 48 chromolithographed plates after Chevallier Tayler, with descriptive biographies by George W. Beldam. (Occasional spotting and minor creasing to text pages, title and plate list not bound in.) Original red cloth, front cover lettered in gilt (spine rubbed, covers soiled, ties lacking).

THE HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET PORTRAITURE IN BOOK FORM with the English and the Australian stars of the Golden Age cleverly portrayed in rippling white against a monotone background. Chevallier Tayler is acknowledged, along with G.F. Watts, as one of cricket’s finest artists. Beldam was the leading cricket photographer of the time and the biographies reflect his eye for detail. Padwick 6997.
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