The Cricket Field or, The History and the Science of the Game of Cricket.by the Author of ''The Principles of Scientific Batting,'' "Recollection of College Days,'' etc. etc [Rev. James Pycroft.] Second edition.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1854.
8vo., original half morocco, blind-decorated gilt, front board with gilt-stamped cricketer; pp. xvi + 267 + (4)(ads), 2 steel-engraved plates. Inner hinges strained; some staining, backed with archival paper.
A history and description of Cricket. The plates are ''The Bowler. William Clark'' and ''The Batsman. Fuller Pilch''.
From Painswick.
[Ref: 56461] £290.00
8vo., original half morocco, blind-decorated gilt, front board with gilt-stamped cricketer; pp. xvi + 267 + (4)(ads), 2 steel-engraved plates. Inner hinges strained; some staining, backed with archival paper.
A history and description of Cricket. The plates are ''The Bowler. William Clark'' and ''The Batsman. Fuller Pilch''.
From Painswick.
[Ref: 56461] £290.00