W. A. BETTESWORTH The Walkers of Southgate: a famous brotherhood of cricketers London: Methuen, 1900. 8vo., 17 plates (some spotting), original green cloth gilt (spine rubbed, inner hinges split). Provenance : Christopher Heseltine (signature on front pastedown). WITH A 1¼P. AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM V. EDWARD WALKER the dedicatee, dated Arnos Grove, Southgate, 19 April [19]04, to an unidentified correspondent, regarding the unreliability of Oxford records ("we always had trouble with Oxford scoring - not taking our Scorer"); and a second letter from Bettesworth, dated the Field , London E.C.4, 19 September 1927, to "Dear Gaston," thanking him for various letters and cuttings, though he is unable to quote from them, and adding as a post-script: "I am greatly amused at your 13 consecutive wides ... to think that you are quite a respectable member of society!" Both loosely inserted. Britton p. 6; Goldman p. 200; Taylor p. 15; Padwick 8187. [and Bettesworth's:] Chats on the Cricket Field , edited by F.S. Ashley-Cooper London: Merritt and Hatcher, 1910. 8vo., original green cloth gilt. Includes an interview with A.L. Ford. Britton p. 6; Goldman p. 42; Padwick 7175. (2)
W. A. BETTESWORTH The Walkers of Southgate: a famous brotherhood of cricketers London: Methuen, 1900. 8vo., 17 plates (some spotting), original green cloth gilt (spine rubbed, inner hinges split). Provenance : Christopher Heseltine (signature on front pastedown). WITH A 1¼P. AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM V. EDWARD WALKER the dedicatee, dated Arnos Grove, Southgate, 19 April [19]04, to an unidentified correspondent, regarding the unreliability of Oxford records ("we always had trouble with Oxford scoring - not taking our Scorer"); and a second letter from Bettesworth, dated the Field , London E.C.4, 19 September 1927, to "Dear Gaston," thanking him for various letters and cuttings, though he is unable to quote from them, and adding as a post-script: "I am greatly amused at your 13 consecutive wides ... to think that you are quite a respectable member of society!" Both loosely inserted. Britton p. 6; Goldman p. 200; Taylor p. 15; Padwick 8187. [and Bettesworth's:] Chats on the Cricket Field , edited by F.S. Ashley-Cooper London: Merritt and Hatcher, 1910. 8vo., original green cloth gilt. Includes an interview with A.L. Ford. Britton p. 6; Goldman p. 42; Padwick 7175. (2)
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