NYREN, (John).

THE YOUNG CRICKETER'S TUTOR. COMPRISING FULL DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING THE ELEGANT AND MANLY GAME OF CRICKET BY JOHN NYREN, AND ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1833 AND NOW REPRINTED. ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY JOHN O'CONNOR. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NEVILLE CARDUS.
London, 1948.
8vo. (4)+xii+89+(7)pp. Frontispiece, 1 plate and 15 text illustrations. Printed on hand-made paper, edges untrimmed. Original decorative buckram in dust-wrapper.
LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies, (numbered 1-50), of a total limitation of 750 copies. SPECIALLY BOUND IN FULL DECORATIVE BUCKRAM, GILT. One of the classics of cricket literature. Although Cowden Clarke played a large part in the literary composition of the work, Nyren's personality is apparent throughout his vivid accounts of his contemporaries of the Hambledon Club. Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'The book is a classic of sporting literature.' Padwick, 390.
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