THE BOOK OF CRICKET. A GALLERY OF FAMOUS PLAYERS. London, [1899]. Folio. 256pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, covers soiled and worn. This pictorial record of 19th century cricketers, with short commentaries, was the first successful attempt to publish action photographs of cricketers. Originally issued in 16 weekly parts. Padwick, 7208. [ref: 15951] £35.00 enquire buy |
THE BOOK OF CRICKET. A GALLERY OF FAMOUS PLAYERS. London, (1899). Folio. 256pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Good condition. This pictorial record of 19th century cricketers, with short commentaries, was the first successful attempt to publish action photographs of cricketers. Originally issued in 16 weekly parts. Padwick, 7208. [ref: 55818] £45.00 enquire buy |
SAMUEL RYDER. THE MAN BEHIND THE RYDER CUP. A BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL RYDER. Dorchester, Wright Press, 2000. Large 8vo. xiv+145pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies. A biography of Samuel Ryder, the benefactor of the Ryder Cup, golf's greatest team event. [ref: 83204] £300.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE WHITCOMBES. A GOLFING LEGEND. Droitwich, Grant & Hobbs, 1994. 4to. xiii+129pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. LIMITED EDITION of 700 numbered copies, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper. The story of the Whitcombe family's impact on the golf world. [ref: 83216] £50.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 2003-2004. EDITED BY PATRICK MASCALL AND TIM BENYON. Sidan Press, 2003. 8vo. 168pp+24pp. Profusely illustrated. Original pictorial boards. The official yearbook for English Premiership Fulham Football Club. [ref: 78200] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GLOVES OFF. London, Century, 2022. 8vo. x+317pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the champion heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury. [ref: 79148] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ARSENAL. THE MAKING OF A MODERN SUPERCLUB. London, Vision Sports Publishing, 2009. 8vo. 300pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. SIGNED BY ALEX FYNN on the title-page. The inside story of Arsenal football club. [ref: 74194] £10.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ARSENE & ARSENAL. THE QUEST TO REDISCOVER PAST GLORIES. Kingston upon Thames, Vision Sports Publishing, 2014. 8vo. 211pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. A review of the long-term success of the Arsenal football manager Arsene Wenger. [ref: 74192] £9.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE GLORIOUS GAME. ARSENE WENGER, ARSENAL AND THE QUEST FOR SUCCESS. London, Orion, 2003. 8vo. xiii+226pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Good condition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY ALEX FYNN on the front endpaper. On Arsenal Football Club, based on exclusive interviews with some Arsenal footballers and management. [ref: 74219] £25.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
ECHOES FROM OLD CRICKET FIELDS OR SKETCHES OF CRICKET AND CRICKETERS FROM THE EARLIEST HISTORY OF THE GAME TO THE PRESENT TIME... London, 1871. 8vo. xii+112pp. Frontispiece (stained at lower edge). Original pictorial boards, rebacked, corners rubbed. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR inside the front cover:...With the Authors Very Kind Wishes, March 1872. FIRST EDITION. Fascinating sketches of cricket and cricketers from the earliest history of the game. Gaston, Cricket Books and Their Prices, [in The Cricket Field, Volume III, 1894]: 'No laudation is required to recommend this book. The original articles first appeared in the Sporting Magazine. It is really refreshing even now to read through its pages. The coloured wrapper has a representation of 'Cricket in 1743' while the frontispiece is embellished with a sketch of famous old cricket bats - bats which have a history, and a charming story...' Altham, History of Cricket, 1926: '...expressing the author's views on the manners and morals of the game...some chapters of real historical interest, especially "A Pipe in Fuller Pilch's Back Parlour"...and "John Bowyer." The "Old Buffer's" style is always charmingly original and animated.' Britton, Cricket Books. The 100 Best, 1929: 'Quite scarce. The nearest of all cricket books to Nyren....' Allen, Early Books on Cricket, 1987, no.114: 'The book includes 'Twenty Golden Rules for Young Cricketers' which had been produced as a separate booklet in 1869.' Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937: 'The 1871 edition is scarce.' Padwick, 809. [ref: 70198] £250.00 enquire buy |
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