xvi 465 pages, illustrated. The fore-edge is shelf stained and the boards lightly rubbed; there is an ownership signature on the front end paper, partially covered by a serrated blank label, intermittent minor throughout the book. The book is solid, with very minor staining, but obviously second hand and read. "Colonel Kumar Sri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II,[a] (10 September 1872 - 2 April 1933), often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was an Indian cricketer who later became ruler of his native Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933. The main part of his cricket career was from 1893 to 1904 when, as one of the greatest batsmen of his time,[1] he played for Cambridge University, Sussex, London County and, in 15 Test matches, for England."