Catalogue for the auction of
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks
and Cricket Books

‘Lambert’s Cricketer’s Guide or Instructions and Rules, for playing the Noble Game of Cricket...’. William Lambert. Sussex Press, Lewes. First Edition 1816. Printed and published by J. Baxter. ‘Illustrated by an Elegant Copper-Plate Engraving’. 55pp. Bound in brown boards, original stiffened paper wrappers retained. Includes the folded frontispiece engraving of the ‘Cricketing’ scene, with a match in progress in the Paddock, a field below Lewes Castle, with a key to fielding positions. Ex Goldman collection. Roger Hancock, in his ‘A Handbook for William Lambert’s Guide’, states that this is only one of some twelve authenticated editions that contain a date of issue in the particulars of the book. Padwick 383. Some wear to the original wrappers, minor age toning and foxing internally otherwise in remarkably good condition