Cricket of To-Day and Yesterday by Percy Cross Standing with special articles by famous cricketers, including K.S. Ranjitsinhji, P.F. Warner, D.L.A. Jephson, Robert Abel, and Wilfred Rhodes Subscription Illustrated Edition In Two Volumes Volume I and Volume II

Illustrated survey of the world of cricket in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with focus on English domestic and international cricket, and also referencing the history, controversies, obsessions, techniques, etc of the game; b&w photo and text illustrations throughout (notable illustration of woman cricketer to vol I), and including a number of full-page colour plates; includes articles by famous cricketers of the day; green boards with gilt titling and illustration of batter to front and spine; heavy foxing/tanning to endpapers, prelims and text block, scattered foxing throughout (light-med, heavier to reverse sides of plates), one page with heavy offset from old newspaper clipping, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards rubbed and with worn patches, vol I with loss of cloth (1cm) to head of spine.