WILD, (Roland).

THE BIOGRAPHY OF COLONEL HIS HIGHNESS SHRI SIR RANJITSINHJI VIBHAJI, MAHARAJA JAM SAHEB OF NAWANAGAR.
London, 1934.
4to. xvi+330pp. Portrait frontispiece, 33 plates, and 2 maps. Original decorative vellum, gilt, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Printed on hand-made paper. Good condition.
LIMITED EDITION of 230 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A handsome biography of the Sussex and England batsman, dealing with every aspect of his life. The foreword by his nephew states that Ranjitsinhji stipulated that the author of this work should not be a famous cricketer, in case Ranjitsinhji's fame on the cricket field obscured his work as a statesman. This biography therefore deals with all aspects of his life. Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'A good biography of a great cricketer.' Padwick, 7983.
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