VOLUME XLVII. NOS. 815-826 INCLUSIVE. COMPLETE. Philadelphia, January - December, 1923. 4to. 264pp. Rebound in cloth with original wrappers preserved. The American Cricketer was started by Daniel S. Newhall and Henry Cope, and was intended to serve as the public organ of all cricketers in America. Each issue contains details of fixtures, the formation of new clubs, information on tours by foreign teams, details of American and foreign scores, etc. From 1899, although still mainly concerned with cricket, this periodical contained sections on golf, tennis, association football, rowing, and other sports. This periodical ran from June 28, 1877 until April 1929. It appeared weekly from May to November, and monthly from November to April. Padwick, 4050. [ref: 13710] £125.00 enquire buy |
A BOOK OF HEALTHY RECREATIONS FOR YOUTH. CONTAINING UPWARDS OF A HUNDRED AMUSEMENTS, INCLUDING GAMES OF ACTIVITY AND SPEED; GAMES WITH TOYS, MARBLES, TOPS, HOOPS, KITES, BALLS; AND FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN ARCHERY, CRICKET, CROQUET, AND BASE BALL. New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. 8vo. 116pp. misnumbered [1-3], 4, [11],12-120+[19]pp. publisher's advertisements. With 124 woodcut illustrations. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (including an illustration of two cricket bats), covers soiled and worn. Rebacked. Staining to lower corner of preliminary pages. Instructional sporting treatise. Cricket, pages 64-82, with 13 woodcut cricket illustrations, (including one leaf with six images). Other sports covered include baseball, pages 83-92; croquet, pages 93-101; foot-ball, (including rugby), pages 101-103; and golf, pages 109-110. Not recorded either by Gaston, Bibliography of Cricket, 1895, Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906, Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937, or Padwick, Bibliography of Cricket, 1984. [ref: 58047] £1200.00 enquire buy |
THE ALL-IN-ONE SHIKAR BOOK. AN EVERYDAY GUIDE TO FIELD SPORTS IN INDIA. Bombay, D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co., c.1950. 4to. xii+153+[1]pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A guide to Indian field sports. [ref: 76733] £45.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE OXFORD COMPANION TO AUSTRALIAN SPORT. EDITED BY WRAY VAMPLEW... Melbourne. The Australian Society for Sports History, 1992. Large 8vo. 430pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. An encyclopedia of all sports, including much cricket. [ref: 75011] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE BOY'S OWN BOOK OF OUTDOOR GAMES AND PASTIMES. EDITED BY P.F. WARNER. London, [1914]. Small 4to. xv+384pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial cloth with cricket illustration on spine. Cricket, pages 1-36, with contributions by P.F. Warner and J.B. Hobbs. Contributors on other sports include J.W.H.T. Douglas, C.B. Fry, S.A.P. Kitcat and E.H.D. Sewell. Padwick, 7158. [ref: 44025] £15.00 enquire buy |
BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN. CRICKET AND FOOTBALL. EDITED BY P.F. WARNER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPORTING LIFE. London, (1934). Folio. 485pp. 14 photogravure plates and many text illustrations. Original full red morocco, gilt, all edges gilt, covers rubbed and worn. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies. A sumptuous volume. Chapters include 'W.G. Grace - An Appreciation', by Sir Home Gordon. Other contributors include G.W. Beldam, D.L.A. Jephson, P.A. Perrin, and H.V.L. Stanton. Padwick, 7261. [ref: 48944] £75.00 enquire buy |
A sheet of card bearing a series of original pen and ink caricature drawings, by Sam Wells in 1962, signed by the artist. 1962. Size 27cms x 38cms. Margins extra. Captioned in pencil: 'Vic's "Sin & Sob" Story.' Depicting original pen and ink caricature drawings by Sam Wells of events during and after the match between Victoria and South Australia, played at Melbourne 30th December 1961-2nd January 1962. The caricatures depict scenes of cricketers who played in the match, including D.J. Sincock, G.S. Sobers, R.H. Sellers, D. Sharpe, G. Brooks, B.N. Jarman and L.E. Favell of South Australia, and W.M. Lawry, D.J. Anderson and I.R. Redpath of Victoria. Also depicted are J. Ryder, S. Loxton and other Victorian Selectors hiding in a bin. Sam Wells (1885-1972) was a popular sporting and political cartoonist who worked predominantly for the Melbourne 'Age' between the 1930s and 1960s. He drew the major sporting cartoons of the time, and his work appeared every Monday in the sports column for over 25 years. [ref: 46148] £85.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
WM. WHITTAM'S MODERN CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS... EDITED BY G.T. GROVES. Sheffield, 1883. Very small 8vo. viii+85pp. Original printed boards, spine worn. First year of issue. Published annually between 1883 and 1886. Includes a summary of the 1882 season, with full averages. Padwick, 1129. [ref: 35581] £50.00 enquire buy |
WM. WHITTAM'S MODERN CRICKET AND OTHER SPORTS... EDITED BY G.T. GROVES. Sheffield, 1884. Very small 8vo. 95pp.+[7]pp. of publisher's advertisements. Original pictorial boards, covers soiled and worn. Published annually between 1883 and 1886, this is the second year of publication. Includes a summary of the 1883 season, with averages. Padwick, 1129. [ref: 19868] £50.00 enquire buy |
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