FRESH LIGHT ON PRE-VICTORIAN CRICKET. A COLLECTION OF NEW CRICKET NOTICES FROM 1709 TO 1837... Birmingham, (1937). 8vo. x+250pp. Original quarter buckram in chipped dust-wrapper. A scholarly reference work, with scores of some matches not recorded in Scores and Biographies. These discoveries were probably the widest and most far-reaching ever conducted into the game and make this book invaluable to any student of early cricket history. Padwick, 870. [ref: 47634] £120.00 enquire buy |
MATCH OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM. THE SAINTS' 100 MOST MEMORABLE MATCHES 2001-16. EDITED BY DAVID BULL AND BARRY WEBB. Bristol, Hagiology, 2016. 4to. x+222pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE SOUTHAMPTON FOOTBALLER MATT LE TISSIER on the title-page. Accounts of the hundred greatest matches this century involving Southampton Football Club. [ref: 74356] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ENDEAN. A SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTSMAN IN THE APARTHEID ERA. New Malden, Surrey, 2017. 8vo. 144pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A biography of the South African wicketkeeper and batsman Russell Endean. [ref: 68537] £15.00 enquire buy |
AT THE BUZZER! HAVLICEK STEALS, ERVING SOARS, MAGIC DEALS, MICHAEL SCORES. THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN NBA HISTORY. FOREWORD BY KEVIN GARNETT. AFTERWORD BY KARL MALONE. NARRATION BY BILL WALTON. New York, Doubleday, 2001. Square 4to. 216pp. Profusely illustrated. With 2 audio CDs tipped inside front cover. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A record of great moments in NBA history. [ref: 79969] £24.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
BUTCHER. MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Newbury, Highdown, 2010. 8vo. 352pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. SIGNED BY TERRY BUTCHER on the title-page. Autobiography of the Ipswich Town, Glasgow Rangers and England footballer Terry Butcher. [ref: 78965] £35.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
CARIBBEAN CRUSADE. THE NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS IN THE WEST INDIES 1972. Auckland, 1972. 8vo. 166pp. 8 plates. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. An account of the 1971-72 New Zealand tour of West Indies. Padwick, 5559 [ref: 30590] £18.00 enquire buy |
ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND 1902-1949. A BRIEF HISTORY OF CRICKET BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. Falmouth, (1949). 8vo. 72pp. 8 plates. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. A history of England v. New Zealand cricket. Padwick, 4737. [ref: 27908] £18.00 enquire buy |
THE ALL BLACKS AT CRICKET. THE STORY OF NEW ZEALAND CRICKET, 1860-1958. Worcester, 1958. 8vo. 260pp. 16 plates. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. A history of New Zealand cricket between 1860 and 1958. Padwick, 3743. [ref: 48808] £12.00 enquire buy |
A CRICKETER'S BOOK. London, 1922. 8vo. 256pp. Original cloth. Good condition. First edition, first issue. With chapters on the 1921 Australian tour of England. Padwick, 6662. [ref: 45164] £24.00 enquire buy |
A CRICKETER'S BOOK. London, 1929. 8vo. x+256pp. Original cloth. WITH AN INTERESTING TWO PAGE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM THE CRICKET HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR IRVING ROSENWATER loosely inserted: It gives me great pleasure to delve into the byways of cricket history...Yes - Archie MacLaren was certainly an extraordinary amalgam: loved by some, tolerated by others, but still, as you say the noblest Roman of them all...His memoirs were due to be published in mid-late 1914 but whether the outbreak of war prevented their completion or halted the publication I don't know... Second issue of the edition first published in 1922. With chapters on the 1921 Test matches. Neville Cardus elevated cricket writing and reporting to a new plane with the quality of his prose. Padwick, 6662. [ref: 70147] £75.00 enquire buy |
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