The Jubilee Book of Cricket
by Ranjitsinhji, K.S
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1898. Brown boards with gilt decorated border, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine, red title box with gilt lettering, blue marbled closed edges, corners and spine ends bumped, spine edges worn, marbled colour endpapers, light spotting and feint ink inscription to fep, spotting to title page, initial pages and final pages of book, frontispiece - portrait of the author, published in the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign, and dedicated to her, black/white illustrations and photographs of Victorian cricket 'greats' throughout. Chapters on training, fielding, bowling, batting, captaincy and umpiring sections in first half of the book, Public School Cricket by WJ Ford, comprising 16 different schools' reviews; Oxford University Cricket by Thomas Case; Cambridge University Cricket by WJ Ford; County Cricket by 'Various Writers' in second half of book . 465pp clean, text clear to read, spotting/foxing to some pages, binding firm.. Sixth Edition. Hard. Good. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74659
- Title
- The Jubilee Book of Cricket
- Author
- Ranjitsinhji, K.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Sixth Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sport;
- Size
- 8vo
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Bookcase
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About the Seller
Bookcase
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Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
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