ASHLEY-COOPER, (F.S.).

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE CRICKET AND CRICKETERS.
Nottingham, [1923].
8vo. viii+410pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper.
PRESENTED BY A.W. SHELTON TO E.V. LUCAS, INSCRIBED AND DATED on the front endpaper. Shelton was President of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in 1933, and was responsible for the publication of this book. Lucas (1868-1938) was a prolific author and poet. He began writing in Punch magazine in 1904 and contributed a regular column titled A Wanderer's Notebook in the Sunday Times. In 1924 he became chairman of the London publishers Methuen & Co. A detailed record of Nottinghamshire cricket and cricketers, with biographies of all the players. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'An exhaustive record from the earliest times.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'A very comprehensive history.' Padwick, 2498.
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