Slatter william h (4 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 + 32 pages. This is the facsimile edition of 1989, the original having been made available for private circulation in 1914. Fine introduction by the noted writer Gerald Brodribb. William himself was on the staff at Lord's for many years, playing a leading role in the design and construction of the pavilion. Much therefore on Lord's behind the scenes from the late 1940s to 1914. Foxing marks on top edge of text block, else near fine. Some mild creasing along top edge of jacket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. Reminiscences of Lord's from the 1820s to the first world war, originally printed in 1914. 8vo. 32pp. Fine copy. From our large stock of cricket books and publications.

Facsimile reprint of this scarce book, first published for private circulation in 1914. Slatter was first employed at Lord's in 1861 as a pavilion attendant and scorecard seller. His ideas were incorporated in the design of the ground's present pavilion, which was built in 1889. Recalling the time when the old pavilion burnt down, the days when there were ponds on the playing area and when reporters paid to enter the ground, this book gives a unique insight of Lord's between 1820 and 1914. 8vo. Illustrated front endpaper (a plan of Lord's) [6] + 32pp. Dust-wrapper, very good.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. SLATTER, William H. [32] pp. J. W. McKenzie 1989 9" x 5 3/4" Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence.…