Acquired Material: Newspaper Cuttings, Pamphlets and Magazines

Reference

SR/1/5

Date:

1980 - 2000

Level of description

file

Extent

5 folders

Part of

W. G. Grace: A Life (SR/1)

Scope and Content

Newspaper cuttings, pamphlets and magazines acquired by Simon Rae during the production and publication of his book 'W.G. Grace: A Life'. Includes book reviews of 'W.G. Grace: A Life' and other biographies released to mark the 150th anniversary of Grace's birth, articles on Grace's career, advertisements for Rae's book in the Summer 2000 'Worldbooks' catalogue, reviews of 'W.G. Grace: A Life' in The Independent, Cricket Lore, Wisden, Sunday Telegraph, The Yorker, Sunday Times, The Observer, Wisden Cricket Monthly, The Cricketer International, article in the Bookseller magazine containing a photograph of Rae playing a cricket match in Regent's Park to publicise 'W.G. Grace: A Life' and wearing a beard similar to Grace's style, copy of the 'Sporting Gifts For All' 2001 catalogue which included Rae's book, copy of a fridge magnet with an image of Grace advertising Colman's Mustard, copies of a booklist produced by Gloucestershire County Council to mark the 150th anniversary of Grace's birth, copy of Issue 22 of the MCC Newsletter which contained mention of a book signing conducted by Rae during the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Match in 1998, advertisements for 'W.G. Grace: A Life' in the Faber and Faber catalogue, copy of 'F.R. Spofforth: His Record Innings-by-Innings', programme for the Cheltenham Literary Festival in 1998 at which Rae was one of the performers, copy of the Pavilion Centenary Appeal for the Grange Club in Edinburgh, catalogues for the Association of Cricket Statisticians, pamphlets on researching house histories and lending library information for Bristol Central Library, catalogues for Red Rose Books, copy of an MCC ticket application form for 1996, copies of the Autumn 1995 and Autumn 1996 editions of 'Kent Calling' the official newsletter for Kent County Cricket Club, copy of 'Malago' the society magazine for local history in south west Bristol which contained a picture of Grace with the Bishopsworth Cricket Club team in 1883, leaflets advertising the Cricket Memorabilia Society, copy of a British Telecom phonecard which contained a photograph of Grace memorabilia, copy of a catalogue for Southern Booksellers & Publishing Company which included an advertisement for 'W.G. Grace: A Life' on the cover.

Associations

Simon Rae
William Gilbert Grace
Wisden
The Yorker
The Observer
The Cricketer
Frederick Robert Spofforth
Association of Cricket Statisticians
Cricket Memorabilia Society
Bishopsworth Cricket Club
British Telecom

Subject

MCC newsletters, literary festivals

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

5 folders

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