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FRANK BRYAN, publisher
FRANK BRYAN, publisher The Cricketer's Guide: being A Complete Manual of the Game of Cricket London: Frank Bryan, [post 1894]. 8vo., [iv], 24p., one preliminary and 2 end advertisement leaves, diagramatic plate of fielding positions, 4 wood-engravings in text, red buckram, original green printed wrappers bound in. Provenance : H.R. Johnson, Willesden (ownership inscription on front wrapper dated 1902) -- J.W. Goldman (bookplate) -- R.N. Jones (signature on free endpaper). GOLDMAN COPY. Whereas John Heywood was a bona fide publisher of a wide range of books, including tourist guides and standard literary works, Bryan was primarily a manufacturer of sporting equipment. The post 1894 edition of Heywood's Guide carried advertisements on behalf of both. This edition of "Bryan's" Guide is word for word the same, only with an altered title page and advertisements exclusive to Bryan's sports business. Padwick 376.