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DENISON, William. Cricket. Sketches of the Players. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1846.
12°, with 4 advertisement leaves at end. (Occasional light soiling.) Modern green half calf, original drab printed wrappers bound in (wrappers torn and chipped at edges). Provenance: [?]Shaten (signature dated Nov. 1849 on title) -- [Guy Curry (in his sale, Christie's South Kensington, sale 5073, 4 May 2006, lot 44)].
FIRST EDITION, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, containing thirty-seven highly valued biographies by the first acknowledged cricket reporter. Denison writes at length about Alfred Mynn and William Lillywhite; his other biographies are concise and often less than a page long. Allen 47; Padwick 876 & 7201.
12°, with 4 advertisement leaves at end. (Occasional light soiling.) Modern green half calf, original drab printed wrappers bound in (wrappers torn and chipped at edges). Provenance: [?]Shaten (signature dated Nov. 1849 on title) -- [Guy Curry (in his sale, Christie's South Kensington, sale 5073, 4 May 2006, lot 44)].
FIRST EDITION, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, containing thirty-seven highly valued biographies by the first acknowledged cricket reporter. Denison writes at length about Alfred Mynn and William Lillywhite; his other biographies are concise and often less than a page long. Allen 47; Padwick 876 & 7201.
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