'W.G.'. Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Rare and modern books
Grace W.G.
James Bowden,
1899
'W.G.'. Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Rare and modern books
Grace W.G.
James Bowden,
1899
186.30 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1899
- Author
- Grace W.G.
- Publishers
- James Bowden
- Keyword
- sporting, cricket, wg, w g grace, w.g. grace
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., First Edition, with fine portait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 80 pages of plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original decorative blue cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in white, upper board with mounted coloured illustration of WG at the wicket, joints lightly rubbed, top dust-soiled, expertly recased, covers mildly age-faded else a very good, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's illustrated catalogue bound in at end. Arguably Grace's most readable book, this classic semi-autobiography contains hints for young cricketers and a wealth of cricketing statistics. Padwick, 7583
