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FORD, William Justice. A Cricketer on Cricket, London: Sands & Co., 1900, 8°, FIRST EDITION, ALFRED D. TAYLOR'S COPY with his bookplate and signature to half title, plates, original cloth (spine browned) -- Sir Henry Dudley Gresham LEVESON GOWER. Cricket Personalities, London: Williams & Norgate, 1925, 8°, FIRST EDITION, plates, original blue cloth gilt (light scratches to lower cover) [Padwick 7215] -- Norman GALE. Messrs Bat and Ball, Rugby: Norman Gale, 1930, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, HARRY ALTHAM'S COPY with insertions comprising three 4-line Latin verses in his hand, each on a separate slip, a stencil copy of a poem by Francis Thompson "Wake for the Ruddy Ball has taken Flight" (an imitation of Edward Fitzgerald), and a letter and manuscript poem, dated July 10 1959, addressed to Altham and signed "Gorell," original cloth gilt [Padwick 6457] -- John Henry LESTER (compiler). Bat v. Ball; The book of individual cricket records 1864-1900, Nottingham & London: Boots and Simpkin & Marshall, [1900], 8°, FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY with presentation inscription from A. W. Shelton to H. S. Altham, and a 2-page letter from Sheltham to Altham, dated 26th March 1926, loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth (spine soiled). [Padwick 118] With 7 other books, including "Cricket Chat" (1882-85, 3 issues in one vol., inscribed to A. J. Gaston by Arthur Booker). (12)