{"product_id":"the-cricket-match-hugh-de-selincourt-1969","title":"The Cricket Match by Hugh de Selincourt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Cricket Match (Inscribed 1969 Illustrated Edition in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Classic Comic Novel of an English Village Cricket Match, Ranked Among the Finest Cricket Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Cricket Match\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hugh de Selincourt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Leslie Frewin, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1969\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition published 1969 (first published 1924). Illustrated edition. Inscribed by a previous owner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's red cloth hardcover with plain spine, in an illustrated dust jacket protected by a clear archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Small octavo, approximately 200 x 130 mm. Illustrated with line drawings, including on the title page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The red cloth boards are solid and square, with a few small dark specks and a small pale scuffed spot on the front board. There is a slight bump to the lower fore-edge corner and slight rolling at the foot of the spine. The text edges are slightly toned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The photographed leaves are clean, creamy and bright, and the binding appears tight. The author's note flap is loose or held with the jacket cover. A handwritten presentation inscription appears on the front free endpaper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handwritten inscription on the front free endpaper: \"To my Dearest John, Many happy batting hours! all my love, Ruth.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The illustrated olive-yellow jacket with cricketers shows toning and mottled staining to the front panel and spine, a vertical grey stain or scuff down the spine, rubbed and chipped edges at the spine head, and creasing along the edges. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1924, The Cricket Match is Hugh de Selincourt's comic novel of a single village cricket match, set in the fictional village of Tillingfold (spelled Tillingford in some sources), modelled on his own Storrington at the foot of the South Downs. This Leslie Frewin edition was issued in London in 1969 with line illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has rarely been out of print since its first appearance, and it holds a secure place in cricket literature. John Arlott ranked it among the three finest cricket books, and J.M. Barrie was among its admirers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt remains a warm portrait of English village life, in which the match becomes a stage for character, rivalry and community. A charming, inscribed copy for collectors of cricket literature and classic English rural fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Hugh de Selincourt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHugh de Sélincourt (1878–1951) was an English author and journalist, born in Hampstead, London, and educated at Dulwich College and University College, Oxford. In the 1910s he worked as a journalist, first as drama critic of the Star and later as literary critic of the Observer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is best remembered for The Cricket Match (1924). 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