Isbn: 9780091505509 - the history of i zingari (3 risultati)

Publisher's Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. - 241 mm. Olive cloth hardcover, gilt titling. Illustrated. Pp. 143. DJ is price clipped. Sunning to DJ spine. Edge wear and minor creasing to upper edge of DJ. B&W plates. Colour plates. The first B&W plate (facing page 32) has a small rip just below half way down on the innermost edge. No material is missing, and as the rip is in the margins, its impact on the printed material is minimal. Overall, VG / VG.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. pp (XI) 143. 2nd printing. An unread book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2nd Edition. I Zingari (Italian for gypsies), arguably the most prestigious of the wandering cricket clubs of England, was set up by Sir Spencer Ponsonby Fane, J.L Baldwin and Lord Bessborough in 1845. They proposed that the club 'should have no grounds of its own, but whose members should seek to promote the popularity of cricket far and wide' In its heyday in the 1860's, the club played matches against England representative sides and international touring teams. Over the years it has also included more than a dozen captains of England, including: F.S Jackson, D.R Jardine, Peter May and Colin Cowdrey. 152pp, olive green boards with gilt lettering to spine. Contains former owner's name (celebrated Colonel Richard Heaven (M.C) on ffep and two notes addressed to him on front pastedown, v.good with some toning commensurate with age. D/j: v.good with the smallest of chips to top left of spine, not price clipped. A very good copy. Signed by George Mann, former England captain, who also served as the chair of the TCCB and President of MCC, and who, as Governor of I Zingari at the time of publication, provided the foreword. Signed by Author(s).…