British Sports and Sportsmen - Cricket & Football
Published by British Sports & Sportsmen: London 1917
Limited Edition Number 72 of 1000
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Issued in 1917 by British Sports & Sportsmen: London, this luxurious limited edition (No. 72 of 1000) volume titled British Sports and Sportsmen - Cricket & Football stands as a grand celebration of early twentieth-century British athleticism and sporting tradition. Lavishly produced in large folio format, it chronicles the origins, evolution, and heroes of two of Britain's most beloved national games — cricket and football — through rich prose, biographical sketches, and high-quality photogravure portraits of players, administrators, and clubs. The work also explores the social influence of these sports, capturing the ethos of sportsmanship and the gentlemanly spirit that defined the Edwardian and wartime eras.
Beyond its historical narrative, the volume offers invaluable reference material on major matches, leading teams, and pioneering figures from the late Victorian period through to the First World War. Its finely bound presentation, gilt titles, and limited-edition production mark it as both a collector's artefact and a cultural document of British leisure and identity. This distinguished volume would strongly appeal to collectors of early sporting literature, historians of cricket and football, and admirers of fine Edwardian limited-edition publications."
Light wear to cover and spine with some rubbing to corners and edges as shown. Pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding is excellent with no loose pages - uncommonly good for a large folio book of this size and weight. Tissue papers are intact and the book presents extremely well. Very good condition overall. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.
