{"product_id":"the-public-school-cricket-year-book-edited-by-a-w-lane-joynt-1st-edition","title":"The Public School Cricket Year Book, Edited by A. W. Lane-Joynt — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Hammond, Hammond \u0026amp; Co., Ltd., 1914\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. vii, [pagination unverified].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The original illustrated card wrappers are age-toned with handling wear commensurate with a fragile pre-war publication, displaying a closed tear near the mid-left spine joint of the upper wrapper and mild creasing to the extremities. The original brown cloth backstrip remains intact but exhibits rubbing and some fraying at the head and tail. The binding remains reasonably firm and square. Internally, the text block is gently and evenly toned with occasional light spotting, yet remains predominantly clean, entirely legible, and free from any major defects or previous ownership markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition, and the sole year of issue. This highly scarce sporting reference was the ambitious inaugural project of eighteen-year-old Albert William Lane-Joynt, compiled shortly after he left Radley College. Tragically, Lane-Joynt was killed in action during the First World War shortly after its publication, ensuring no subsequent editions were ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe title page bears the printed dedication that \"H.M. The King has been graciously pleased to accept a Copy of this Book.\" Given its brief pre-war print run and the fragility of its paper-wrapper format, surviving copies of this 1914 edition are exceptionally rare on the open market today, serving as a poignant artifact of Edwardian sporting history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eConceived and compiled by the young cricketing enthusiast A. W. Lane-Joynt, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"83\"\u003eThe Public School Cricket Year Book 1914\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating, deeply detailed snapshot of schoolboy cricket on the eve of the Great War. Featuring contributions from notable figures such as Captain E. G. Wynyard, A. C. M. Croome, A. Podmore, and A. W. F. Rutty, the volume offers exhaustive reviews of the 1913 season, expert commentary on the era's emerging talents, and foundational advice for young players. Published just months before a generation of these very cricketers would be called to the trenches, this sole issue stands today as both an invaluable sporting reference and a tragic monument to a lost golden age of English cricket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54383597027667,"sku":"4692","price":149.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_185029.jpg?v=1784797187","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-public-school-cricket-year-book-edited-by-a-w-lane-joynt-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}