[Scores and Biographies Volumes I-XV].

£3,000 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

A complete set of this important work, rarely found thus and in such good condition, especially since volume xiv is particularly scarce. 17vols; 8vo (220 x 150 mm); vols 1-4 with title: Frederick Lillywhite's cricket scores and biographies of celebrated cricketers...; vols 5-6 with title: Arthur Haygarth's Cricket Scores...; vols 7-14 with title; Marylebone Cricket Club Cricket Scores...; vol 15 with title; MCC Cricket Scores...; 2vols of: An Index to Marylebone Club Cricket Scores and Biographies from 1865 to 1866 being a continuation of Frederick Lillywhite's scores and biographies from 1772 to 1854, compiled by Roger Heavens, Cambridge, 1996; contemporary ink inscripton to half-title of vol. v and ink ownership to half-title of vol. xiii, very occasional browning and the odd spotting but in the main, very clean and bright; modern half crimson morocco over cloth, panelled spines gilt. Padwick 805.

• Binding: Hardcover

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