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The American Cricket Annual [after 1897 The American Cricket Annual and Golf Guide ], edited by Jerome Flannery. New York: 1890-1901. 12 volumes, small 4° (166 x 108mm). Half-tone illustrations in last two volumes. (Waterstaining in 1895.) Modern blue half morocco, 1893, 1894 and 1896 preserving [?]publisher’s original blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and date on front cover (lettering to 1894 faded). 1895, 1897, 1900-01 with front wrapper bound in, 1899 with rear wrapper only, 1898 with both wrappers bound in (existing wrappers chipped, other volumes without wrappers), slipcase. Provenance : 1894 with loosely inserted leaf inscribed ‘Capt. Jno. C. Green with compliments of Jerome Flannery Apr. 1894’ -- the set purchased from J.W. McKenzie in 1978. Spalding's Official Cricket Guide , edited by Jerome Flannery and Frederick Fitzmaurice Kelly. New York: 1904-1914. 11 volumes, small 4° (167 x 108mm). Half-tone illustrations. (Some creasing in 1908.) Modern blue half morocco uniform with the above set, 1904 and 1908 with front wrapper only, other volumes with both wrappers bound in (save 1910 without wrappers), slipcase. Provenance : 1904 with pencil annotations – 1908 Manhattan Cricket Club (stamps) -- the set purchased from J.W. McKenzie in 1984 . Spalding’s Guide was a formal continuation of the American Cricket Annual , following a two year interruption in publication between 1902-03 A COMPLETE RUN IN A MOROCCO BINDING OF HIGH QUALITY with most wrappers from the later years preserved. Taylor pp. 5 & 93; Goldman pp. 16 & 180; Padwick 4045 & 4047.
The American Cricket Annual [after 1897 The American Cricket Annual and Golf Guide ], edited by Jerome Flannery. New York: 1890-1901. 12 volumes, small 4° (166 x 108mm). Half-tone illustrations in last two volumes. (Waterstaining in 1895.) Modern blue half morocco, 1893, 1894 and 1896 preserving [?]publisher’s original blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and date on front cover (lettering to 1894 faded). 1895, 1897, 1900-01 with front wrapper bound in, 1899 with rear wrapper only, 1898 with both wrappers bound in (existing wrappers chipped, other volumes without wrappers), slipcase. Provenance : 1894 with loosely inserted leaf inscribed ‘Capt. Jno. C. Green with compliments of Jerome Flannery Apr. 1894’ -- the set purchased from J.W. McKenzie in 1978. Spalding's Official Cricket Guide , edited by Jerome Flannery and Frederick Fitzmaurice Kelly. New York: 1904-1914. 11 volumes, small 4° (167 x 108mm). Half-tone illustrations. (Some creasing in 1908.) Modern blue half morocco uniform with the above set, 1904 and 1908 with front wrapper only, other volumes with both wrappers bound in (save 1910 without wrappers), slipcase. Provenance : 1904 with pencil annotations – 1908 Manhattan Cricket Club (stamps) -- the set purchased from J.W. McKenzie in 1984 . Spalding’s Guide was a formal continuation of the American Cricket Annual , following a two year interruption in publication between 1902-03 A COMPLETE RUN IN A MOROCCO BINDING OF HIGH QUALITY with most wrappers from the later years preserved. Taylor pp. 5 & 93; Goldman pp. 16 & 180; Padwick 4045 & 4047.