Cricket -
A. G. Steel, The Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
1889 - Longmans, London - Third Edition
‘You will find that A.G. Steel's article on bowling is the best ever written and should be read at least twice a year by every bowler’ – Arthur Conan Doyle.
A finely bound early printing of this wonderful compendium of cricket writing, with pieces on batting, bowling, fielding, umpires, and the history of the game, and featuring contributions by A. Lang, W.G. Grace, R. A. H. Mitchell, and F. Gale.
The definitive reference book on the English summer game, profusely illustrated throughout with numerous engravings after Lucien Davis and from photographs.
The thoroughly enlarged and revised edition, first published in 1888. Reference: Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 473, 913.
Octavo (binding size 19.3x14.7cm), pp. [2 (publisher’s advertisements)] xiii [1] 429 [3]. Handsomely bound in three-quarter crushed brown morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands decorated and ruled in gilt and with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Handsomely bound in three-quarter crushed brown morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands decorated and ruled in gilt and with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Condition: Near fine, frontispiece toned, other plates lightly so, in fine binding. Ref: 112716 Price: HK$ 2,800
A finely bound early printing of this wonderful compendium of cricket writing, with pieces on batting, bowling, fielding, umpires, and the history of the game, and featuring contributions by A. Lang, W.G. Grace, R. A. H. Mitchell, and F. Gale.
The definitive reference book on the English summer game, profusely illustrated throughout with numerous engravings after Lucien Davis and from photographs.
The thoroughly enlarged and revised edition, first published in 1888. Reference: Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 473, 913.
Octavo (binding size 19.3x14.7cm), pp. [2 (publisher’s advertisements)] xiii [1] 429 [3]. Handsomely bound in three-quarter crushed brown morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands decorated and ruled in gilt and with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Handsomely bound in three-quarter crushed brown morocco over marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands decorated and ruled in gilt and with red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Condition: Near fine, frontispiece toned, other plates lightly so, in fine binding. Ref: 112716 Price: HK$ 2,800