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THE LOG OF THE "OLD UN": FROM LIVERPOOL TO SAN FRANCISCO 1886

THE LOG OF THE "OLD UN": FROM LIVERPOOL TO SAN FRANCISCO 1886

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A facsimile reprint with new introduction of the privately printed log of the 1886 tour to north America, as seen by the Scorer William Clulow "Old Un" Sim. Already out of favour in North America, this tour was one of the last opportunities for cricketing in that region.

1st thus. 8vo [viii] + 30pp. Dust-wrapper, fine. New introduction by P. Wynne-Thomas, who has signed the title-page. [1886 Original: Padwick - 4898]

Date
1994
Publisher
J.W. McKenzie
Author
William Clulow SIM

£18.00 (Code: 63314)

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