K S Ranjitsinhji
The Jubilee Book of Cricket
London, 1897
Limited edition of 350 copies, signed. This is copy number 123 from a limited edition of 350, printed on handmade paper and signed by Prince Ranjitsinhji.
An uncommon signed limited edition of one of the classic books on Cricket, by one of the greatest batsmen of all time, published to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.
The first half of the Jubilee Book of Cricket is instructional, while the second half focuses on school, university, and county cricket. Chapters on training, fielding, bowling, batting, captaincy, umpiring, public school, and Cambridge University cricket by W. J. Ford, Oxford University Cricket by Thomas Case, and individual histories of the county cricket clubs.
Illustrated with frontispiece and 115 tissue- guarded photographic plates of famous pre-1914 players from the “Golden Age” of cricket, including W. G. Grace, Ranjitsinhji himself, C.T.B. Turner, W. Marlow, L.C.H.Palairet, Lord Hawke, etc., including 22 photogravures. Almost all photographs are by Hawkins of Brighton, the best of the Golden Age photographers. Originally cloth bound in white with embossed letters on spine. 26 x 21.5 cm
Condition: Soiling of spine. An excellent copy on the inside.
Exportable: No
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