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76. [CRICKET] AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1902. The Eleventh Australian Tour. 1902. Particulars of the Team. Portraits and Biographies of all the Players. “Cricket” Office. [1902.]
£1,250
8vo., original printed wrappers stapled as issued; pp. 32. A fine copy preserved in custom-made cloth flapcase with leather label.
First edition of this souvenir pamphlet for the 1902 Australian cricket Team’s tour to England. Each player has a photographic portrait and short biography. Also included are results of the previous tours, a record of all Test matches between the two sides, and lists of all the earlier Australian touring teams.
The Australian cricket team toured England during the 1902 English cricket season. The five-Test series between the two countries has been fondly remembered; in 1967 the cricket writer A.A. Thomson described the series as “a rubber more exciting than any in history except the Australia v West indies series in 1960–61”. Australia had won the previous three Test rubbers between the two countries, and won their fourth successive Test series, by two matches to one with two draws. in the process they “beat the records of all their predecessors in the country” by losing only two of 39 matches during the tour, their defeats being against England in the Fifth Test and in the first of their two fixtures against Yorkshire. The remaining 37 matches gave 23 wins for Australia and 14 draws.
Following the tour, three of the Australians — victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong and James Kelly — were named Wisden cricketers of the Year in 1903, with their captain Joe Darling already having been bestowed that honour in 1900. The Australians’ leading batsman, victor Trumper, made more first class runs than anyone in the season, and of batsman with more than 1,000 runs only Arthur Shrewsbury scored his at a higher average. his 2,570 runs was a new record for any Australian in England. harry Altham wrote: “From start to finish of the season, on every sort of wicket, against every sort of bowling, Trumper entranced the eye, inspired his side, demoralized his enemies, and made run-getting appear the easiest thing in the world.”
The Australian’s opposition England team was described as “the best integrated side that England ever put into the field”, including macLaren, Fry, Tyldesley, Ranjitsinhji, Jackson, Braund, Jessop, hirst, Lilley, Lockwood and Rhodes.
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77. [CRICKET]. Batting for Boys by Two Wellingborough masters. With a Foreword by v.W.c. Jupp.Wellingborough. Printed By W. D. Wharton, 1937.
£98
8vo., original green printed wrappers with a picture of W.G. Grace pasted on upper wrapper; pp.36. Wrappers slightly sunned otherwise a very good copy.
First edition. With illustrations of famous players taking shots, including W.G. Grace, A.c. macDonald, W.G. Quaife, G.h. hirst, F.S Jackson and R.E. Foster. The photographs were reproduced from Great Batsmen and their methods by G.W. Beldam and c.B. Fry. A scarce item.
78. CROMPTON, Richmal (author). Henry FORD (illustrator). William and the Pop Singers. London, George newnes Limited. 1965. £225
8vo. original dark green cloth gilt with gilt vignette of William to spine, preserved in pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [x], 12-190; illustrated with line drawings throughout; a fine, clean, copy protected by a very bright, unworn, and unclipped, dustwrapper (10/6) with only minor rubbing to extremities and a couple of minute (2mm) closed nicks to base of spine.
First edition.
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79. CUCCIONI, Tommaso (publisher). num[er]o. cento vedute di Roma e sue vicinanze. Rome: Tommaso Cuccioni, [circa 1830]. £695
oblong 4to (169 x 215mm). contemporary [?italian] vellum gilt over pasteboards. covers with borders formed of palmette rolls within points and rules, spine gilt in compartments, gilt maroon morocco lettering-piece in one, others decorated with central floral and foliate tools, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; engraved title and 96 engraved plates by Achille Parboni, cuccioni, cottafavi, et al., with captions in italian or italian and French below; covers a little darkened, and slightly rubbed and chipped at extremities, some scattered spotting, otherwise a very good, clean copy with broad margins in a contemporary binding.
An attractive, finely-engraved and rare set of etchings of Roman architecture and antiquities, published by the bookseller, print-dealer and engraver Tommaso cuccioni (circa 1790-1862), who established himself originally as a print-seller and publisher in Rome at via della croce 25 (the address on the title page of this volume), before later moving to no. 88 in the same street, and later to via condotti. in about 1852 — like a number of other Roman printsellers who specialised in vedute — cuccioni turned to photography, and became a successful retailer of photographic prints of monuments and Roman scenes which followed the
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