JACK ROBERTSON'S BENEFIT BOOK. EDITED BY PETER WEST. (1951). 8vo. 24pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JACK ROBERTSON on the front cover. Robertson played for Middlesex between 1937 and 1959, and for England between 1947 and 1952. Padwick, 8006. [ref: 33602] £30.00 enquire buy |
46 NOT OUT. London, 1948. 8vo. 206pp. 9 plates. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper. Autobiography of the Oxford University and Somerset cricketer R.C. Robertson-Glasgow. This was selected by The Wisden Cricketer in 2010 as one of the fifty best cricket books of all time. Padwick, 8007. [ref: 1239] £38.00 enquire buy |
46 NOT OUT. London, 1948. 8vo. viii+206pp. 9 plates. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. Autobiography of the Oxford University and Somerset cricketer R.C. Robertson-Glasgow. This was selected by The Wisden Cricketer in 2010 as one of the fifty best cricket books of all time. Padwick, 8007. [ref: 18583] £8.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET PRINTS. SOME BATSMEN AND BOWLERS 1920-1940. London, 1948. 8vo. 192pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO CRAWFORD WHITE, SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED on the front endpaper: Crawford White, all the best. "Crusoe" = R.C. Robertson-Glasgow. June 1948. Robertson-Glasgow (1901-1965) was a cricket correspondent and author. He played for Oxford University between 1920 and 1923, and for Somerset between 1920 and 1935. Crawford White was the cricket correspondent of the News Chronicle newspaper, and covered many England cricket tours for the newspaper. Portraits of some cricketers who played between the two world wars. Padwick, 7243. [ref: 72837] £50.00 enquire buy |
CRICKET PRINTS. SOME BATSMEN AND BOWLERS 1920-1940. London, 1948. 8vo. 192pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. Descriptions of contemporary cricketers, reprinted from The Observer. Padwick, 7243. [ref: 18578] £8.00 enquire buy |
ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, (R.C.). CRUSOE ON CRICKET. THE CRICKET WRITINGS OF R.C. ROBERTSON-GLASGOW. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALAN ROSS. London, 1966. 8vo. 321pp. Original cloth-backed boards in dust-wrapper. First edition. The best cricket writings of R.C. Robertson-Glasgow. Padwick, 6757. [ref: 18581] £12.00 enquire buy |
HOW TO BECOME A TEST CRICKETER. London, 1962. Small 8vo. 126pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Padwick, 6899. [ref: 50421] £8.00 enquire buy |
MEN ONLY IN SPORT. ILLUSTRATED BY EDGAR NORFIELD. London, 1943. Small 8vo. 96pp. Illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. Chapters include D.R. Jardine, Bradman and Hammond, and Lord's. Padwick, 6756. [ref: 32899] £8.00 enquire buy |
MORE CRICKET PRINTS. SOME BATSMEN AND BOWLERS 1920-1945. London, 1948. 8vo. 143pp. Frontispiece. Original cloth in worn dust-wrapper. Further descriptions of contemporary cricketers, reprinted from The Observer. Padwick, 7244. [ref: 32253] £8.00 enquire buy |
THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF CRICKET. PREFACE BY BEN TRAVERS. ILLUSTRATED BY A. SAVORY. London, [1933]. 8vo. xii+191pp. Text illustrations. Slightly foxed. Original cloth, cover faded. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper. FIRST EDITION. Prose and verse sketches, many reprinted from The Cricketer. Goldman, Bibliography of Cricket, 1937, page 34: 'One of the most amusing cricket books ever written.' Padwick, 6898. [ref: 73076] £65.00 enquire buy |