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London: Arrowsmith, 1893. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Believed First edition first printing (Preface dated 1893 and the original owner's name on the front end paper is also dated 1893) octavo hardback Dark green cloth gilt xiv + 274 pages plus 4 pages of publisher's adverts. illustrated Lacks front end paper otherwise Good condition.

London: J. W. Arrowsmith. No date, preface dated 1893. Green cloth with gilt titles. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by 80 portraits of eminent cricketers, etc. Previous owners' signatures on front free endpaper. Two 1/2" splits at head of spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. 4 pages of ads at rear. Page edges darkened. . Very Good. Hardcover.

1893. First edition. J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol. 1893. Black cloth, gilt script to spine and upper board. Frontis. 274 pages. Lacks front free end-paper (?) Corners sl. bumped, cloth beginning to fray sl. at spine edges at head and tail.

Bolton: Tillotson, 1893. Subscriber's large paper edition, signed by Daft and numbered 77. 4to (10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches), pages: xiv:274:iv (the list of 106 subscribers). Original 3/4 roan, the cloth of the upper cover pictorially blocked in gilt. Endpapers browned and a little marked. Inscribed and signed by Percy de Paravicini (1862-1921), the English amateur cricketeer. Binding hopelessly repaired with sellotape - not affecting cloth sides. In need of re-backing and re-cornering and priced to allow for such.