WHO'S WHO OF CRICKETERS. A COMPLETE WHO'S WHO OF ALL CRICKETERS WHO HAVE PLAYED FIRST-CLASS CRICKET IN THE BRITISH ISLES, WITH FULL CAREER RECORDS. London, 1993. Thick 4to. 1199pp. Original cloth. Preserved in slipcase. Good condition. An invaluable work of reference, with details of every cricketer who played first-class cricket in England between 1864 and 1992. This was selected by The Wisden Cricketer in 2010 as one of the fifty best cricket books of all time, and was described as 'Perhaps the greatest feat of research in sport.' First published in 1984. This revised and updated edition includes over 600 cricketers not included in the first edition. [ref: 34590] £20.00 enquire buy |
FROM THIRD MAN TO THIRD BASE. THE STORY OF RICHARD DAFT'S ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES AUGUST - NOVEMBER 1879. NOTES BY EDWIN BROWNE (SECRETARY AND BUSINESS MANAGER). COMPILED BY DAVID BEAUMONT. INTRODUCTION BY PETER WYNNE-THOMAS. [Nottingham], privately printed by the Author, 2015. 8vo. [4]+259pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial stiffened wrappers. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE COMPILER on the title-page. An account of the 1879 tour of Canada and the United States by Richard Daft's team. [ref: 72818] £15.00 enquire buy |
THE WALKERS OF SOUTHGATE. A FAMOUS BROTHERHOOD OF CRICKETERS. WITH THE REMINISCENCES OF LORD HARRIS, MR. C.E. GREEN...SIR KENELM DIGBY, MR. C.I. THORNTON...MR. A.J. WEBBE, MR. SYDNEY PARDON...ROBERT THOMS. EDITED BY E.T. SACHS. London, 1900. 8vo. 439pp. 17 plates. Original pictorial cloth. Prelims foxed. A biography of the Walker cricket family who were instrumental in the founding of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'Comprehensive biographies of all members of the famous family, with much information on Harrow and Middlesex cricket.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'One of the corner stones...of a cricket book collection.' Wynne-Thomas: F.S. Ashley-Cooper, 2003: 'As Ashley-Cooper makes a larger contribution to the book than virtually all those mentioned, it seems a trifle odd that he does not appear on the title page.' Padwick, 8187. [ref: 14401] £24.00 enquire buy |
THE WALKERS OF SOUTHGATE. A FAMOUS BROTHERHOOD OF CRICKETERS. EDITED BY E.T. SACHS. WITH THE REMINISCENCES OF LORD HARRIS, MR. C.E. GREEN...SIR KENELM DIGBY, MR. C.I. THORNTON...MR. A.J. WEBBE, MR. SYDNEY PARDON...ROBERT THOMS. London, 1900. 8vo. 439pp. 17 plates. Original pictorial cloth, covers soiled and worn. WITH A SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM V.E. WALKER TO W.A. BETTESWORTH REGARDING THIS BOOK laid down on the front endpaper. Written on Walker's notepaper, headed Arnos Grove, Southgate. V.E. Walker (1837-1906) played for Middlesex between 1859 and 1877. He is one of the Walker brothers in this book. A biography of the Walker cricket family who were instrumental in the founding of Middlesex County Cricket Club. Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: 'Comprehensive biographies of all members of the famous family, with much information on Harrow and Middlesex cricket.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'One of the corner stones...of a cricket book collection.' Wynne-Thomas: F.S. Ashley-Cooper, 2003: 'As Ashley-Cooper makes a larger contribution to the book than virtually all those mentioned, it seems a trifle odd that he does not appear on the title page.' Padwick, 8187. [ref: 54823] £120.00 enquire buy |
IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. CELEBRATING CRICKET'S GREAT CHARACTERS. Amsterdam, 2019. 8vo. 208pp. Text illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Essays on famous cricketers and cricket personalities. These include David Rayvern Allen, Rowland Bowen, Stephen Chalke, Len Hutton, Ray Lindwall, Tom Richardson and Peter Wynne-Thomas. [ref: 72559] £12.00 enquire buy |
FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. A COMPLETE RECORD 1938. Royston, 1992. Oblong 8vo. 256pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A survey of the 1938 English first-class season and the 1937-38 overseas season with full scores of each match. [ref: 30487] £9.00 enquire buy |
FIRST-CLASS CRICKET. A COMPLETE RECORD 1939. Derby, 1991. Oblong 8vo. 255pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A survey of the 1939 English first-class season and the 1938-39 overseas season with full scores of each match. [ref: 17033] £9.00 enquire buy |
RAGS. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DEREK RANDALL. WITH A STATISTICAL SUMMARY BY PETER WYNNE-THOMAS. Nottingham, 1992. 8vo. 256pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. Autobiography of the Nottinghamshire and England batsman Derek Randall. [ref: 36324] £18.00 enquire buy |
THE LOG OF THE "OLD UN" FROM LIVERPOOL TO SAN FRANCISCO 1886. NEW INTRODUCTION BY PETER WYNNE-THOMAS. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 1994. 8vo. [12]+30pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. An account of the 1886 tour of Canada and USA by a strong team of amateurs, arranged by E.J. Sanders. The team included W.E. Roller (Surrey), H.W. Bainbridge (Warwickshire), K.J. Key (Surrey), E.H. Buckland (Middlesex), C.E. Cottrell (Middlesex) and H. Rotherham (Warwickshire). Sanders' team played nine matches, including two games against Philadelphia, both of which were won. This tour followed a similar one to the same destination the previous year. A facsimile reprint of the original edition, published in 1887 for private circulation, with a new introduction by Peter Wynne-Thomas. See Padwick 4898. [ref: 79996] £8.00 enquire buy |
WITH THE M.C.C. IN AUSTRALIA 1907-1908. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PETER WYNNE-THOMAS. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 1999. 8vo. [4]+2+viii+290pp. Colour frontispiece. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. An account of the 1907-08 MCC tour of Australia. Australia won the series by three matches to two. Trevor was both manager of the team and cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, where these match reports were first printed. The MCC team included G. Gunn, J. Hardstaff (Snr.), W. Rhodes, J.B. Hobbs, A.O. Jones, L.C. Braund, K.L. Hutchings, J.N. Crawford, S.F. Barnes and C. Blythe. This book was first published in 1908 on inferior paper, so few copies of the first edition have survived. A facsimile reprint, with a new frontispiece and a new introduction by Peter Wynne-Thomas. See Padwick 4438. [ref: 80007] £65.00 enquire buy |
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