Cricket -
A. G. Steel, The Hon. R. H. Lyttelton
1888 - Longmans, London - First 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 first edition 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. Reference: Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 473, 913.
Octavo (binding size 19.6x14.7cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 429 [1] [2 (publisher’s advertisements)] [2] Handsomely bound in three-quarter green crushed morocco over matching cloth, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt cricket motifs and lettered in gilt. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 112715 Price: HK$ 3,500
A finely bound first edition 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. Reference: Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 473, 913.
Octavo (binding size 19.6x14.7cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 429 [1] [2 (publisher’s advertisements)] [2] Handsomely bound in three-quarter green crushed morocco over matching cloth, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt cricket motifs and lettered in gilt. Condition: Fine in fine binding. Ref: 112715 Price: HK$ 3,500