Books - "cricket"
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John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1884: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1883
WILLOWS LIMITED NUMBERED FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 268pp + ads, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1884 (Facsimile reprint)
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints Willows
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1917 (Fifty-Fourth Edition)
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in leather & red buckram- original wrapper present, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, 350pp + ads, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine, minor tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1917
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 20th twentieth century first editions
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1919 (Fifty-Sixth Edition)
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in leather & red buckram- original wrappers missing, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges- faint, 326pp + ads, VG+ (sl fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1919
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 20th twentieth century first editions
Under the Southern Cross
SIGNED. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperSports 1996
KEYWORDS: Australian sports biography autobiography life lives cricket
My Life
SIGNED. Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Brett Lee Australian life lives sports biography autobiography cricket
James LillyWhite's Cricketers' Annual 1885
Ex library, sm octavo, orange buckram covered soft boards, black lettering to front board, previous owner's pencil lettering to spine, printed inside boards, frontispiece, ads + 276pp + 20pp ads, VG- (minor creasing, soiling, light rolling to lower corner of front board, heavy fading to front board text and title and rear board text, minor scuffing to extrems, light scuffing, fading/discolouration to spine and chipping to base, minor lime green marking to spine, handwritten title to spine, minor library markings to front board, pencil annotation to front board)
PUBLISHER: James LillyWhite & Frowd & Co and Wright & Co 1886
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cricket sports history James LillyWhite
First-Class Cricket in Australia 1850-1942 & 1945-1977 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOLUME SET, LIMITED, NUMBERED (BOTH #727) & SIGNED, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, illus eps, frontispieces, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to eps & prelims of both vols, minor chafing & soiling to boards of vol , moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2 - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Ray Webster 1991-97
KEYWORDS: limited numbered 2 volume set cricket Australia sports first-class history
Test of Character: Confessions of Cricket Legends
Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Echo 2016
KEYWORDS: sports history sportsmen cricket cricketers
Lancashire County Cricket: The Official History of the Lancashire County & Manchester Cricket Club, 1864-1953
FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Phoenix House 1954
KEYWORDS: sports sportsmen cricket history Lancashire Manchester
Peter Steele, the Cricketer
FIRST EDITION. Ownership inscription of H. P. Lance. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate tanning to pg edges, eps & prelims/terms, annotation in pencil to ffep, light cracking to rear gutters). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1895
KEYWORDS: Macmillan's Colonial Library Peter Steele cricket sportsmen sports history
The Cricket of Abel, Hirst & Shrewsbury
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black illus to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning/soiling & wear to spine, some wear/fraying to extrems, moderate chaffing/soiling to boards, minor soiling/tanning to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter, previous owners name in ink to prelim, minor dampwrinkling throughout, light foxing to page ends throughout).
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1903
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket technique sport photographs E F Benson Eustace Miles
Oxford Memories : A Retrospective After Fifty Years
FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUME SET. Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, viii+303pp (vol I) & 304pp (vol II), VG (minor soiling and scuffing to spines, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate chaffing/scuffing & soiling to boards, some bruising to board extrems, moderate soiling/tanning to page edges, previous booksellers sticker to front pastedown, light foxing sporadic throughout)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bently & Son 1886
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket autobiography memoir James Pycroft literature sports England
Padwick's Bibliography of Cricket Vol II
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to fep and title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to front wrapper, minor foxing to rear wrapper, minor tanning to wrapper edges, minor creasing to hinges and head and base of spine and extrems) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Library Association Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: cricket bibliography Eric William Padwick
A Bibliography of Cricket (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged to the End of 1979)
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate foxing to page edges, minor marking to lower page edges, minor bruising to head and base of spine, minor creasing to heads and bases of hinges, minor creasing to extrems, lighht to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (loose protective cover, minor foxing to flaps, light creasing to hinges, light creasing to head and base of spine, minor rolling/creasing to upper edges of wrappers, minor foxing to wrappers - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: The Library Association 1984
KEYWORDS: cricket bibliography sport history
The Bradman Albums: Selections From Sir Donald Bradman's Offical Collection, Two Vol Set
2 VOL SET, in slipcase (VG), hardcover (VG-), lacks d/w, scruffy spines with surface loss ; Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Rigby 1987
KEYWORDS: Sir Donald Bradman Australian sports Australian cricket players sport biography
Marylebone Club Cricket Scores and Biographies: Being a Continuation of Frederick Lillywhite's Scores and Biographies from 1722 to 1854
THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered & ruled in black & gilt, xvi + 968 pp., VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, loss to cl from rubbing to front board fore edge, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, light cracking to rear gutter). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Longmans & Co. 1879
KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history life lives biography
The Lighter Side of Cricket
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, plates, VG- (light to moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate to heavy soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, sm tear to ffep at head, light cracking to front & rear hinge, moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy, prev owner inscription to ht verso, soiling & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1901
KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history first edition
Kings of Cricket: Reminiscences and Anecdotes, with Hints on the Game
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, frontis., plates. illus., VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ht, light cracking to front & rear hinges, foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: J. W. Arrowsmith 1893
KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history Andrew Lang first edition
The 300 Club
LIMITED, SIGNED FIRST EDITION, NO. 140/385. Octavo, blue cl boards, front board lettered in gilt, illus. tp, photos, VG+ (light soiling to pg edges & eps). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Otago Cricket Association 2003
KEYWORDS: cricket New Zealand cricketer sportsmen sports history first edition
Glamorgan County Cricket Club Year Book, 1939
BOUND WITH ORIGINAL WRAPS RETAINED. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, front board lettered in gilt, VG- (light to moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Western Mail & Echo 1939
KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportmen sports 20th century Glamorgan yearbook year book