Ornate Binding of Ranjitsinhji's Cricket Classic

A Fine Binding of A Cricket Classic, Ranjitsinhji, Vibhaji,…
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A Fine Binding of A Cricket Classic, Ranjitsinhji, Vibhaji, Maharaja of Nawanagar, With Stoddart's Team in Australia, (London, James Bowden, 1898) Third Edition, with numerous b&w photographs. Octavo, in a superb contemporary private binding, full calf with highly ornate gilt tooled foliate designs to upper and lower boards, the spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering, the work of Archibald Molyneux, a London apprentice bookbinder. Accompanied by the original competition label and with Molyneux' signatureon the third blank leaf.

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  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.

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