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CHARLES BOX
The English Game of Cricket
London: Field Office, 1877. 4to., 3 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved tail-pieces, original blue cloth gilt, gilt edges (spine restored).
PRESENTATION COPY TO R.S. HOLMES (2-page autograph letter signed from the author to Holmes, dated Camberwell 18 July 1880, loosely inserted, stating: 'Herewith is forwarded a copy of the unprinted book mentioned by me to you on the occasion of your visit nearly two years ago' and asking for his 'candid opinion respecting its merits'; letter written on the blank pages of a printed flyer for another book by Box, Church Music in the Metropolis) -- H.S. Altham (pencil inscription, dated Winchester College, February 1922). Allen 120; Padwick 799.
The English Game of Cricket
London: Field Office, 1877. 4to., 3 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved tail-pieces, original blue cloth gilt, gilt edges (spine restored).
PRESENTATION COPY TO R.S. HOLMES (2-page autograph letter signed from the author to Holmes, dated Camberwell 18 July 1880, loosely inserted, stating: 'Herewith is forwarded a copy of the unprinted book mentioned by me to you on the occasion of your visit nearly two years ago' and asking for his 'candid opinion respecting its merits'; letter written on the blank pages of a printed flyer for another book by Box, Church Music in the Metropolis) -- H.S. Altham (pencil inscription, dated Winchester College, February 1922). Allen 120; Padwick 799.
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