£1,260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 725
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Begg, W. D [Wahiduddin]. Cricket and Cricketers in India. Allahabad: printed by K. Mittra at the Indian Press, Ltd., 1929. 4to, recent Indian half leather, [20] 312 pp., photographic illustrations throughout, with inscription 'Presented to Major G. L. Betham, with best respects, W. D. Begg, author, 15.9.1933' on initial blank, damp-staining towards front;
Maqsood, Syed M. H. "Who's Who in Indian Cricket". New Delhi: Caxton Press, 1940. First edition, 8vo, recent Indian half leather [8] 132 pp., 18 halftone photographic plates, text-leaves browned, a few small worm-tracks to margins
Idem. "Who's Who in Indian Cricket". New Delhi: Caxton Press, 1942. Second edition, 8vo, original printed boards, rebacked and endpapers renewed, [6] 116 pp., 15 halftone photographic plates, covers discoloured;
Pavri, M. E. Parsi Cricket, with Hints on Bowling, Batting, Fielding, Captaincy, Explanation of Laws of Cricket, etc etc. Bombay: printed at J. B. Marban & Co.'s Steam Printing Works, 1901. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, recased and relined, xvi 196 pp., half-title, 26 halftone photographic plates (of 27: lacking plate listed to face p. 50), covers soiled, browning, ink-stamps to half-title, frontispiece damp-stained;
Patel, J. M. Framjee. Stray Thoughts on Indian Cricket. Bombay: Times Press, 1905. First edition, 8vo, recent Indian half leather, xvi 175 pp., half-title, 40 halftone photographic plates, worming;
Raj, Prithvi. Cricket, Indian and Universities. Amritsar: published by M. M. Bhardwaj and printed by Kessar Mal, 1938. Presumed first edition, square 8vo, recent Indian half leather, [6] v 200 pp., 9 halftone photographic plates;
Antia, Jamshed Dinshaw. Elphinstone College Tours. Bombay: printed at the Fort Printing Press, by G. R. Sindhe, 1913. First edition, 8vo, recent Indian half leather, xxiv 219 pp., photographic illustrations throughout, browning and worming;
and 1 other (on hockey), collations not fully established and the lot sold as seen
Note:
No institutional copies traced for Cricket and Cricketers in India, either edition of Who's Who in India Cricket, or Cricket, Indian and Universities. Library Hub traces one copy only for each of Parsi Cricket and Stray Thoughts on Indian Cricket, both at the British Library.