THE CRICKETER'S MANUAL; CONTAINING A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CHARACTER, HISTORY, AND ELEMENTS OF CRICKET, WITH THE LAWS APPERTAINING THERETO, AS REVISED BY THE MARYLEBONE CLUB... BY 'BAT.' London, Baily Brothers, (1851). Small 8vo. 110+(17)pp. publisher's advertisements. Original decorative cloth, covers soiled. Fifth edition, second issue. Allen, Early Books on Cricket, page 34: '...wide-ranging information, layout and originality.' Padwick, 798. [ref: 42744] £85.00 enquire buy |
RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYING AT THE GAME OF CRICKET. BY T. BOXALL. INTRODUCTION AND APPENDICES BY DIANA RAIT KERR. Published in Ewell by J.W. McKenzie, 1981. 8vo. (104)pp. 3 plates (1 folding). Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 150 numbered copies. Boxall's Rules and Instructions was first published in 1801 and was an important milestone in cricket literature, being the first instructional book on the game. This reprint of the second edition, first issue, has a scholarly introduction and appendices by Diana Rait Kerr. See Padwick 373. Padwick II, 0252. --------------------------------------- The Cricketer International Quarterly Facts and Figures, Summer 1981: John McKenzie has established a niche for himself in his reproduction series of limited editions and...as a collector...you should have them all...The book is extremely well produced. .................................................... LONG ENTRY SPE [ref: 49387] £75.00 enquire buy |
KEITH BOYCE'S BENEFIT MATCH. COPFORD C.C. V ESSEX C.C.C. COPFORD CRICKET CLUB, SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER [Colchester, 1977]. 8vo. [32]pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY KEITH BOYCE AND THIRTEEN OTHER ESSEX CRICKETERS on the last page. Signatures comprise: David Acfield, Keith Boyce, Ray East, Keith Fletcher, Matthew Fosh, G.A. Gooch, Brian Hardie, Reuben Herbert, John Lever, Michael McEvoy, Keith Pont, N. Smith, Brian Taylor and Stuart Turner. Boyce played for Essex between 1966 and 1977, and for West Indies between 1970 and 1976. Padwick, 7349-1. [ref: 71807] £25.00 enquire buy |
THE 1958 BALTIMORE COLTS. PROFILES OF THE NFL'S FIRST SUDDEN DEATH CHAMPIONS. EDITED BY GEORGE BOZEKA. ASSOCIATE EDITORS DENIS CRAWFORD, RON FITCH, MICHAEL FRANK, DAVID KRELL, JOHN MAXYMUK AND KENN TOMASCH. Jefferson, McFarland & Company, 2018. 8vo. ix+330pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Front cover lightly creased. A volume in the Great Teams in Pro Football History series. The story of the 1958 Baltimore Colts who beat the New York Giants in the first ever sudden death championship game, thereby winning the NFL title. [ref: 79150] £30.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FAREWELL TO CRICKET. London, 1950. 8vo. 320pp. Portrait frontispiece and text illustrations (15 full-page). Original full green pictorial morocco, gilt. Top edges gilt. Spine slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies. Autobiography of the great Australian batsman Don Bradman. Padwick, 7354. [ref: 48645] £250.00 enquire buy |
FAREWELL TO CRICKET. London, 1950. 8vo. 320pp. 28 plates. Original cloth. Good condition. Autobiography of the great Australian batsman Don Bradman, on his retirement from first-class cricket. Bradman played for Australia between 1928 and 1948. He is the most effective batsman in the history of the game, whose career average (95.14) and Test average (99.94) have never remotely been challenged. [ref: 14552] £8.00 enquire buy |
FAREWELL TO CRICKET. London, 1950. 8vo. 320pp. 28 plates. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the great Australian batsman Don Bradman, up to his retirement from first-class cricket. Bradman played for Australia between 1928 and 1948. He is the most effective batsman in the history of the game, whose career average (95.14) and Test average (99.94) have never remotely been challenged. Padwick, 7354. [ref: 36388] £9.00 enquire buy |
FAREWELL TO CRICKET. London, 1950. 8vo. 320pp. 28 plates. Original cloth. WITH A MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED BY BRADMAN, laid down on the front endpaper. Autobiography of the great Australian batsman, written on his retirement from first-class cricket. Bradman (1908-2001) played for Australia between 1928 and 1948. He is the most effective batsman in the history of the game, whose career average (95.14) and Test average (99.94) have never remotely been challenged. Padwick, 7354. [ref: 37836] £50.00 enquire buy |
FAREWELL TO CRICKET. London, 1950. 8vo. 320pp. Portrait frontispiece and text illustrations (15 full-page). Original full green pictorial morocco, gilt. Top edges gilt. Spine and edges of covers rubbed and worn. LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. (Only numbers 1-150 of this limited edition were signed by Bradman). Autobiography of the great Australian batsman Don Bradman. Bradman played for Australia between 1928 and 1948. He is the most effective batsman in the history of the game, and his career average (95.14) and Test average (99.94) have never remotely been challenged. Padwick, 7354. [ref: 56883] £350.00 enquire buy |
THE STORY OF THREE BLACK PEARS. EARLY WORCESTERSHIRE CRICKET. Worcester, the Club, 1998. Small 4to. 112pp. Illustrated. Original quarter morocco. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies. A record of early Worcestershire cricket. [ref: 49554] £35.00 enquire buy |
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