An original head and shoulders print of the Lancashire and Pakistan all-rounder Wasim Akram, comprising a head and shoulders illustration, with a smaller action drawing of Akram by Martin Speight. (c.1990) Size 30cms x 25cms. Excellent condition. SIGNED BY WASIM AKRAM AND THE ARTIST across the image. Akram played for Lancashire between 1988 and 1998 and for Pakistan between 1985 and 2002. [ref: 33767] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
FAMOUS CRICKETERS AND CRICKET GROUNDS 1895. A COMPLETE SET OF EIGHTEEN INDIVIDUAL ISSUES. (London, 1895). Folio. 288 pages of plates. Eighteen individual issues, with each issue in original pictorial wrappers, as published. Handsomely preserved in half calf drop-back box. (A COMPLETE SET). Published in eighteen weekly issues, each issue in original pictorial wrappers. Full-page illustrations of 19th century cricketers and cricket grounds. Originally issued in eighteen weekly parts it was then published in cloth with a title-page and index. Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906: 'An index was issued...but unfortunately it is practically useless as the pages are not numbered.' Padwick, 7166. [ref: 51804] £150.00 enquire buy |
FAMOUS CRICKETERS AND CRICKET GROUNDS 1895. London, 1895. Folio. (288)pp. of plates. Complete with title-page and index. Original publisher's pictorial cloth, covers soiled, spine damaged. Full-page illustrations of 19th century cricketers and cricket grounds. Originally issued in eighteen weekly parts it was then published in cloth with a title-page and index. Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906: 'An index was issued...but unfortunately it is practically useless as the pages are not numbered.' Padwick, 7166. [ref: 53300] £65.00 enquire buy |
FAMOUS CRICKETERS AND CRICKET GROUNDS 1895. A COMPLETE SET OF EIGHTEEN INDIVIDUAL PARTS, EACH IN ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS. PART I IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, COVERS SOILED AND WORN. PARTS II TO XVIII IN GOOD CONDITION, REBACKED. (London, 1895). Folio. 288 pages of plates, with text in lower margin. (A COMPLETE SET). Full-page illustrations of 19th century cricketers and cricket grounds. It was later published in cloth, together with a title-page and index. Taylor, Catalogue of Cricket Literature, 1906: 'An index was issued...but unfortunately it is practically useless as the pages are not numbered.' Padwick, 7166. [ref: 78220] £135.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET BY THE LUNE. THE STORY OF CRICKET IN LANCASTER FROM 1841 TO 1970. [1971]. 4to. c.300 foolscap leaves of typescript. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page: T. Alderson, 28/2/71. A history of Lancaster Cricket Club was published in the mid 1980s, with a different long title. [ref: 72846] £30.00 enquire buy |
An original chromolithograph woodcut engraving from a drawing by Cecil Aldin of a cricket scene. Published in London by Lawrence & Bullen, 1901. Size 33cms x 25cms. Margins extra. Lower margin foxed, image in good bright condition. Framed and glazed. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST in pencil in the lower margin. A humorous woodcut engraving depicting a top-hatted gentleman who has just been bowled, with a top-hatted fielder looking on. The background shows the spectators and two tents. [ref: 48982] £300.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A clear ink signature. Alexander (1905-1993) played one Test match for Australia in 1933. [ref: 43103] £18.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE NATIONAL SPORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN. WITH DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. A NEW EDITION. London, Methuen & Co., 1903. Large folio. Half-title and two title-pages (one French and one English), contents page and four pp. prefaces. Colour title-page and fifty colour plates, each with tissue-guard, and with a leaf of descriptive text to each plate. Quarter cloth, covers worn. A reprint of the first edition of 1823. The plates include horse-racing, fox hunting, shooting, angling, fly-fishing, prize-fighting and dog-fighting. [ref: 57497] £600.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
1987-88. FIRST EDITION. EDITED BY ALLAN MILLER. Perth, the Editor, 1988. 4to. 120pp. One illustration. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE EDITOR on the title-page. Only 200 copies of this first edition were printed. A detailed account of the 1987-88 Australian season, with full scores. Fourteen volumes were published annually, covering Australian seasons 1987-88 to 2001-02. [ref: 13616] £35.00 enquire buy |
1987-88. FIRST EDITION. EDITED BY ALLAN MILLER. Perth, Allan Miller, 2001 4to. 112pp. Original pictorial wrappers. LIMITED EDITION of 300 numbered copies, SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. A reprint of the first edition of this Australian annual. Details of the 1987-88 Australian season, with full scores. Fourteen volumes were published annually covering seasons between 1987-88 and 2001-02. [ref: 30377] £50.00 enquire buy |
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