Cricket.- [Walker (V. W.)] Catalogue of the Cricket Library of Sir Julien Cahn, Bart., at Stanford Hall, Nottinghamshire, typescript with pencil manuscript insertions, contemporary cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spine, 4to, 1942.
⁂ An ?unpublished catalogue of Sir Julien Cahn's library, most of which is now at Lord's cricket ground.
Sir Julien Cahn (1882-1944) was a British businessman, philanthropist and cricket fan. He was president of both Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire County Cricket Clubs, and was the Captain of his own team, the Sir Julien Cahn XI, who toured the world between 1929 and 1939. They became one of the most successful private cricket teams, so much so that several of their matches were awarded first-class status..
Stephen Chalke wrote of him, "No English first-class cricketer of the 20th century can have had less ability than Cahn. He was a hypochondriac, often preferring his electric wheelchair to walking ... "
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