CRICKET by GRACE. W. C - 1891

William Luscombe Publisher Limited. London.,1974. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.2 x 7.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, some in colour. Finely bound in recent leather binding of full red morocco. Spine with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy of this classic book.:

Astolat Press. Leopold B. Hill. London. No date. circa 1910. FINE BINDING BY BUMPUS. 16mo. (5 x 4 inches). 90pp. Illustrated with a mono frontis of G. F. Watts' Love and Life, with a tissue guard. Fine full dark brown morocco, spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled in black and gilt. Boards with three gilt and one black ruled lines. Board edges with gilt ruled lines. Inner boards with double gilt ruled borders and previous owners inscription initials, dated 12th December 1927 in gilt. Plain endpapers. All edges gilt. Red silk bookmark. Small chip of loss to the top outer corner of the front blank free endpaper but Overall a lovely bright copy in a fine decorative binding.

Maison Quantin. Paris. - No date. 1887. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Small 4to. (9.3 x 6.5 inches). Beautifully illustrated with ten etchings after Poirson. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in early half dark brown morocco. Spine with raised bands with floral gilt roll design. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Floral patterned paper on the boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Original stiff paper wraps bound in. A very good copy in an attractive late nineteenth century leather binding that has some very light wear to the edges but is overall very good indeed.

Heinemann. London. 1977. FIRST EDITION. 3 large 8vo volumes. (9.2 x 6.3 inches). Publishers red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Fine bright copies in original dustwrappers which have sun fading to the lettering on the spines, as often found with these volumes, making the lettering barely readable, and a few very minor spots.

Macmillan & Co. London. 1899. Second edition, Third printing overall. This edition listed as the "cheap reissue". Originally published in 1875, this printing adds the new rules of Golf, as adopted by the Royal and Ancient and also updates the R. & A. medal list. Small 4to. (8.5 x 6.4 inches). Illustrated with six plates and sixteen wood engravings by various artists including Hugh Thomson, James Drummond and Birket Foster. Decorative head and tail pieces & initial letters by Clark Stanton and C. A. Doyle. A few pages affected by foxing but mostly a very bright clean copy finely bound in recent full dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated with club and players devices and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. Overall a very good copy in an attractive leather binding.

Country Life,Ltd.London. 1926. FIRST EDITION.8vo.(8.5 x 7 inches).Decorated initial letters to each chapter.A very good copy in a fine early binding by Bumpus of London.Half tan calf,spine with raised bands and twin light and dark brown labels,gilt.Marbled paper on boards.Circular brown calf label,with owners initials,on front board.Marbled endpapers.Top edge gilt,others untrimmed.Previous owners small neat inscription "C.M.H from K.M.H" on front blank endpaper.Some minor rubbing to extremities but overall a very good copy of this interesting book.In the introduction the author reveals his thoughts on dining. "Really intense and progressive people count the calories in carrots and the vitamins in veal and advise us to live on raw cabbage.This book is not for them,but for the bad lots who openly admit that they like the pleasures of the table and who enjoy life".

Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :

Published at The Hampshire House Workshops, Hampshire Hog Lane, Hammersmith, London. 1915. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 12 wood engravings. One of 1500 copies. Inscribed by Gill on the front free endpaper "Eric Gill for H. Davis, 22.3.28" A very good copy in original grey canvas spine, lettered in black, with red paper covered boards with black lettering and illustration to the front board. Some loss to the paper on the boards, affecting 7 letters of the address at the bottom. Spine with just a little darkening. Overall a very good copy. Uncommon inscribed by Gill. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 259.

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy of this first English edition of the Author's autobiographical novel, set against the backdrop of the 1905 Russian revolution, inspired by his childhood in Odessa.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, for Boots pure drug company. circa 1923. Early reprint edition. 4to.(10 x 7.9 inches). Twenty full colour tipped in plates by Dulac. Finely bound recent half dark brown morocco leather binding. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind and gilt, plus gilt lettering and centre decorations. Marbled paper on boards. A clean and attractively bound copy.