LIFE IS SWEET, BROTHER. London, Collins, 1940. 8vo. 285pp. Illustrated. Original cloth. Good condition. First edition. autobiography of the golf author and amateur golfer Bernard Darwin. [ref: 83261] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
PACK CLOUDS AWAY. London, 1941. 8vo. 288pp. Original cloth, spine faded.. Autobiography of the golf correspondent Bernard Darwin, including some cricket references. Padwick, 7475. [ref: 42774] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE GOLF COURSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES, ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY ROUNTREE. London, Duckworth, 1910. 4to. (6)+254pp. 64 full-page plates, (of which 48 are in colour), each with titled tissue guard. Original printed cloth, gilt. Some slight foxing throughout, and name of previous owner on front endpaper, otherwise in good condition. First Edition. [ref: 83185] £500.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
W.G. GRACE. London, 1978. 4to. 128pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. A retrospective sketch of the great Gloucestershire and England cricketer W.G. Grace, written with the emphasis on character rather than statistics. This new edition contains previously unpublished photographs from the Neville Weston collection. Padwick, 7579. [ref: 15429] £7.00 enquire buy |
TESTIMONIAL SOUVENIR 1978. Plymouth, [1978]. 4to. 52pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. A brochure for the joint testimonial year for Jack Davey and David Shepherd. Davey played for Gloucestershire between 1966 and 1978. Shepherd played for Gloucestershire between 1965 and 1979. Padwick, 7476-1. [ref: 13366] £7.00 enquire buy |
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DAVIDSON, (A.K.). An original head and shoulders postcard-size photograph of Alan Davidson. Published in London by Sporting Handbooks Ltd., (c.1961). Good condition. Davidson played for Australia between 1953 and 1963. [ref: 63336] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FIFTEEN PACES. London, 1963. 8vo. 190pp. 20 plates. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Autobiography of the Australian all-rounder Alan Davidson. Padwick, 7477. [ref: 31431] £35.00 enquire buy |
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DAVIES, (D.Emrys). An original full-length postcard-size photograph of D.E. Davies, with umpire's coat. Published in London by M.L. Pecker, Good condition. Davies played for Glamorgan between 1924 and 1954. He was a Test match umpire between 1956 and 1959. [ref: 64611] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
STANDING OFF. MY LIFE IN RUGBY. London, Queen Anne Press, 1986. 8vo. 176pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Wales rugby footballer Gareth Davies. Jenkins, A Rugby Compendium, 1998: C51. [ref: 75095] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GERALD DAVIES. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. London, Allen & Unwin, 1979. 8vo. xv+160pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GERALD DAVIES on the half-title. Autobiography of the Wales and British Lions winger Gerald Davies. Jenkins, A Rugby Compendium, 1998: C52. [ref: 75071] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |