The History Of Kent County Cricket.
£30.00
Publisher
Eyre and Spottiswoode East Harding Street, E.C.
Place
London
Date
1907
Synopsis
Containing contributions by the several captains of the kent team. also an account of every match played by the kent eleven and a complete summary of the performances accomplished by every cricketer who has played for kent. edited by the right hon. lord harris.
Item Description
FIRST EDITION. 4to. 9.75 x 7.5 inches. xvi + 510 pp. + 16 pp. Appendix E, 1910. Bound in light blue cloth with black titles. A little wear to board edges, but otherwise a very good copy. Ex-library copy (Borough of Folkestone Reference Library with label and stamps. Loosely inserted: Press cutting of 1921 and 1794 manuscript press extract with further on recto of second free endpaper/ colophon page. Occasional pencil marginal notes. Illustrated by 47 pages of black and white plates, including photographs and facsimiles, and frontispiece, by text figures, tables, and folding genealogical table. Decorated by the publisher's device of royal arms on title page. Well illustrated and comprehensive history of Kent county cricket from 1705 until the time of writing, with a full set of statistics. Appendix E of 1910 has been bound in with additional statistics for 1907-09. Edited by Lord Harris (1851-1932), conservative politician and colonial administrator, who served as captain of Kent, 1878-84.
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